MLR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

DUNDIGAL - 500 043, HYDERABAD

QUESTION BANK

Course Name : RADAR SYSTEMS

Course Code : 58028

Class : IV B.TECH

Branch : ECE

Year : 2014 - 2015

Course Faculty :
Mr.P.YAKAIAH, Associate Professor, Mr.D.V.SURYA CHANDRABABU, Assistant
Professor

OBJECTIVES:

To meet the challenge of ensuring excellence in engineering education, the issue of quality needs to be addressed,
debated and taken forward in a systematic manner. Accreditation is the principal means of quality assurance in higher
education. The major emphasis of accreditation process is to measure the outcomes of the program that is being
accredited.

In line with this, Faculty of MLRIT, Hyderabad has taken a lead in incorporating philosophy of outcome based
education in the process of problem solving and career development. So, all students of the institute should understand
the depth and approach of course to be taught through this question bank, which will enhance learner's learning process.
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An L-band radar operating at 1.25 GHz
uses a peak pulse power of 3 MW and
must have arange of 185.2 km for objects
1 whose radar cross section is 1m2.If Pmin is Comprehension e
2 x 10-13watt.What is the smallest diameter
the antenna reflector could have assuming
it to be a full paraboloid with ƞ=0.65

A radar operating at 1.5 GHz uses a

peak pulse power of 2.5 MW, and
has a range of 100 nmi for objects
whose radar cross-section is 1 m2.If
2 the minimum receivable power of Comprehension i
the receiver is 2 x 10-13 watt. What
is the smallest diameter the antenna
reflector could have, assuming it to
be a full paraboloid with ƞ=0.65

A low power, short range radar is solid

state throughout, including a low noise RF
amplifier which gives it an overall noise
figure of 4.77 dB. If the antenna diameter
is 1m,the IF bandwidth is 500 kHz, the
3 operating frequency is 8 GHz and the radar Remember h
set is supposed to be capable of detecting
targets of 5 m2 cross sectional area at a
maximum distance of 12km,what must be
the peak transmitted pulse power

Cal. the peak transmitted power? A low

power radar has a receiver whose noise
figure is 5.3 dB. If the antenna diameter is
1.5m,the IF bandwidth is 500kHz,the
4 Application n
operating frequency is 8.1GHz and the
radar set is supposed to be capable of
detecting targets of 5m2 cross-sectional
area at a maximum distance of 15km
Calculate the maximum range of a radar
system which operates at 3 cm with a peak
pulse power of 500 kW, if its minimum
5 receivable power is 10-13W, the capture Analysis e
area of its antenna is 5 m2, and the radar
cross-sectional area of the target is 20 m2.

Calculate the peak power and duty cycle of

a radar whose average transmitter power is
6 200W, pulse width of 1μs and a pulse Apply e
repetition frequency of 1000Hz?
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Calculate the peak power and duty
cycle of a radar whose average
1 transmitter power is 200W,pulse Comprehension e
width of 1us and a pulse repetition
frequency of 1000 Hz?

If the noise figure of a receiver is

2.5 dB, what reduction(measured in
2 dB) occurs in the signal noise ratio Comprehension i
at the output compared to the signal
noise ratio at the input

Find the number of hits from a

point target on each scan,
3 If the typical parameters for ground Remember h
based radar has pulse repetition
frequency 300 Hz, 1.5obeamwidth,
and antenna scan rate 5rpm.
How to find the number of pulses
that returned from a point target as
4 the radar antenna scans through its Application n
beam width?

If the noise figure of a receiver is

2.5 db, what reduction (measured in
5
dB) occurs in the signal noise ratio Analysis e
at the output compared to the signal
noise ratio at the input?

If the bandwidth of the IF amplifier

were 1MHz and the average false
6 alarm time that could be tolerated Application n
were 15 min. Then find the
probability of false alarm

UNIT –II
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A 8.5 GHz police radar measures a
Doppler frequency of 1932 Hz
1 from a car approaching the Comprehension e
stationary police vehicle,calculate
the speed of the car

Determine the acceleration of a

target if the received signal
2 bandwidth is 40Hz and the Comprehension i
operating wavelength is 9 cms

The transmitter power is 1 KW and

3 safe value of power which might be Remember h
applied to a receiver is 10mW.
Calculate the Doppler frequency of
stationary CW radar transmitting at
4
6 MHz frequency when a moving Application n
target approaches the radar with a
radial velocity of 100 Km/Hour.

