Introduction to Radar – the Challenges and Opportunities

Technology Introduction Series brings to you tutorials from experts and organisations across the Telecom Industry.

In the first of this series, engineer James Henderson provides an Introduction to Radar Systems. Plextek has a long heritage in the development of optimal RF solutions specifically designed to meet the needs of high-performance radar and communication applications. They’ve built their business on radar & communications technology, and offer design support throughout the product lifecycle. This includes specifying the most suitable radar technology or designing a bespoke system through to product approvals and manufacturing.

Video Breakdown:
00:00 Start
00:30 What is Radar?
01:44 Pulsed Radar
08:25 Radar Beam Scanning Techniques
09:42 Mechanical Scanning Example
11:16 Passive Electronically Scanned Radar Example
13:14 Millimeter Wave μ-Radar
14:15 Ubiquitous/MIMO Radar Approach
15:41 SAR – Synthetic Aperture Radar
16:33 Plextek Contact details

All our #3G4G5G slides, videos, blogs and tutorials are available at: