Subject Code: EC6L022 Subject Name: Modern Radar Systems L-T-P: 3-0-0 Credits: 3
Pre-requisite(s): Digital Signal Processing, Electromagnetic Engineering
Introduction, Radar Basics, Radar Equation including its search and track forms, Displays, Receivers, Transmitters, Radar Antennas including Reflectors and Phased Array Antennas, Radar Cross Section, Statistical Models for Noise and Target RCS, General Characteristics of Clutter and Clutter Modeling, Clutter Reduction Techniques of Doppler and MTI, Pulse compression, Radar Measurements, Radar Tracking, Radar Detection and Target Classification, Constant False Alarm Rate Detectors, DPCA and STAP, Types of Radar and Emerging Trends.
Text Books:
  1. M.A. Richards et al, Principles of Modern Radar, Basic Principles Vol. 1, 1st edition, SciTech 2010, ISBN: 9781891121524
Reference Books:
  1. Skolnik, “Introduction to Radar Systems,” 3rd Ed., Tata McGraw Hill, ISBN: 978-0-07-044533-8.
  2. H. Meikle, “Modern Radar Systems,” 2nd Ed., ARTECH House, INC.ISBN: 1-58053-294-2.