ECTS - Radar Systems
Radar Systems (EE404) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Radar Systems | EE404 | Area Elective | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| EE316 ve EE310 |
| Course Language | English |
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| Course Type | Elective Courses |
| Course Level | Natural & Applied Sciences Master's Degree |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Demonstration, Problem Solving, Team/Group. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | The aim of this course is to provide a background for radar signals and systems. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | Radar principles and operation. Radar equation and detection systems. CW and FM radars, pulse and MTI radars. Search and tracking operations. Analysis of radar systems: channel, antennas, transmitter and receiver structures. Current and future trends in radar systems. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
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| 1 | Introducing the course, and operation of radar systems | Please, download the lecture notes and review them before the lesson |
| 2 | Simple radar equation, operation principles of radar, Radar history, radar frequency bands and terminology | Please, download the lecture notes and review them before the lesson |
| 3 | Derivation of radar range equation, receiver noise, detectible signals-1 | Please, download the lecture notes and review them before the lesson |
| 4 | Derivation of radar range equation, receiver noise, detectible signals-2 | Please, download the lecture notes and review them before the lesson |
| 5 | Doppler effect, CW radar, FMCW operation, MTI operation, delay line canceller-1 | Please, download the lecture notes and review them before the lesson |
| 6 | Doppler effect, CW radar, FMCW operation, MTI operation, delay line canceller-2 | Please, download the lecture notes and review them before the lesson up |
| 7 | Midterm examination | study the lecture notes |
| 8 | PRF types and comparison, pulse doppler radar, comparison of MTI and pulse doppler radars-1 | Please, download the lecture notes and review them before the lesson |
| 9 | PRF types and comparison, pulse doppler radar, comparison of MTI and pulse doppler radars-2 | Please, download the lecture notes and review them before the lesson |
| 10 | Search and survellaince radar operation, design of search radar, scan types, antennas other issues-1 | Please, download the lecture notes and review them before the lesson |
| 11 | Search and survellaince radar operation, design of search radar, scan types, antennas other issues-2 | Please, download the lecture notes and review them before the lesson |
| 12 | Tracking radars, tracking types, sequential lobing, conical scan, monopulse operation | Please, download the lecture notes and review them before the lesson |
| 13 | Radar techniques, pulse compression CFAR, advances in radar systems | Please, download the lecture notes and review them before the lesson |
| 14 | Review of topics | Please, download the lecture notes and review them before the lesson |
| 15 | Final examination period | study the lecture notes |
Sources
| Course Book | 1. Skolnik,M.I., Introduction to Radar Systems , McGraw Hill, 2000. |
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| Other Sources | 2. Mahafza, B., Elsherbeni, A.Z., Matlab Simulations for Radar Systems Design, CRC Press, 2004. |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
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| Attendance/Participation | - | - |
| Laboratory | 4 | 15 |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | 8 | 30 |
| Homework Assignments | - | - |
| Presentation | - | - |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 1 | 20 |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 35 |
| Toplam | 14 | 100 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | 60 |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 40 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | X |
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| Major Area Courses | |
| Supportive Courses | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
| Transferable Skill Courses |
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
| # | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Ability to apply knowledge on Mathematics, Science and Engineering to advanced systems. | X | ||||
| 2 | Implementing long-term research and development studies in major areas of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. | X | ||||
| 3 | Ability to use modern engineering tools, techniques and facilities in design and other engineering applications. | X | ||||
| 4 | Graduating researchers active on innovation and entrepreneurship. | |||||
| 5 | Ability to report and present research results effectively. | |||||
| 6 | Increasing the performance on accessing information resources and on following recent developments in science and technology. | |||||
| 7 | An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility. | |||||
| 8 | Increasing the performance on effective communications in both Turkish and English. | |||||
| 9 | Increasing the performance on project management. | |||||
| 10 | Ability to work successfully at project teams in interdisciplinary fields. | |||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
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| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 16 | 2 | 32 |
| Laboratory | 4 | 6 | 24 |
| Application | |||
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | |||
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | |||
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | 8 | 5 | 40 |
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 16 | 16 |
| Total Workload | 124 | ||