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Low-Cost Measurement for a Secondary Mode S Radar Transmitter
- Source :
- Repositorio Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, instacron:UTPL, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, ISSN 0018-9456, 2015-12, Vol. 64, No. 12, Archivo Digital UPM, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2015.
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Abstract
- A low-cost, multiple-purpose, and high-precision timing test setup for the measurements of secondary Mode S radar transmission signal was proposed. The goal was to fully guarantee compliance of the proposed transmitter under test with the really hard International Civil Aircraft Organization requirements using traditional measurement equipment, which was difficult or even impossible to ensure up to now. The low-cost structure proposed in this paper allows the user to perform measurements independently of the measurements performed by the pieces of test equipment shelled by the manufacturer of radar, which is a very important aspect since the independence of the verifications is a mandatory requirement established by the safety standards of civil aviation. The proposed setup has been used to verify several transmitters with some defects that are not detected by monopulse secondary surveillance radar specific pieces of test equipment that are focused on more high-level functionalities. It also is valid and it has been used, as a general-purpose setup, for testing other radio navigation aids.
- Subjects :
- Global positioning system disciplined oscillator (GPSDO)
Engineering
Envelope and phase measurements
Real-time computing
Monopulse secondary surveillance radar (MSSR)
Radar measurements
Fire-control radar
law.invention
Mode S radar
Radar engineering details
law
Electronic engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Radar
Instrumentation
Telecomunicaciones
Differential phase shift keying
business.industry
Transmitter measurements
Radar lock-on
Man-portable radar
Bistatic radar
3D radar
Commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) equipment
business
Secondary surveillance radar
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Details
- ISSN :
- 15579662 and 00189456
- Volume :
- 64
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....bfae83e59583be22674ca65827b2bc66