Overview

RadarMan is a a compact, lightweight, Pulsed-IF acquisition system that is highly reliable and supportable at a level not achievable in other mainstream RCS measurement systems.

The entire RadarMan core unit is housed in a single 19”W x 13”D x 7”H rack mount chassis that weighs approximately 24 lbs. Included in the core unite is all digital control, frequency-agile LO source, IF subsection, RF Converters, and I/Q Sampling.

RadarMan is adaptable to virtually any required measurement configuration including multiple antenna bands, full polarization matrix switching, and dual receive channels.

RadarMan Key Specifications

• Operating Frequency Range: 2-18 GHz Standard, 100MHz-2GHz Optional, 18GHz-40GHz Optional

• # of WF Steps: 1- 65,536

• PRF: 100Hz - 2MHz+ (10 ns PRI)

• Tx P.W.: 5 ns - 2.5µs (1 ns step)

• Range Delay: 0-10 ms (1 ns step)

• # of INTS: 1 - 1,048,576 (power of 2)

• Dynamic Range: 68 dB typical (custom front end dependent)

• Sensitivity: 85 dB typical (custom front end dependent)

• VBW Settings: 250 MHz, 100 MHz, 50 MHz, 25 MHz

• Phase Modulation: Fixed, Bi-phase, Compensating, Incremental, PN, Custom

• Hardware Range Gates: 1-4

• Virtual Range Gates: 16 per hardware range gate

• A/D Conversion: 16 bits, I+Q

User Interface - DATADISPLAY - Key features

• Full control of all radar hardware parameters

• Intuitive Operation

• Integrated Target/Antenna motion control

• Simple Calibration/Background Reference collection including NIST-directed dual calibration

• Image Parameter Calculator

• Save/recall radar parameter setups, calibration, background references

• Range Walk with real-time transmit/receive bracket adjustments

Sample RadarMan Display Image