Optical monopulse chirp processor
First Claim
1. An optical processor system for use with a phased array radar system for calculating a detection threshold using radar echo return signals which contain clutter components from at least four antenna elements of said phased array radar system, wherein said optical processor system comprises:
- a power spectrum analyzer unit which receives and processes the radar echo return signals of said antenna elements of said phased array radar system to output thereby a set of transverse electric signals that represent a square of the clutter components of the radar echo return signals; and
a means for digitally calculating a detection threshold from the set of transverse electric signals produced by the power spectrum analyzer.
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Abstract
An optical chirp processor for the collection and processing clutter samples is presented that allows the simultaneous estimation of both the clutter mean and variance. The estimated clutter mean and variance allow the actual calculation of both clutter model parameters using a power spectrum analyzer, and a CFAR special purpose processor unit. The power spectrum analyzer is composed of: a spatial frequency demultiplexor, and a four element photodetector array. The special purpose processor is composed of: an A/D converter, a square root calculator, an averaging calculator, a combiner unit, a parameter memory unit, and a threshold calculator unit. The components of the CFAR processor may be implemented in a conventional CFAR processor (when modified by the teachings of the present invention) or in individual electronics components.
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12 Claims
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1. An optical processor system for use with a phased array radar system for calculating a detection threshold using radar echo return signals which contain clutter components from at least four antenna elements of said phased array radar system, wherein said optical processor system comprises:
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a power spectrum analyzer unit which receives and processes the radar echo return signals of said antenna elements of said phased array radar system to output thereby a set of transverse electric signals that represent a square of the clutter components of the radar echo return signals; and a means for digitally calculating a detection threshold from the set of transverse electric signals produced by the power spectrum analyzer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An optical processor system for use with a phased array radar system for calculating a detection threshold using radar echo return signals which contain clutter components from at least four antenna elements of said phased array radar system, wherein said optical processor system comprises:
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a heterodyne spectrum analyzer unit which receives and processes the radar echo return signals of said antenna elements of said phased array radar system to output thereby a set of transverse electric signals that represent a magnitude of the clutter components of the radar echo return signals; and a means for digitally calculating a detection threshold from the set of transverse electric signals produced by the heterodyne spectrum analyzer. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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