Keywords

Electric circuits, Laser communication systems, SCEPTRE

Abstract

This paper presents a method of simulating various noise sources in a Weapons Fire Simulator System which has been modeled as an Optical Communication Channel. This Weapons Fire Simulator System is composed of laser transmitters mounted on weapons that fire blank cartridges, and laser receivers mounted on targets. The laser transmitter sends out 'kill' beam pulses to the target whenever blank cartridges are fired. Detection of these pulses at the target signifies a 'hit'. The entire system along with the optical communication channel is simulated in a general purpose computer program called SCEPTRE. This analysis package is an efficient means of modeling the communication channel characteristics and determining signal to noise ratios as functions of various electrical and physical parameters. Also the SCEPTRE program is a versatile tool for circuit noise calculations. The main advantage is a single SCEPTRE run computes the total noise output from a large number of noise sources distributed throughout the circuit.

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Graduation Date

1976

Advisor

Phillips, Ronald L.

Degree

Master of Science (M.S.)

College

College of Engineering

Degree Program

Engineering

Format

PDF

Pages

66 p.

Language

English

Rights

Public Domain

Length of Campus-only Access

None

Access Status

Masters Thesis (Open Access)

Identifier

DP0012994

Subjects

Electric circuits, Laser communication systems, SCEPTRE

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Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

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