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The article evaluates a 140 GHz FMCW radar transceiver from imec, an international research and development and innovation hub.

The article discusses about the use of sensors in aerial work platforms. Topics of discussion includes the types of enhanced detections systems, includes ultrasonic sensors radar and light-based radar sensors. The next step involves determining the best placement of sensors on the work platform. Some systems have a sensor detection area with warning and stop zones established.

The article focuses on naval electronic warfare, highlighting the emergence and the use of radar as a primary means for surveillance, targeting and weapon guidance in the maritime arena. Other topics being presented include the move of navies to develop methods and means by which to disrupt or deceive potentially hostile radio frequency (RF) sensors and the use of to as electronic-countermeasures (ECM) or electronic attack (EA).

The article focuses on radar technology and microwave equipment such as Exceed Microwave's WZ-Series bandpass filters, MiniRF's MRFX9703 transformer, and RLC Electronics' multiplexers.

The article focuses on the use of radar technology, which has evolved into a relatively simple solution which penetrates industrial and consumer market segments, in consumer electronics and industrial applications. Topics about the application of 4D sensing as well as the advancements in silicon and packaging technology are presented.

The article reports on technologies used to provide real-time, ultra-wideband, radio frequency (RF) signal recording in a small, rugged package optimized for size, weight and power (SWaP). Ultra-wideband RF signal recorders allow to capture large swaths of the RF spectrum for wide bandwidth radar systems and improved Signals intelligence (SIGINT) capabilities.

The article discusses the role of printed circuit board antennas and circuit materials in the development of electronic safety systems for advanced driver-assistance systems. It mentions the use of 77-GHz radar systems for object detection and discrimination. Topics include the performance of dielectric constant, developing 5G system for vehicle-to-vehicle communications and the use of circuit laminates from advanced material manufacturer Rogers Corporation.

The article talks risks associated with drone technology with an emergence of commercial unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) along with drone detection and counter measures. The topic include information on GUARDION, an effective solution developed by Logistik GmbH, Diehl Defence GmbH & Co. KG, and Rohde & Schwarz for detecting and countering drones.

The article focuses on a research conducted on the use of radar technology such as gallium-nitride (GaN) technology and high-speed converters in aerospace and defense companies. Various topics discussed include benefits of GaN technology, development of power amplifiers (PA) based on GaN and gate switching.

The article reviews the IntuVue RDR-7000 weather radar system by Honeywell.

The article informs about the electromagnetic protection of mono-pulse radars that has a single antenna with a single feed. Topics include a single antenna feed reflects into a parabolic dish reflector to transmit and also receives signals reflected by the reflector; and radar's tracking ability and makes the jamming ineffective with tracking ability.

And expound on a number of radar fundamentals, the book Introduction to Radar Using Python and MATLAB presents a tool suite that consists of Python scripts, as well as corresponding MATLAB scripts, to reinforce fundamental topics. The tool suite, written in the Python programming language, includes a user-friendly graphical user interface (GUI) that updates plots and images automatically as the user changes parameters. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the use of the 24 gigahertz (GHz) industrial, scientific and medical band radar for adoption of commercial unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). Topics mentioned include its application without regulation for avoidance of automatic collision and radio altimeters, capability of the radar in detecting objects to ensure safe operation of drone, and the aspects for UAV manufacturers to consider in proving that their solutions are capable technically of operating autonomously.

The article focuses on the Technology Survey by the periodical regarding radar warning receivers (RWRs) and radar electronic support measures (ESM) systems. It mentions that RWR and ESM systems helps in detecting radar signals, real-time warning and situational awareness, and to cue countermeasures response. It also mentions that electronic warfare (EW) solution helps in incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) technology into RWR and ESM systems.

The article focuses on the advantages offered by new single-ended transistors based on gallium-nitride (GaN) for building next-gen L-band systems. It is noted that the main reasons behind the surge in power is new transistors' greater levels of gain and efficiency. It is also mentioned that both LDMOS and GaN transistors have already replaced bipolar transistors used in traditional avionics and radar.

It's a rationale many CMOs and marketing executives are thinking about as they consider which events to prioritize this year amid a challenging economic backdrop. After two years of attending the Sundance Film Festival virtually, Meliza Humphrey, senior manager of marketing at Acura, was looking forward to its in-person return. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers information on the non-contact devices, particularly radar instruments, but also on ultrasonic technology in chemical engineering. It further discusses strength of the reflected signal, highly dependent on the dielectric constant of the fluid; locating the sensor away from internals such as thermowells, baffles and coils; and guided wave radar (GWR), which adds a physical pathway that concentrates the radar signal, directing it to the exact desired location.

