Radar channel balancing with commutation

Technical Report · Sat Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2014

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1204081· OSTI ID:1204081

Doerry, Armin Walter ^[1]

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1. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

When multiple channels are employed in a pulse-Doppler radar, achieving and maintaining balance between the channels is problematic. In some circumstances the channels may be commutated to achieve adequate balance. Commutation is the switching, trading, toggling, or multiplexing of the channels between signal paths. Commutation allows modulating the imbalance energy away from the balanced energy in Doppler, where it can be mitigated with filtering.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 1204081
• Report Number(s): SAND2014-1071; 498868
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English