What is the doppler shift when

tracking a car moving away from
5 radar at 100 miles/hour ? The radar Analysis e
is operating at 1 GHz

The transmitter power is 1 KW and

safe value of power which might be
applied to a receiver is 10mW. Find
6 Application e
the isolation between transmitter
and receiver indB. Suggest the
appropriate isolator

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For an unambiguous range of 81
nautical miles in a two frequency
1 Comprehension e
CW radar.Determine f2 and Δf
when f1=4.2 kHz
Determine the range and Doppler
velocity of the target if the target is
moving away from a FMCW
radar.The beat frequency observed
2 Comprehension i
for triangular modulation as fb
(up)=50 kHz and fb(down)=20
kHz.The modulating frequency is 2
MHz and Doppler shift is 2kHz.
Calculate the range of a FMCW
3 Radar, if fm=100kHz, Δf=1.6kHz Remember h
and beat frequency is 30 Hz
Determine the range and Doppler
velocity for a FMCW radar if the
target is approaching the
radar.Given the beat frequency fb
4 Application n
(up)=20 kHz and fb(down)=30 kHz
for the triangular modulation,the
modulating frequency is 1MHz and
Doppler frequency shift is 1kHz
For an unambiguous range of 100
nautical miles in a two frequency
5 Analysis e
CW radar.Determine f1 and Δf
when f2=6.4 kHz
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Calculate the lowest blind speed of
an MTI system operating at 3.6cm
1 wavelength andtransmitting at a Comprehension e
pulse repetition time of 330
microseconds

An MTI radar operates at 10GHz

2 with a PRF of 300 pps. Calculate Comprehension i
the lowestblind speed?

MTI radar is operated at 9GHz with

3
a PRF of 3000 pps. Calculate the Remember h
first two lowest blind speeds for
this radar
Calculate the lowest blind speed of
an MTI system operating at 3.6 cm
4 wave length and transmitting at a Application n
pulse repetition time of 330 μS.

Calculate the lowest blind speed of

an MTI system operating at 4.2 cm
5 wave length and transmitting at a Analysis e
pulse repetition time of 286 μS.

UNIT –V
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what must be the peak transmitted LEVEL
what must
pulse power?A be thelow peakpower,transmitted
short pulse
power?A low power, short
range radar is solid-state throughout, range radar is
solid-state a throughout,
including low-noise RF including
amplifier a low-
which gives it an overall noise figureit an
noise RF amplifier which gives
overall
of 4.77dB. noiseIf thefigure
antenna of diameter
4.77dB. isIf the
1 Comprehension ee
1 antenna diameter is 1m,
1m, the IF Band width is 500kHz, the IF Band thewidth Comprehension
is 500kHz,
operating the operating
frequency is 8GHz frequency
and the is
8GHz and the radar set is
radar set is supposed to be capable of supposed to be
capable of targets
detecting detectingoftargets 5m2of cross
5m2 cross
sectional area at a maximum
maximum distance of 12
distance
km.
of 12 km.
Explain
What the Block
is FM diagram
altimeter? Explainof amplitude
how it
2
2 comparison mono pulse for
works and what are the applications extracting error Comprehension
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signals
of it? in both elevation and azimuth.
With a (CW)
Derive transmit
the impulse frequency
response of a of 5 GHz,
3 matched Filter that is commonly seen
calculate the Doppler frequency usedby a Remember h
3 stationary radar
in a radar receiver. when the target radial Remember h
velocity in
Explain is 100km/h
detail about N-element
4 (62.5mph).
linear array and derive its Radiation Application n
Calculate
pattern the Maximum range of a radar
expression.
system an
Derive which operatesfor
expression at blind
3 cm speeds
with a peak
pulse
of MTI power
radar.ofDiscuss
500 kW, theif effect
its minimum
of
4
5 Application
Analysis ne
large wavelength and large PRF oncapture
receivable power is 10 13 W, the
area of blind
lowest its antenna
speed isof5target.
m2, and the radar
cross-sectional area of the target is 20 m2.
What are the various unwanted signals
5 Analysis e
which cause errors in FM altimeter?

UNIT –VII
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A radar receiver is connected to a 50
ohms resistance antenna that has an
equivalent noiseresistance of 30
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ohms.Calculate the noise figure of the
receiver and the equivalent
noisetemperature of the receiver
Three network units,each of 6 Db noise
figure and 10 Db ,6 Db,3 Db gains
2 Comprehension i
respectively arecascaded. Determine
the overall noise figure of the system
An MTI radar is operated at 9GHz with
a PRF of 3000 pps. Calculate the first
3 Remember h
two lowest blind speeds for this radar.
Derive the formula used.
Calculate the value of Pmin for this
radar?. the noise Figure of a radar Application
4 n
receiver is 12 dB, and its bandwidth is
2.5MHz?
Explain the different types of displays
5 Analysis e
used in radar receiver.

Prepared By: Mr.P.Yakaiah, Assoc. Professor

HOD, ECE