Design of RCS measurement system based on hardgating

CHANG Qinggong(常庆功),  HU Dahai(胡大海)， WANG Yahai(王亚海)

(Science and Technology on Electronic Test & Measurement Laboratory, Qingdao 266555, China)

Abstract： In accordance with the measurement requirements of radar cross section（RCS） in the nonstandard outdoor field, a RCS measurement system based on hardware gating was designed. In this paper, firstly the principle of hardware gating based on pulse measurement was introduced. Subsequently, the scheme of RCS measurement system and the design of outdoor environment were presented. In the end, measurement results in an outer field were demonstrated.

Key words：radar cross section(RCS); time domain; hardgating; pulse

CLD number： TN958 Document code： A

Article ID： 16748042(2013)02012305   doi： 10.3969/j.issn.16748042.2013.02.005

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