The article discusses the Raytheon Technologies business for the hardware, production and sustainment contract for fullrate production of the AN/SPY-6(V) family of radars.

The article discusses the design of modularized radar test system. Topics presented include a brief overview of how radar systems are tested on aspects including its ability to detect targets in complex environment and generate signal with low noise and possesses excellent harmonic and spurious performance, and offers information Giraffe 4A AESA radar.

Recent breakthroughs in radar technology combined with the demand for compact, affordable and high precision radar for military and commercial applications, has led to a renaissance in the methods and use of radar. Many of the upcoming sectors of technology growth, namely autonomous vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and various commercial/civilian applications, rely upon solid-state radar and new methods of fabrication and programming. This resurgence is a byproduct of escalating advancements in radar, stealth and jamming technologies for defense that is driving conventional radar solutions into obsolescence.1 A wide accessibility to sophisticated digital-signal processing (DSP), agile RF transceivers and cutting-edge anzenna techniques is fueling this accelerating change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers information on advancement in radars with use of digital beamforming. Topic discussed include the difference between analog and digital beamforming including weight of analog-to-digital data, presents the image of a block diagram showing analog and digital beamforming functions, and presents a common receiver architectures of a radar.

The article discusses evolution of radar to Next-Generation by using tile arrays. Topics discussed include active electronically scanned array as the clear successor to radar systems, U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and developer of radio semiconductor components MACOM Technology Solutions working together on the Microwave Monolithic Integrated Circuits program, and optimization of tile array architecture by MACOM and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Metamaterial antennas have progressed considerably in the last few years. Kymeta demonstrated transmission to satellites and back using 20 and 30 GHz antennas about the size of a laptop, which use metamaterial resonators for phase shifting. Echoclyne and Xerox PARC have developed metamaterial arrays for radar. The Army Research Laboratory funded the development of a metamaterial 250 to 505 MHz antenna with a λ/20 thickness. Complementing this, a conventional tightly coupled dipole antenna (TCDA) has been developed which provides a 20:1 bandwidth with a λ/40 thickness. Target cloaking has been demonstrated at microwaves using metamaterials. Stealthing, by absorption using a thin flexible and stretchable metamaterial sheet, has been shown to provide 6 dE absorption over an 8 to 10 GHz band, with greater absorption over a narrower range. Metamaterial has been used in cell phones to provide antennas that are 5× smaller (1/10th λ) having 700 MHz to 2.7 GHz bandwidth. It has also provided isolation equivalent to 1 m separation in antennas with 2.5 cm separation and is used for phased array wide angle impedance matching (WAIM). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers information on the compound semiconductor, GaN or Gallium nitride and its application for the Space Fence Radar system. GaN uses III/V group elements which enables higher power density and reliability for radio frequency (RF) operation. The Space Fence Radar uses GaN high power amplifiers (HPA) to produce high sensitivity in detecting small objects at reduced number of transmit elements and lower cost.

The article reports on the contract awarded by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to BAE Systems; FAST Labs research and development unit to develop the COmpact Front-end Filters at the EIEment-level (COFFEE) program.

The article reports that the European Union has banned the use of the fungicide chlorothalonil due to environmental concerns. It mentions that the ban is likely to impact peanut farmers as chlorothalonil is a vital product for controlling diseases in peanut farming. It also highlights certain fungicide programs to evaluate a sulfur product to compare it and use it as substitute for chlorothalonil.

The article discusses BAE Systems' FAST Labs research and development organization a 17.5 million contract for the Generating RF with Photonic Oscillators for Low Noise (GRYPHON) program.

The article focuses on the 2019 International Microwave Week which was held on June 7, 2010 at Boston, Massachusetts consisting of topics like 5G network, microwave and radar technology.

The article offers information related to remote jamming, which is being used in making various types of radars. Topics discussed include lethal range radar controlled weapon, issues related to deceptive jamming technique, lethal range of weapons, depiction of two stand-off jamming aircraft that fight as a team and continuous jamming coverage against the hostile radars to protect multiple strike aircraft against multiple threat radars.

The article focuses on the easy access of radar systems by defense industry. Various topics discussed include use of gallium nitride (GaN) transistors, development of ground based fighter radar (GBFR), transmission of pulse repetition frequency (PRF) through system and portability of ground surveillance radar systems.

The article reports that Raytheon Intelligence & Space's (RI&S's) preproduction APG-79(V)4 radar system was successfully flown on a U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet earlier this year at the Naval Air Weapons Station in China Lake, California. It mentions that APG-79(V)4 is an APG-79 radar derivative that employs the first airborne GaN-AESA fire-control radar to help pilots detect and track enemy aircraft from greater distances with greater accuracy of cooling requirements of legacy aircraft.

