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Medium Of Instructions	Mode Of Learning	Mode Of Delivery
English	Self Study	Video and Text Based

Course Overview

The ‘Principles and Techniques of Modern Radar Systems’ is a study about the multisystem of radars in electronics engineering. The radar system principles program is a National Program for Technology Enhanced Learning Program that provides free online training to the students pursuing their undergraduate and postgraduate levels in electrical engineering, electronics and communication engineering, or communications and signal processing, on the Swayam education platform.

This elective course is offered by the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur for twelve weeks by the course instructor, Dr. Amitabha Bhattacharya, an associate professor from the department of electrical, electronics, and communication engineering at IIT Kharagpur.

The ‘Principles and Techniques of Modern Radar Systems’ online training program is approved by the All Indian Council of Technical Education and allows the students to gain three credits after completion of this course. The candidates of this faculty development program can avail of the certificate which is e-verifiable containing the logos of NPTEL and IIT Kharagpur.

The Highlights

Twelve weeks program
Free online training
AICTE approved
NPTEL course
Elective program
Undergraduate and postgraduate level
E-certificate
Three credit points

Programme Offerings

Course Modules
videos
Lectures
assignments
Books
references
Final Exam
Free course access
IIT Faculty
Industrial assistance
E-certificate

Courses and Certificate Fees

Fees Informations	Certificate Availability	Certificate Providing Authority
INR 1000	yes	IIT Kharagpur

The ‘Principles and Techniques of Modern Radar Systems’ certification course provides free access to the classes but the students are required to pay for the exam.

Principles and Techniques of Modern Radar Systems fee structure

Description	Amount in INR
Course Fee	Nil
Exam Fee	Rs 1000

Eligibility Criteria

The students who wish to apply for the ‘Principles and Techniques of Modern Radar Systems’ training program are expected to have a fundamental knowledge of electromagnetic theory and microwave engineering. The students can have completed the NPTEL courses on basic tools in microwave engineering, building blocks of microwave engineering, analysis and design concepts of microwave antennas.

Certificate qualifying details

For the ‘Principles and Techniques of Modern Radar Systems’ course certificate, the minimum score is 10/25 (25%) in the assignments, 30/75 (75%) in the examination with a final score of 40/100 to become eligible.

What you will learn

Technology skillsKnowledge of electronicsKnowledge of engineering

The ‘Principles and Techniques of Modern Radar Systems’ syllabus helps the students of this online program to gain an understanding of the analysis techniques and designs of systems. The candidates will be able to develop expertise in the following areas by the end of this course,

Fundamental microwave radar equations and the radar range equation.
Frequency modulation and the CW radar along with its drawbacks
Principles of pulsed radar
Aspects of MTI filtering to classify clutter in the doppler domain.
Doppler resolution and imaging radar.
Swerling models and the radar tomography
Implementation of radar technologies in civil engineering radar technologies, mining industries.
The change in the course of the usage of from defense to civilian purposes.

Who it is for

Electrical EngineerElectronics EngineerResearch Associate

The ‘Principles and Techniques of Modern Radar Systems’ online certification course is designed for students pursuing their Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or electronics and communication engineering. For postgraduate level students studying RF and microwave engineering, the course also helps the scholars working on the areas of radar system design for research, working as Research Associates, Electrical Engineer, Electronics Engineer, etc.

Admission Details

The course admission to the ‘Principles and Techniques of Modern Radar Systems’ program is done online through the official website of Swayam.

Step 1: Using the link below go to the course page on the Swayam website,

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc21_ee108/preview

Step 2: Click on the ‘Sign-In/Register

Step 3: Fill in the relevant information and complete the registration process.

Application Details

The application form for the ‘Principles and Techniques of Modern Radar Systems’ certification program can be filled in the registration page with the applicant’s name, phone number, email address and others, or can sign in using their Google or Facebook ID.

The Syllabus

Basic Principles: Radar equation
Radar Cross-section

CW Radar
FMCW Radar

Pulsed Radar Principles

Clutter Analysis
MTI Improvement Factor
Pulsed Doppler Radar

Tracking Radar
Angular resolution
Monopulse Technique

Detection Theory: Match Filtering
Radar Ambiguity Function

Imaging Radar: Resolution Concept
Pulse Compression

Synthetic Aperture Processing
ISAR Imaging

Probability of false alarm and Detection
Modified Radar Range Equation with Swerling Models

Ground Penetrating Radar for close sensing

Radar Tomography and Radar-based Microwave Imaging

Emerging and Modern Applications of Radar Principles

Evaluation process

The final proctored certification exam is mandatory for the students to become eligible to receive the course certificate.
The registration for the exam is done online through the website and the students can write the exam from the allotted exam centres.
The minimum mark to score in the exam is 30/75 (75%) to qualify for the E--certificate.