Product description

CI F06 unit includes a digital pulse expander and the matched digital pulse compressor housed in a single unit.

The pulse expander generates a frequency coded pulse, also called a chirp. Pulse output is IF analog.

The pulse compressor performs matched filtering of the expanded chirp. Compressor pulse input and output are IF analog.

CI F06 may be customized to generate and match linear or non linear chirps.

CI F06 may be used as a replacement of existing SAW based pulse expander and/or compressor to overcome device obsolescence or enhance RADAR performances.

CI F06 behavior and performances are reproducible from one unit to the other. No matching is needed. CI F06 may be used with CI F04/05 to get multiple compressor channels, also without matching required from one unit to the other.

Rakon will customize pulse expander chirp and pulse compression filter according to the characteristics requested by the customer (Chirp duration, bandwidth, compressed pulse width, chirp slope …).

The unit is provided with FPGA firmware loaded, including pulse expander waveforms and pulse compression filter.

Features

 Single channel pulse expander unit

 Single channel pulse compressor unit

 IF analog I/Os

 2 selectable waveforms for expander and compressor

 High precision clock

 BITE function

 High BxT compression gain

Applications

 SAW based pulse compression RADARS upgrade