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Abstract

A random pulse type radar apparatus sends out as an output signal a spectrum spread radio wave including a pseudo random signal-less period and receives echoes in this signal-less period to thereby significantly reduce transmission peak power. The random pulse type radar apparatus comprises a transmitter for generating a hybrid type spectrum spread signal by simultaneously using two kinds of modulations which are phase shift keying modulation for selecting a phase of a transmission radio wave in accordance with a pseudo noise digital code and outputting the transmission wave, and time hopping modulation for stopping transmission of a radio wave at random in accordance with the pseudo noise digital code; a receiving unit for selectively detecting an echo of a transmission signal radio wave, generated by the transmitter, from a target with a time delay; at least one a common antenna unit for use both for transmission and reception or antenna units installed close to each other and respectively serving single functional units; and a reception control unit for stopping an action of the receiving unit in a time zone in which the transmitter is outputting radio waves in accordance with the time hopping modulation, whereby a spatial distribution of an intensity of an echo of a transmitted radio wave is measured through computation of a cross-correlation function of a transmission signal and a reception signal.

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