Radar Target Echo Simulator

Development of today’s sophisticated Radar Systems requires advanced Radar Echo simulation and measurement techniques to evaluate performance under different operating modes and to ensure the system’s specifications are met and fully characterized. To achieve thismore realistic testing with RF signals representing the field environment conditions are required. Henceradar designers are looking for a more advancedflexibleand real-time radar echo simulation system through which they can simulate radar echo characteristics to simulate the radar scenario replicating the required field conditions.

These field conditions will include multiple target modelsRCS modelsclutter models and ECM features such as jammers. The DRFM-based approach uses an electronic method for digitally capturing and retransmitting RF signals. It downconverts RF signals to digital basebandprocesses them on FPGA and retransmits the digital baseband signal by upconverting the signals to the required RF frequency. This system simulates Radar Targets / Echoes with parameters such as RangeDopplerand RCS along with Radar Jamming Techniques.