An Adaptive fast time radar receiving filter for minimization of clutter and time side-lobes

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Özdemir, Seçil

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In this thesis, a maximum likelihood receiver to obtain the target range profile that uses the clutter prediction derived from the target-free previous observations is suggested as a fast time processor for pulse compression radar systems. The maximum likelihood receiver is proposed to overcome the range sidelobe problem, which is introduced by the pulse compression method. Conventional methods, such as the matched filter receiver, as fast time processor result in the targets with high radar cross sec- tion masking the low radar cross section targets at the neighboring range cells; since sidelobes of the matched filter is determined by the autocorrelation of the spreading code and linearly proportional to target signal power. An unbiased estimator, like the maximum likelihood receiver in this thesis work does not su↵er from such issues. In addition to that, to suppress the signal dependent interference, namely the clutter, at the output of fast time processor; the previous target-free observations are col- lected and utilized to predict the clutter signal for next time instant. This prediction is used in the maximum likelihood receiver. The clutter prediction is done for the stationary case and the internal clutter motion case, and their SINR performances with the maximum likelihood receiver are evaluated. In conclusion, such an approach managed to have an unbiased estimation of target range profile and the clutter suppression advantage in the fast time.

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Radar, Radar, Radar receiving apparatus, Radar transmitters.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/22415

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S. Özdemir, “An Adaptive fast time radar receiving filter for minimization of clutter and time side-lobes,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2013.