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IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
Volume 46 Number 9, September 1998

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Radar Target Identification Using a Combined Early-Time/Late-Time E-Pulse Technique

Q. Li, Student Member, IEEE, P. Ilavarasan, Member, IEEE, John E. Ross, Member, IEEE, Edward J. Rothwell, Senior Member, IEEE, Kun-Mu Chen, Fellow, IEEE, and Dennis P. Nyquist, Fellow, IEEE

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Abstract:

The E-pulse technique has been applied in the past to both the early- and the late-time components of a transient radar response. While the late-time E-pulse technique uses aspect-independent waveforms, the early-time E-pulse technique requires a separate waveform for each target aspect angle and thus significantly more storage and processing time. This paper discusses a combination of the two techniques that employs the early-time technique to remove ambiguities generated from application of the late-time method. By narrowing the possible range of aspect angles of the potential targets, the early-time technique can be employed more efficiently.

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