ELEC 4600 [0.5 credit] Radar and Navigation
Surveillance radar: radar equation, minimum detectable signal, pulse integration, cross-section fluctuations, PRF, range ambiguities, staggered PRF. MTI radars: coherent operation, delay Line cancellers, FFT. Radio navigation: lines of position, NDB, VOR, DME, ILS. GPS: orbits, pseudo-ranges, position determination, GDOP, ionosphere. Geoide, coordinate frames.
Prerequisite(s): fourth-year status in Engineering or permission of the Department.
Lectures three hours a week, problem analysis 3 hours alternate weeks.
Lectures three hours a week, problem analysis 3 hours alternate weeks.