Radar: Development and State-of-Art in Hardware

Abstract

Radar Systems have been in existence for nearly four decades during which period, there have been significant changes and growth in their capability. To provide more reliable systems under different operational conditions, the advances in the field of microwave tubes for transmitter development, low-noise solid-state rf amplifiers for receivers and high-speed digital IC's and LSI devices have been taken full advantage. In this article, the main trends for the radars of the 1980s as well as other trends that will significantly alter the future radars have been brought out.

Indexing Terms:

• Radar
• Microwave Technology
• Transmitter and Receiver Developments
• Dome Antenna

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R. P. Shenoy

SHENOY, RAMDAS P: Received the Masters Degree in Physics from Banaras Hindu University in 1950 and the Post Graduate Diploma DIISc from the IISc., Bangalore in 1953. In 1954, joined the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. as a Research Assistant and was awarded the PhD for his studies in Surface Wave Turnstile Antenna. Worked in the TV and Broadcasting Division of RCA at Camden, N. J. during the period 1957–59. In 1960, joined LRDE Bangalore, and was made the Head of the Radar Division in 1961. In 1967 he was promoted to Deputy Director, DLRL Hyderabad, with responsibility to direct Radar and Electronics Warfare work. In 1971, he was deputed to Bharat Electronics Limited, Ghaziabad, as Chief Technical Officer for organising work on radar development. Since Nov 1973, he has held the position of Director, LRDE Bangalore.

He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Bharat Electronics Limited, Bangalore; Hindustan Teleprintrs Limited, Madras and Karnataka State Electronics Development Corporation Limited, Bangalore. He is also Chairman of the Working Group on Radar & Navigational Aids of the National Radar Council.

He is a Senior Member of the Institution of Electrical & Electronic Engineers (USA), New York. He is also the President of the Society of Electronic Engineers (India). His fields of interest are Statistical Detection Theory, Microwaves and Antennas.