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Table 1. Pulse Radar Waveform.

Pulse Width (PW) or Pulse
Duration (PD)

(tau /
)
s
()
Pulse Repetition Interval
(PRI)

/
(T/R switch or Duplexer)

Duty Cycle (DC)

Peak Power and Average
Power

Pav

Ppk

PRI

(peak power)

Pulse Repetition Frequency

(PRF)

(average power)
Pulse Repetition Frequency (PRF)

kHz ()
Low PRF:
0.25 4 kHz
Medium PRF:
8-40 kHz
1

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High PRF:

50 300 kHz

From: Tx & Rx Waveform by

Table 2. PRI Types

From PRI Analysis and Deinterleaving by Richard G. Wiley, Ph.D.

PRF Types

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Table 3. Radar Resolution Cell

Pulse Radar
PD/2
Linear Frequency
PD/2 x 1/F
Modulation. is often
called "chirp" or Linear
Frequency Modulation
On Pulse (LiFMOP)
Binary Phase Modulation PD/2 x 1/N
or Phase Modulation On
Pulse (PMOP)

(150 m for 1 usec)

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Angle Resolution
(Elevation, Azimuth)
[degree]
Cross Range Resolution
[meters]
Table 4 Time vs Frequency
DC = 0.5 = PW/PRI
or PRI = 2 PW
or PW = PRI/2
PW
2xPW

DC = 0.33 = PW/PRI
or PRI = 3 PW
or PW = PRI/3
PW
2xPW
4

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