1. 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

2. 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