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    The resolution cell is defined by the range and angular resolutions of a radar system. The resolution cell is the minimum volume that can distinguish two targets. It is determined by the aperture angle of the antenna beam and the range resolution. A narrower beam width and broader transmitted pulse spectrum result in a smaller resolution cell and better interference immunity. Resolution refers to the ability to distinguish targets and is not the same as accuracy, but initial accuracy estimates will typically be half the resolution value.

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    The resolution cell is defined by the range and angular resolutions of a radar system. The resolution cell is the minimum volume that can distinguish two targets. It is determined by the aperture angle of the antenna beam and the range resolution. A narrower beam width and broader transmitted pulse spectrum result in a smaller resolution cell and better interference immunity. Resolution refers to the ability to distinguish targets and is not the same as accuracy, but initial accuracy estimates will typically be half the resolution value.

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    The resolution cell is defined by the range and angular resolutions of a radar system. The resolution cell is the minimum volume that can distinguish two targets. It is determined by the aperture angle of the antenna beam and the range resolution. A narrower beam width and broader transmitted pulse spectrum result in a smaller resolution cell and better interference immunity. Resolution refers to the ability to distinguish targets and is not the same as accuracy, but initial accuracy estimates will typically be half the resolution value.

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    The resolution cell is defined by the range and angular resolutions of a radar system. The resolution cell is the minimum volume that can distinguish two targets. It is determined by the aperture angle of the antenna beam and the range resolution. A narrower beam width and broader transmitted pulse spectrum result in a smaller resolution cell and better interference immunity. Resolution refers to the ability to distinguish targets and is not the same as accuracy, but initial accuracy estimates will typically be half the resolution value.

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    Radar Basics - The Resolution Cell

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    The Resolution Cell
    The range and angular resolutions lead to the resolution cell. The meaning of this cell is very clear: unless one can rely on eventual different Doppler shifts it is impossible to distinguish two targets which are located inside the same resolution cell. One usually assumes that the impulse volume is fixed by the aperture angle (or half power half power (-3 dB) angle) of the antenna beam and the range resolution R as being the value R corresponding to t = i.

    Figure 1: The res olution cell

    Hence, R = c i/2. (i.e. The duration of signal at the output of pulse compression circuits obtained by internal modulation.) The broader the spectrum of the transmitted pulse and the narrower the aperture angle are, the smaller the resolution cell is and the higher the interference immunity of the radar station is.
    R e solution should not be confuse d with accuracy. Ne ve rthe le ss, in m ost radar proje cts, a first gue ss for the accuracy figure (one standard de viation) will be half the value of the corre sponding re solution. W he n the radar is re alize d, the accuracy is fre que ntly be tte r than the first gue ss be cause : e .g., the range accuracy is a characte ristic of the m e asure m e nt of the e lapse d tim e be twe e n the de parture of the transm itte d pulse and the arrival of the e cho at the re ce ive r. If the transm itte d pulse is a pe rfe ct re ctangular one , the re ce ive d pulse will look lik e a gaussian curve be cause the re ce ive r bandwidth is finite ; in addition the noise will disrupt the gaussian shape of the re ce ive d pulse . He nce it is obvious that the accuracy of this m e asure m e nt is not re ally link e d to the pulse width (which de fine s the range re solution) but rathe r on the re ce ive r signal stre ngth (which is link e d to the range ). He nce the range e rror should incre ase with the range .

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