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1. The document describes a radar system transmitting pulses at 2.4 GHz and provides equations to calculate the electric and magnetic field components radiated by the system. It then asks questions about determining the Poynting vector and plotting it as a function of theta. 2. It asks about calculating the minimum and maximum time delays for radar pulses transmitted from Earth to Jupiter, whose distance from Earth varies, and how many pulses would be in flight at a given time if pulses are transmitted at 100 pulses per second. 3. It describes a monostatic radar and asks about calculating the minimum range at which a target can be located to avoid its echo arriving back at the radar while the transmitter is still pulsing.

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HW1 Uni

1. The document describes a radar system transmitting pulses at 2.4 GHz and provides equations to calculate the electric and magnetic field components radiated by the system. It then asks questions about determining the Poynting vector and plotting it as a function of theta. 2. It asks about calculating the minimum and maximum time delays for radar pulses transmitted from Earth to Jupiter, whose distance from Earth varies, and how many pulses would be in flight at a given time if pulses are transmitted at 100 pulses per second. 3. It describes a monostatic radar and asks about calculating the minimum range at which a target can be located to avoid its echo arriving back at the radar while the transmitter is still pulsing.

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Radar Systems, Ciclo Academico I- 2015, Postgrado FIEE-UNI

Homework No. 1
Due: Saturday May 2
1. The time-harmonic complex electric field radiated in free space by a linear radiating
element oscillating at fo = 2.4 GHz is given by
E=a
r Er + a
E
h

Er = Eo cos
1+
2
r
E = jEo

sin
2r

1
j

or

1+

1
j

or

or

1
( o r)2

or

where a
r and a
are the unit vectors in the spherical direction r and , Eo is a constant,
p
and o = 2fo o o .
a) Determine the corresponding magnetic field components.
b) What is the corresponding time-average Poynting vector for these fields?
c) Calculate and plot the real and imaginary parts of the Poynting vector as functions
of for o r = 1 and o r = 100.
These identities might be useful:
rA=
rA=

a
r
@
r sin @ (A

1 @
(r2 Ar )
r 2 @r

sin )

@A
@

1
@
r sin @ (sin A )

1 @Ar
sin @
1 @A
r sin @

@
@r (rA

i
) +

@
@r (rA )

@Ar
@

2. Radar is routinely used as one means of measuring the distance to objects in space.
For example, it has been used to calculate the orbital parameters and rate of rotation
of the planet Jupiter. The distance from Earth to Jupiter varies from 588.5106 km
to 968.1106 km. What are the minimum and maximum time delays in minutes from
the time a pulse is transmitted in the direction of Jupiter until the time the echo is
received? If we transmit pulses at a rate of 100 pulses per second, how many pulses
are in flight, either on their way to Jupiter or back again, at any given instant?
3. Consider a monostatic radar, i.e. the same antenna is used for transmission and
reception. One consequence is that the radar cannot receive any echoes while it is

transmitting a pulse. Suppose a pulse of length t seconds is transmitted. What is the


minimum range, in terms of t, at which a target must be located to guarantee that
the leading edge of its echo does not arrive back at the radar until the trailing edge
of the pulse has left the transmitter? (Targets at ranges closer than this minimum
are said to be eclipsed.) What is this range in meters if t = 50s?
4. Consider a radar transmitting pulses of duration t seconds at a pulse repetition
frequency of PRF pulses per second (pps). In terms of PRF and/or t, what is the
maximum range at which a target can be located so as to guarantee that the leading
edge of the echo from that target on one pulse is received before transmission begins
for the next pulse? (This range is called the maximum unambiguous range or the
first range ambiguity.) What is the unambiguous range if PRF = 3000 pps (often
written, somewhat carelessly, as 3000 Hz) and t = 10 s?
5. Consider a communication link which uses identical antennas with eective areas
of 10 m2 at both ends of the link. The transmitter delivers an average power of
100 Watts to the antenna, and the minimum detectable signal level at the receiver
is specified as -50 dBm (50 dB below 1 mW). Assume that the polarization of the
receiving antenna matches to the impedance of the receiving antenna.
a) What is the maximum distance rm for this link when operating at 3 GHz?
b) suppose that some target with a scattering radar cross section of m2 passes
through the transmission beam at a distance r = 5 km away from the transmitting
antenna. What maximum average echo power could the transmission antenna deliver
to a matched load if it were switched to a reception mode? Express your answer in
units of dBm.
c) If the target described in part (b) were moving with a velocity of 100 m/s in a
transverse direction to the transmission beam, estimate the duration, say, between
the half-power points, of the echo pulse that could be detected near the transmission
site. State explicitly all the assumptions mate to obtain your estimate.

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