• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.213-219
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• 2011

Simulative target generators are needed for testing and calibrating various radar systems. The generator in this study discriminates the transmitting frequency from a radar and simulates parameters like target range, range rate, and atmospheric attenuation using the digital RF memory technique. The simulative target echo is then sent to the radar for testing and evaluation. This paper proposes a novel architecture for controlling the digital RF memory so it continually writes ADC data to the memory and reads it for the DAC with increasing one step address in order to control the delay of target range in a simple way. The target echo is programmed according to various preprogrammed scenarios and is generated in real time using a wireless local area network (LAN). To analyze the detected and generated target information easily, the system times for the radar and simulative target generator are synchronized using a global positioning system (GPS).

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.14 no.6
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• pp.1138-1143
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• 2011

One of the critical items in radar testing is the ability to evaluate the performance of radar systems under real operational environments. But it takes lots of time and cost to operate real targets and analyze the test results due to a large amount of data based on these complicated environments. In this paper, the Radar Simulative T&E Lab. is introduced, and the test and analysis results of the developing radar for predicting the radar system performance are described in the Radar Simulative T&E Lab. This laboratory could be used to test the far-field characteristics of antenna radiation pattern and to perform an effective radar system test and evaluation using a simulative target generator under a low cost repeating test situation.