WHITE PAPER
AWR Software for the Design and Modeling of a
Solid-State T/R Module for Radar Applications
Radio detection and ranging (radar) technology is used to find the direction and position of a
target, as well as to determine the distance between the target and source using radio
frequency. Radar systems can be classified in several ways, such as type of waveform,
platform, antenna type used, function, operating frequency band, mission, and range. Popular
radar systems include monostatic, bistatic, synthetic aperture (SAR), continuous wave (CW),
frequency-modulated CW (FMCW), moving-target indication (MTI), pulsed, Doppler, and
weather. At the heart of all radar systems is a transmit/receive (T/R) module, and often
multiple T/R modules are used in radars that employ phased array antennas for beamsteering
and multiple-in-multiple-out (MIMO) technologies.
Contents
Design Overview ........................................................2
Developing a T/R Module .........................................2
Solid-State T/R Module Technologies .................3
T/R Module Modeling and Simulation ..................4
Conclusion .................................................................. 8
References ..................................................................9
