Post Mixer Spectra of Periodic FM Altimeters with Area Target Returns |
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Authors: | Mcalpine GA Dammann JF Highfill JH Isaacs JC |
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Institution: | University of Virginia Charlottesville, Va. 22903; |
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Abstract: | A periodic FM altimeter is postulated and its illuminated area target modeled as an array of elemental scatterers. A computational form is then developed expressing the desired post mixer spectrum as a sum of spectral components corresponding to the individual scatterer returns. Application of the model is made to the case of a triangular linear sweep FM altimeter and samples of the calculated post mixer spectrum presented, illustrating the effects of antenna beam geometry, target surface properties, and modulation parameters. |
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