Book description
Radar Expert, Esteemed Author Gregory L. Charvat on CNN and CBSAuthor Gregory L. Charvat appeared on CNN on March 17, 2014 to discuss whether Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 might have literally flown below the radar. He appeared again on CNN on March 20, 2014 to explain the basics of radar, and he explored the hope and limitations of the technology i
Table of contents
- Preliminaries
- Dedication
- Foreword
- About the Series
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Chapter 9 Contributing Authors
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Chapter 1: Radio Direction and Ranging (RADAR)
- 1.1 Radio Transmitters and Receivers
- 1.2 Radio Direction and Ranging (Radar)
- 1.3 Estimating Radar Performance Using the Radar Range Equation
- 1.4 Small and Short-Range Radars
- Bibliography
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Part I: Short-Range Radar Systems and Implementations
- Chapter 2: Continuous Wave (CW) Radar
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Chapter 3: Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) Radar
- 3.1 FMCW Architecture and Singal Processing
- 3.2 FMCW Performance
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3.3 Examples of FMCW Radar Systems
- 3.3.1 X-Band UWB FMCW Radar System
- 3.3.2 The MIT Coffee Can Radar System in Ranging Mode
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3.3.3 Range-Gated UWB FMCW Radar System
- 3.3.3.1 Analog Range Gate
- 3.3.3.2 S-Band Implementation
- 3.3.3.3 Expected Performance of the Range-Gated S-Band FMCW Radar System
- 3.3.3.4 Working Example of the Range-Gated S-Band FMCW Radar System
- 3.3.3.5 X-Band Implementation of a Range-Gated FMCW Radar System
- 3.3.3.6 Expected Performance of the Range-Gated X-Band FMCW Radar System
- 3.3.3.7 Working Example of the Range-Gated X-Band FMCW Radar System
- 3.4 Summary
- Bibliography
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- Figure 3.1
- Figure 3.2
- Figure 3.3
- Figure 3.4
- Figure 3.5
- Figure 3.6
- Figure 3.7
- Figure 3.8
- Figure 3.9
- Figure 3.10
- Figure 3.11
- Figure 3.12
- Figure 3.13
- Figure 3.14
- Figure 3.15
- Figure 3.16
- Figure 3.17
- Figure 3.18
- Figure 3.19
- Figure 3.20
- Figure 3.21
- Figure 3.22
- Figure 3.23
- Figure 3.24
- Figure 3.25
- Figure 3.26
- Figure 3.27
- Figure 3.28
- Figure 3.29
- Figure 3.30
- Figure 3.31
- Figure 3.32
- Figure 3.33
- Figure 3.34
- Figure 3.35
- Figure 3.36
- Figure 3.37
- Figure 3.38
- Figure 3.39
- Figure 3.40
- Figure 3.41
- Figure 3.42
- Figure 3.43
- Figure 3.44
- Figure 3.45
- Figure 3.46
- Figure 3.47
- Figure 3.48
- Chapter 4: Synthetic Aperture Radar
- Chapter 5: Practical Examples of Small Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging Systems
- Chapter 6: Phased Array Radar
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- Figure 6.1
- Figure 6.2
- Figure 6.3
- Figure 6.4
- Figure 6.5
- Figure 6.6
- Figure 6.7
- Figure 6.8
- Figure 6.9
- Figure 6.10
- Figure 6.11
- Figure 6.12
- Figure 6.13
- Figure 6.14
- Figure 6.15
- Figure 6.16
- Figure 6.17
- Figure 6.18
- Figure 6.19
- Figure 6.20
- Figure 6.21
- Figure 6.22
- Figure 6.23
- Figure 6.24
- Figure 6.25
- Figure 6.26
- Chapter 7: Ultrawideband (UWB) Impulse Radar
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Part II: Applications
- Chapter 8: Police Doppler Radar and Motion Sensors
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Chapter 9: Automotive Radar
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9.1 Challenges in Automotive Domain
- 9.1.1 The Automotive Domain Surrounding Sensing
- 9.1.2 Performance Limitations of Today's Automotive SRRs
- 9.1.3 Challenges with Vehicle Integration
- 9.1.4 SRR Packaging Challenges
- 9.1.5 Automotive 77 Ghz vs. 24 Ghz Radar Bands
- 9.1.6 Cost and Long Term Reliability
- 9.1.7 Regulatory Issues
- 9.1.8 Blockage
- 9.2 Elements of Automotive Radar
- 9.3 Waveforms for Automotive Radar
- 9.4 Range and Range Rate Estimation
- 9.5 Direction Finding
- 9.6 Fusion of Multiple Sensors
- 9.7 Case Studies of ADAS Fusion System
- 9.8 Radars and the Urban Grand Challenge
- 9.9 Summary
- Bibliography
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9.1 Challenges in Automotive Domain
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- Figure 9.1
- Figure 9.2
- Figure 9.3
- Figure 9.4
- Figure 9.5
- Figure 9.6
- Figure 9.7
- Figure 9.8
- Figure 9.9
- Figure 9.10
- Figure 9.11
- Figure 9.12
- Figure 9.13
- Figure 9.14
- Figure 9.15
- Figure 9.16
- Figure 9.17
- Figure 9.18
- Figure 9.19
- Figure 9.20
- Figure 9.21
- Figure 9.22
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- Figure 9.24
- Figure 9.25
- Figure 9.26
- Figure 9.27
- Figure 9.28
- Figure 9.29
- Figure 9.30
- Figure 9.31
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- Figure 9.33
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- Figure 9.38
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- Figure 9.40
- Figure 9.41
- Figure 9.42
- Figure 9.43
- Figure 9.44
- Figure 9.45
- Figure 9.46
- Chapter 10: Through-Wall Radar
Product information
- Title: Small and Short-Range Radar Systems
- Author(s):
- Release date: April 2014
- Publisher(s): CRC Press
- ISBN: 9781498759649
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