Abstract: An apparatus is for generating an emulated radar reflection signal of a target. The apparatus includes a radar detector configured to detect a radar signal frame emitted by a device under test (DUT), an emulation transmitter configured to generate an emulated radar reflection signal of a target being emulated, and a processor configured to generate control signals which control the emulation transmitter according to at least one characteristic of the target being emulated. The processor is further configured to determine a current radar parameter among plural possible radar parameters of the radar signal frame of the DUT, and to adapt the control signals which control the emulation transmitter according to the determined current radar parameter of the radar signal frame of the DUT.

Abstract: Noise test systems, methods, and circuitries are provided for determining a noise characteristic of a receiver. In one example, an integrated circuit device includes an active RF receiver element configured to process a radio frequency (RF) signal to generate a receiver signal; an up-conversion mixer configured to up-convert a test signal to generate an RF test signal; an attenuator configured to selectively adjust a power of the RF test signal to generate adjusted RF test signals; and a coupler configured to couple the adjusted RF test signals to an input of the active RF receiver element. In another example, instead of or in addition to the attenuator, the integrated circuit device includes first, second, and third power sensors configured to measure a power of the test signal, the RF test signal, and the receiver signal, respectively. The power measurements are used to determine the noise characteristic.

Abstract: A radar system may include a first radar array including a plurality of first radiating elements, and a second radar array including a plurality of second radiating elements, wherein the first radar array and the second radar array include a combined field of coverage of at least ±110 degrees in an azimuth plane and at least ±15 degrees in an elevation plane.

Abstract: An imaging array for sensing scene energy includes a plurality of sensors, a radiative noise source for radiating noise energy, a modulator for turning the radiative noise source on and off, and a coupling device for combining a first portion of the scene energy and a second portion of the noise energy to form a combined scene and noise energy for sensing by the plurality of sensors.

Abstract: A method and a device are provided for performing channel simulation. The device includes a radio channel simulation block and a memory and it is configured to simulate a radio connection between a transmitter and a receiver in real time. The device is further configured to simulate a radio connection between at least one interfering signal source and the receiver in real time, and to store the simulation result in the memory, and to read the stored simulation results in real time from the memory and add the results read to the simulation during simulation of the radio connection between the transmitter and the receiver.

Abstract: A method for determining target echo detection efficacy of a signal processing algorithm of a radar system involves generating a simulated noise complex envelope sequence, generating a simulated radar target echo signal complex envelope pulse sequence and adding the simulated noise complex envelope sequence to the simulated radar target echo signal complex envelope pulse sequence, thereby producing simulated noisy radar target echo signal complex envelope sequence. The simulated noisy radar target echo signal complex envelope sequence is inputted into the signal processing algorithm and the output of the signal processing algorithm is analyzed to determine target echo detection efficacy of the signal processing algorithm.

Abstract: The invention is a method of calibrating the sensor system of a wideband direction finder using a noise source. The sensor system includes at least two wideband tuners, and an analog/digital (A/D) converter connected to each wideband tuner. The calibration method involves selecting a common set of center frequencies for each of the wideband tuners. The wideband tuners receive a signal from the noise source on a per data frame basis. The passband of the received signal is then divided into a number of time-sampled data frames. For each time-sampled data frame, both a gain variation and a phase variation are calculated for the noise received at each wideband tuner. Gain and phase differences between the signal received by each wideband tuner within the same frame are compared. Based on the time-sampled data collected, the phase and gain differences for the signals received at the tuners which have not been previously mapped can be determined.

Abstract: Apparatus for detecting the presence of a speed detection system includes a microcontroller, a laser detector circuit coupled to the microcontroller, a radar detector circuit coupled to the microcontroller and a display coupled to the microcontroller, wherein the microcontroller receives signals from the laser detector and radar detector circuits and in response to the signals fed thereto, the microcontroller provides an output signal indicating which of the laser and radar detector circuits fed a signal thereto.

Abstract: A null command generator test apparatus capable of operating in either the open or closed loop configuration for testing the Sarcalm system. When operating in an open loop configuration the null command generator test apparatus utilizes the normalized voltage output of the null command generator as the estimator for the beam pointing error. When operating in the closed loop configuration, the test apparatus utilizes either the voltage output of the null command generator or the angle difference between the line of sight to the target and the null direction of the antenna servo simulator to estimate the dynamic pointing errors.

Abstract: This system generates signals which vary randomly in frequency. The system includes a digital pulse generator generating multibit digital numbers varying randomly according to an encoded statistical distribution pattern. A first source of digital signals is connected to the pulse generator which perturbates the signals in frequency and applies them to an adder. Another source of digital signals connected to the adder combines with the perturbated first signal. A digital integrator connected to the pulse generator triggers release of the perturbated first signals and converts the combined perturbated signals to multibit outputs which may be applied to digital-to-analog converters, and in turn to frequency modulators to produce analog signals perturbated in accordance with the statistical distribution pattern.

Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus for generating a signal for use in testing the purported sensitivity of a microwave receiving equipment having a noise source (105, 106) for generating a noise signal, first (112), second (114), and third (118) stage microamplifiers connected in series with an attenuator (116) for amplification and adjustment of the power level of the noise signal, a first splitter (120) connected to the output of the third stage amplifier (118), a first power meter (124) connected to a first output of the first splitter (120), a second splitter (130) receiving at its input a microwave carrier signal (127) having a specific power level, a second power meter (134) connected to a first output of the second splitter (132) and a combiner (138) connected to the second outputs of the first and second splitters (120, 130) which provides an output test signal for use in testing the carrier to noise of the microwave receiving equipment.

Abstract: The simulation of clutter echo return signals for a radar system is accomplished using two sets of diode noise sources, a frequency synthesizer for bandwidth control, multiplexing control, two D/A converters and mixers, a 90-degree sower splitter, and a summer; the output of the summer being the simulated clutter. The two sets of noise sources each produce a digital encoded controlled bandwidth Gaussian noise signal which is strobed by the multiplexing control unit firstly to the pulse repetition interval of the radar system and secondly to the data rate of the radar system. The two strobed D/A converters convert the two digital noise signals into their analog equivalents. The two separate video channels are required to obtain the Rayleigh noise distribution characteristic of clutter. This distribution results when the analog signals from the D/A converters are multiplied with in-phase and quadrature RF reference frequencies in the two mixers, then summed in the summer.

Abstract: A system for an electronically controlled array for the simulation of passive signatures and noise at millimeter wavelengths. The system can simulate passive background signatures and also superimpose radiation intensity variation to simulate either moving or stationary passive signatures of targets over or within the background. A single, non-varying source of millimeter waves provides the non-coherent radiation for illumination that is required for simulating passive signatures. A controlled array variably controls radiation intensity at each illumination point of the array. The non-varying source is concentrated at the focal axis of a parabolic reflector, providing a plane wavefront of radiated energy.