Introduction to Chirp Concepts with a Cheap Chirp Radar

Abstract

The elements of pulse compression of a chirp in a dispersive delay are reviewed and chirp and pulse modes are contrasted. A simple microwave Doppler-shift apparatus is modified info a chirp system to permit distance measurement in a laboratory experiment that is rich in fundamental concepts of physical parameters which are related by the Fourier transform, and which involve the convergence of ideas from several disciplines.