ASRT lecture

For radar technology, the wide range of possible applications and the multitude of possible system architectures means that almost every realization of a radar system requires an adapted signal processing chain. But which processing methods are there and how do they depend on application and system type? The lecture offered in the summer semester will explore this question and discuss current and exciting system variants. The lecture complements and extends the "Basics and systems of radar technology" lecture offered in the winter semester, but is designed to be heard and understood independently of it. Accompanying the lecture is a weekly seminar, which students use to prepare one additional topic each, which is not covered in the lecture. Towards the end of the semester, each student presents this topic to the other students in a presentation, thus complementing the lecture content.

The lecture is offered in English.

1. Introduction to radar
2. Classification of different signal processing methods
3. Polarimetric radar
4. MIMO radar
5. Bistatic radar, passive radar
6. Multistatic radar, radar networks
7. Imaging techniques: SAR, ISAR
8. Analog waveforms: Noise radar, SFCW radar
9. Digital waveforms and codes
10. High resolution methods
11. Classification of different applications
12. Radar remote sensing
13. Automotive radar
14. Weather radar
15. Presentation of selected topics by the students

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