Radar Technology Primer Connecting Defense, Industry, and Autonomous Vehicles

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『Radar Technology Essential in Practice—Understand and Connect in a Single Day!』
 

🚀 Course at a Glance

Air defense, aviation, autonomous driving, weather forecasting, sports, smart home—radar is the core sensor system connecting all these technologies.

Radar systems are no longer confined to military technology; they are now used throughout civilian industries and everyday life. But do you truly understand how radar operates, how it detects signals, and how it is structured?

Professor Seungchan Lim, a practical expert who has developed radar and electronic equipment for 35 years, delivers insights that penetrate radar technology from military to civilian applications, from the past to the future.

🎓 Instructor Introduction

Professor Seungchan Lim

• B.S. in Electronics Engineering, Hanyang University / M.S. in Electro-Optics, KAIST

• Developed multiple systems including X-band fire control radar, acoustic detection system, and cryptographic equipment

• Served as CTO, Research Institute Director, and CEO of Korea Telecom

• Instructor for 'Radar Engineering' at Kyung Hee University Graduate School

• Adjunct Professor at Shinhan University and Gachon University

Practical, hands-on radar lecture based on direct development experience, not theory-centered approach

📚 Detailed Curriculum (Total 7 Sessions, Approximately 7 Hours)

🔹 Session 1: Radar Principles and Basic Structure (50 minutes)

• Fundamental Operating Principles of Radar: Flow from transmission → reflection → reception → analysis

• Radar System Configuration: Explanation of transmitter, receiver, antenna, and processing unit structure through block diagrams

🔹 Session 2: Radar Applications and Equations (50 minutes)

• Application Field Overview: Satellites, air traffic control, autonomous driving, sports, weather forecasting, environmental monitoring, and more

• Radar Equation Explanation:

  • Explanation of key parameters including transmit power, antenna gain, receive sensitivity, target reflection cross-section (RCS), and distance

  • Practical examples of how these are applied in actual system design

🔹 Session 3: Doppler Effect, MTI, and Tracking Technologies (50 minutes)

• MTI (Moving Target Indication): Detection principles for moving targets, application of Doppler effect

• Pulse Doppler Radar concepts and applications

• Detection Radar vs. Tracking Radar:

  • Functional and structural comparison, brief introduction to tracking algorithms such as Kalman Filter

🔹 Session 4: Noise Environment and Radar Type Comparison (50 minutes)

• Signal and Noise: How radar distinguishes and amplifies signals

• Pulse Radar vs. CW Radar:

  • Operating methods, advantages and disadvantages, application examples

• FMCW (Frequency-Modulated Continuous Wave) Radar principles and automotive application cases

🔹 Session 5: Understanding Radar Hardware I – Antenna and Transmitter (50 minutes)

• Basic Antenna Structure:

  • Differences between patch, reflector, and phased array antennas

• Radar Transmitter Technology:

  • Evolution and comparison of advantages and disadvantages of Magnetron, TWT, semiconductor RF Amp, and more

🔹 Session 6: Understanding Radar Hardware II – Receiver and Latest Technologies (50 minutes)

• Receiver Components:

  • Explanation of Noise Figure, Superheterodyne structure, Duplexer, receiver protection circuits, and more

• Advanced Technology Introduction:

  • SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar), 4D imaging radar, stealth countermeasure technology, and more

🔹 Session 7: The Future of Radar – LiDAR Comparison and Photonics Integration (50 minutes)

• Radar vs. LiDAR:

  • Operating principles, similarities and differences, role comparison in autonomous driving

• Photonics-Based Technology:

  • Introduction of integration cases of RFOF (RF over Fiber), FORJ (Fiber-Optic Rotary Joint), and radar technology

🧠 What Makes This Course Special

• Theory minimized, system-focused and application-focused explanation

• Transfer of practical know-how from an expert with direct development experience

• Three-dimensional education reflecting the latest technology trends

🗓️ Training Information

• Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

• Location: e4ds Electrical and Electronics Training Center, Gasan-dong

• Capacity: 10 participants (First-come, first-served)

• Tuition: ₩250,000

📌 Register Now!

The structure of how radar technology connects to practice, experience from an expert who has developed it firsthand, insights connecting industry and the future.

Experience all of this in a single day.