An application of the delay line differentiator for pulse characterization

Kenneth I. Ranney; Prosper J Adangwa; William J Diehl; Marius Necsoiu

doi:10.1117/12.2633837

27 May 2022 An application of the delay line differentiator for pulse characterization

Kenneth I. Ranney, Prosper J Adangwa, William J Diehl, Marius Necsoiu

Proceedings Volume 12108, Radar Sensor Technology XXVI; 121080X (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2633837
Event: SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing, 2022, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Various applications of the delay line discriminator (DLD) have been described in the open literature – primarily for use as part of a waveform classifier. In this work, we document the performance of the DLD when employed as a radar waveform estimator, assuming that a preliminary algorithm has detected the rising and falling pulse edges. We examine some of the issues associated with the waveform estimation problem, in particular the effects of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and DLD parameter settings on the waveform estimation. In the process, we outline analytic techniques used for classification of linear FM, constant frequency, and phase modulated waveforms.

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Kenneth I. Ranney, Prosper J Adangwa, William J Diehl, and Marius Necsoiu "An application of the delay line differentiator for pulse characterization", Proc. SPIE 12108, Radar Sensor Technology XXVI, 121080X (27 May 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2633837

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