Antenna and Receiver Gains and Losses
Model hardware and signal processing factors and losses for scanning and fixed beam radars.
Functions
Antenna and Scanning
aperture2gain | Convert effective aperture to gain |
arrayscanloss | Loss due to electronic scanning off broadside (Since R2021a) |
beamdwellfactor | Range-dependent loss for rapidly scanning beam (Since R2021a) |
beamloss | Beam shape loss for Gaussian antenna pattern (Since R2021a) |
gain2aperture | Convert gain to effective aperture |
solidangle | Solid angle of region bounded by azimuth and elevation angles (Since R2021a) |
Receiver
binaryintloss | Loss due to M-of-N binary pulse integration (Since R2021a) |
cfarloss | Loss due to constant false alarm rate (CFAR) adaptive processing (Since R2021a) |
eclipsingloss | Loss due to pulse eclipsing (Since R2021a) |
eclipsingfactor | Range-dependent eclipsing factor (Since R2021a) |
matchingloss | Receiver filter matching loss (Since R2021a) |
mtifactor | Improvement factor due to moving target indicator (MTI) processing (Since R2021a) |
mtiloss | Losses due to moving target indicator (MTI) processing (Since R2021a) |
noisepow | Receiver noise power |
quanttemp | Quantization temperature (Since R2021a) |
polloss | Polarization loss |
stcfactor | Sensitivity time control (STC) factor (Since R2021a) |
systemp | Receiver system-noise temperature |
Apps
Radar Designer | Model radar gains and losses and assess performance in different environments (Since R2021a) |
Featured Examples
Introduction to Pulse Integration and Fluctuation Loss in Radar
Compute the radar detectability factor, or minimum signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) required to declare a detection, for a radar system given a set of performance requirements.
- Since R2021b
- Open Live Script
Introduction to Scanning and Processing Losses in Pulse Radar
Losses that impact the radar detectability factor and are dependent on the components of the signal processing chain, the type of the pulse integration, the target fluctuation model, and several other factors that are discussed.
- Since R2021b
- Open Live Script
Modeling Radar Detectability Factors
Improve the fidelity of the radar range equation analysis by including a detailed loss budget.
- Since R2021a
- Open Live Script
MTI Improvement Factor for Land-Based Radar
Show the moving target indication (MTI) improvement factor and investigate the effects of frequency, PRF, number of pulses, and coherent vs noncoherent processing on MTI performance.
- Since R2021a
- Open Live Script
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