Low-cost measurement for a secondary mode S radar transmitter

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 3217-3225

  Parra Cerrada, Ángel ^a   González Posadas, Vicente ^a   Jiménez Martín, José Luis ^a   Blanco Del Campo, Álvaro ^b   Hernandez, Wilmar ^c   Calderón Córdova, Carlos ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA PARTICULAR DE LOJA   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Commercial off the shelf (COTS) equipment; Differential phase shift keying; Envelope and phase measurements; Global positioning system disciplined oscillator (GPSDO); Mode S radar; Monopulse secondary surveillance radar (MSSR); Radar measurements; Transmitter measurements

Indexed keywords

COSTS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT TESTING; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; MONOPULSE RADAR; PHASE MEASUREMENT; PHASE SHIFT; PHASE SHIFT KEYING; RADAR; RADIO NAVIGATION; SURVEILLANCE RADAR; TRANSMITTERS;

COMMERCIAL OFF THE SHELF EQUIPMENTS; DIFFERENTIAL PHASE-SHIFT KEYING; DISCIPLINED OSCILLATOR; MODE-S RADAR; SECONDARY SURVEILLANCE RADARS; TRANSMITTER MEASUREMENT;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84959095443     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2015.2450357     Document Type: Article

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