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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2017.18.6.44

A Study on the Design of Digital Frequency Discriminator with 3-Channel Delay Lines  

Kim, Seung-Woo (Defense Agency for Technology and Quality)
Choi, Jae-In (Defense Agency for Technology and Quality)
Chin, Hui-cheol (Defense Agency for Technology and Quality)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.18, no.6, 2017 , pp. 44-52 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, we propose a DFD (Digital Frequency Discriminator) design that has better frequency discrimination and a smaller size. Electronic warfare equipment can analyze different types of radar signal such as those based on Frequency, Pulse Width, Time Of Arrival, Pulse Amplitude, Angle Of Arrival and Modulation On Pulse. In order for electronic warfare equipment to analyze radar signals with a narrow pulse width (less than 100ns), they need to have a special receiver structure called IFM (Instantaneous Frequency Measurement). The DFD (Digital Frequency Discriminator) is usually used for the IFM. Because the existing DFDs are composed of separate circuit devices, they are bulky, heavy, and expensive. To remedy these shortcomings, we use a three delay line ($1{\lambda}$, $4{\lambda}$, $16{\lambda}$) in the DFD, instead of the four delay line ($1{\lambda}$, $4{\lambda}$, $16{\lambda}$, $64{\lambda}$) generally used in the existing DFDs, and apply the microwave integrated circuit method. To enhance the frequency discrimination, we detect the pulse amplitude and perform temperature correction. The proposed DFD has a frequency discrimination error of less than 1.5MHz, affording it better performance than imported DFDs.
Keywords
Electronic INTelligence; Frequency Discriminator; Integrated Circuit; Modulation; Power Amplitude;
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