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Fifth year

Radar Systems

Radar systems for civil, automotive, air traffic and defence applications: radar equation, propagation, radar cross section, waveforms and pulse compression, detection and CFAR, antennas and phased arrays, Doppler and MTI, clutter filtering, tracking, transmitters and receivers, FMCW automotive radar, from scan points to objects, secondary radar and ADS-B, SAR, digital radar.

20 articles

Course syllabus

16 topics, in course order

100%complete

16 of 16 topics have a complete lesson

6% of topics studied in depth (1 of 16) 1 topic with exercises

  1. 1 The radar equation Exercises 10 In depth: Free Video Lesson: Introduction to Radar Systems
  2. 2 Propagation effects
  3. 3 Target radar cross section
  4. 4 Waveforms and pulse compression
  5. 5 Detection of signals in noise
  6. 6 Radar antennas
  7. 7 Phased arrays
  8. 8 Doppler, MTI and pulse-Doppler
  9. 9 Clutter, chaff and filtering
  10. 10 Tracking and parameter estimation In depth: Il filtro di Kalman spiegato in modo semplice: equazioni ed esempio
  11. 11 Transmitters and receivers In-depth study
  12. 12 FMCW automotive radar
  13. 13 From scan points to objects
  14. 14 Air traffic control radar
  15. 15 SAR, weather and military radar
  16. 16 Digital radar