Final exam information Open book, open notes, bring a calculator Eligible topics Everything covered all semester (not an exhaustive list) Analog-to-digital converter, sampling concepts, dynamic range Airborne radar, imaging radar, swath width, data rate Antennas, beamwidth, directivity, gain, monopulse techniques Bistatic radar, bistatic SAR, range resolution and Doppler Coherent integration, incoherent integration, pulse compression Digital waveform generation: arbitrary waveform generation, direct digital synthesis Doppler frequency shift and radial velocity FM-CW radar Imaging radars: SLAR, SAR, InSAR, ISAR, image interpretation Pulse repetition frequency, ambiguous range, Nyquist Radar range equation & SNR Radar geometry (including bistatic configurations) Range resolution (slant vs. ground) Radar signal processing: coherent integration, FFT, fast time, slow time Resolution & accuracy Scattering characteristics, propagation, reflection, calibration targets (active & passive) Synthetic-aperture radar (SAR): concept, resolution, synthetic-aperture length,processing, fading, calibration, applications System dynamic range (instantaneous vs. sensitivity time control (STC)) Terminology, variables, units

Final exam Open book, open notes, bring a calculator Date & time Wednesday, May 9 10:30 am to 1:00 pm Specific topics (not an exhaustive list) Radar range equation Range resolution Noise power calculation External calibration Airborne SAR strip map mode synthetic aperture coherent integration, pulse compression and dynamic range Terminology and concepts 5 pages containing 13 questions 4 require words (explain, describe, …) 8 require calculation with numerical answers 1 requires derivation