Pulse Shape

• Shape of pulse determines

  • Range accuracy (leading / trailing edge slope)
  • Minimum range (length)
  • Maximum range (energy content)
  • Target resolution (length)

• Noise

  • Distorts shape of pulse
  • Affects range accuracy

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Want a square wave vice a sine wave, but to create a square wave requires processing power. the more square the wave, the better the performance, but the more expensive.