2009 - Explain and discuss the complex elements of a radar signal

Explain and discuss the complex elements of a radar signal

Concepts

  • [PP2-1-2-1] In-phase/Quadrature Component
    A radar signal is a complex signal. It is represented by a real part, the in-phase component, and an imaginary part, the quadrature component. In-phase is usually annotated by ā€œIā€, and quadrature by ā€œQā€. Considering single look complex data, each component is represented in a single image channel.