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B024407 - ELECTRONICS FOR SPACE AND DEFENCE
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Course Content
Suggested readings
Prerequisites
Teaching Methods
Type of Assessment
Course program
Academic Year 2018-19
Coorte 2018 - Second Cycle Degree in ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
Course year
First year - Second Semester
Belonging Department
Information Engineering (DINFO)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
ING-INF/01 - ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING
Credits
6
Teaching Hours
48
Teaching Term
25/02/2019 ⇒ 07/06/2019
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
Course Content
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Lectureship
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
1) Fundamentals of Astronautics
2) Electronics in Space
3) Civil and Military Applications of Space
4) Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)
5) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
6) GB-SAR (Ground-Based-SAR)
2) Electronics in Space
3) Civil and Military Applications of Space
4) Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)
5) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
6) GB-SAR (Ground-Based-SAR)
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
The teacher will provide the slides to the students
Nevertheless, the following textbook can be useful as references
1) Sellers, Jerry Jon, "Understanding Space", McGraw-Hill, 2007
2) G. W. Stimson
Introduction to Airborne Radar
3rd edition
SciTech (2014)
Nevertheless, the following textbook can be useful as references
1) Sellers, Jerry Jon, "Understanding Space", McGraw-Hill, 2007
2) G. W. Stimson
Introduction to Airborne Radar
3rd edition
SciTech (2014)
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of RF electronics, and signal theory
Teaching Methods
1) lessons with slides
2) laboratory activity on radar systems design
2) laboratory activity on radar systems design
Type of Assessment
oral test,
laboratory activity
laboratory activity
Course program
SPACE
1. Orbits and trajectories
2. Rocket equation and engines
3. Attitude Sensors and actuators
4. Thermal problems in space
5. Electronics in space: cumulative effects and Single Event effects
GPR (Ground Penetrating Radar)
1. Propagation in lossy and no inhomogeneous media
2. Range and cross-range resolution
3. Penetration depth
6. Antennas
4. Pulse systems
5. CWSF-GPR
SAR e GBSAR
1. Pulse compression and matched filter
2. Doppler
2. Satellite and Airborne SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar)
3. Linear GB-SAR
5. Arc SAR
6. RotoSAR
LABORATORY
Lab activity on GPR/GBSAR
1. Orbits and trajectories
2. Rocket equation and engines
3. Attitude Sensors and actuators
4. Thermal problems in space
5. Electronics in space: cumulative effects and Single Event effects
GPR (Ground Penetrating Radar)
1. Propagation in lossy and no inhomogeneous media
2. Range and cross-range resolution
3. Penetration depth
6. Antennas
4. Pulse systems
5. CWSF-GPR
SAR e GBSAR
1. Pulse compression and matched filter
2. Doppler
2. Satellite and Airborne SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar)
3. Linear GB-SAR
5. Arc SAR
6. RotoSAR
LABORATORY
Lab activity on GPR/GBSAR