• Overview on the Course and Industrial Applications of Radar Technology (2 hours)
• Radar Systems (6 hours)
Radar Equation. Radar Cross Section (RCS). Bandpass and Lowpass Signals. Analytical Signal
• Resolution in Radar Systems (7 hours)
Impulse Radar Resolution. Doppler Effect. Chirp Signaò and its Autocorrelation Function.
• Real Aperture Radar (RAR) and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) (7 hours)
Range and Azimuth Resolutions for RAR and SAR Systens. Image Formation in SAR Systems. Speckle Noise and Despeckling.
• SAR Interferometry and Tomography (3 hours).
• Microwave Imaging (5 hours).
Imaging in Homogeneous Media. Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR). Microwave Biomedical Imaging. Breast Cancer Imaging. Stroke Monitoring.
• Computer Exercises (12 hours).
Band-pass Signals and corresponding Low-pass Signals. Chirp Signal Generation. Focusing of SAR Signal. Interferogram Generation.
• Laboratory Experience (6 hours)