The article discusses an alternative simulation method or the scenario framework simulation (SFS) technique that would cause the elimination of interference, thus encapsulate the performance of the modern radar system. Topics discussed include the advantages of the SFS technique in mobile radar measurements, the function of SFS, and measurements that must be performed to accurately account for clutter or other forms of interference.

High-power transmit/receive (T/R) switches for use in multi-channel ice-penetrating imaging radars are capable of sustaining peak power levels exceeding 1000 W. They are based on a balanced topology and built using quadrature hybrids and actively biased PIN diodes. Insertion loss is lower than 1.3 dB from 100 to 350 MHz and lower than 1.6 dB from 150 to 600 MHz. Isolation in transmit mode is higher than 85 dB across both bands with turn-on and turn-off times shorter than 1300 ns and 200 ns, respectively. Both designs were successfully used in multichannel radars for measurements in the Arctic and Antarctic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses modern rader transmitter including its designs, measurement and pulse analysis.

The article offers information on the 2016 Electronic Design Innovation Conference (EDI CON) China, China Electrotechnical Society's Electromagnetic Technology Conference & Exhibition (EMC) China, and the China Radar Industry Association conference on April 19-21, 2016. Topics discussed include silicon-on-insulator (SOI) semiconductor technology, wireless communication, and fire control radar.

The article focuses on the advanced radar technology operating at lower power levels and employing sophisticated direct-sequence and advanced waveforms. Topics discussed include multiple modes operation of multi-functional radars, development in capabilities of radio frequency (RF) detection, identification, and classification system to deal with next generation radar threats, and challenges faced by electronic intelligence (ELINT) systems and operators due to new radar types and technologies.

The article discusses measuring the effects of S-band radar systems on LTE wireless networks coexisting within the same frequency range. Coexistence is a concern for different S-band radar systems, especially in the U.S. An LTE network may experience disturbances due to performance degradation of an S-band radar system, resulting in an increase in the LTE network's block error rate (BLER).

The article discusses the matched filter system that can be improved with the modern systems by matching the matched filter. The concept is to precisely measure a particular dispersive surface acoustic wave (SAW) compressor using a high resolution VNA and generate an expanded pulse that is matched to that particular SAW device, rather than manufacturing custom compensation networks for each SAW compressor. Information on the advantage of the strategy is discussed.

This article updates previous papers discussing significant developments, trends and breakthroughs in radar, phased arrays and the underlying technologies that enable them.1-8 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on a technology survey regarding electronic intelligence (ELINT) receivers, which collect data from data signals to determine a detected radar's performance and modes. Topics discussed include the Electronic Support Measures (ESM) system and Radar Warning Receiver (RWR), the instantaneous bandwidth (IBW) and a table showing the type, bandwidth, and sensitivity of ELINT receiver technology.

The article discusses the market for communication systems, the wireless communication, the radar system and RF/microwave signals. It cites on the usage of the RF/microwave technology application in cooking, automotive ignition and industrial heating. The article also discusses the RF power transistor usage in wireless communication which allows distributed antenna system transmit signals.

The article focuses on a recapitalization program for modernization of Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System by the US Air Force due to an aging of legacy platforms and to use advanced battle management system. It discusses sensors and communications architecture used by the U.S. military, source selection process by the Air Force for engineering and manufacturing development and its budget for JSTARS aircraft. It discusses a financial burden of Air Force and challenges of the program.

The article evaluates the Demorad 24 GHz Radar for non-contact industrial sensors from Analog Devices Inc.

The article offers information on the production of the first of the U.S. Air Force's new long-range air defense radars, TPY-4 for the Three Dimensional Expeditionary Long Range Radar (3DELRR) by aerospace company the Lockheed Martin. It further discusses detect and track current and emerging threats, from small unmanned aerial vehicles to tactical ballistic missiles at great distances; and views of Rick Herodes, director of ground-based air surveillance radars at Lockheed Martin, on issue.

The article focuses on the concept of Warning Receivers (RWRs) and Electronic Support Measures (ESM) receivers, that are electronic support (ES) systems. It mentions that the ES systems offer situational awareness and threat warning by detecting, and identifying radar emitters and cueing the countermeasures system. It mentions that the ES systems scan the frequency range in various steps.

The article focuses on the radar systems which are used in variety of commercial, industrial and defense applications. Topics discussed include research and development (R&D) regarding testing of radar systems, radar target generators which apply time delay, Doppler frequency, and attenuation to a radar signal, and Fiber Optic Delay Lines (FODL). Also mentioned are air traffic control (ATC), missile tracking, and quantization.