Research on detection performance of millimeter wave fuze under rainfall condition

Abstract Aiming at the characteristics that the performance of millimeter wave fuze is easily affected by the natural environment, this paper studies the performance of millimeter wave fuze under rainfall conditions. By analyzing the theory of rain attenuation effect and backscattering effect, it is concluded that the rain attenuation effect reduces the received power of the signal, and the backscattering effect reduces the signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) of the receiving end. Based on this, the signal propagation path model under rainfall conditions is established. Finally, the variation of the maximum reliable detection range with signal wavelength and rainfall rate is simulated under different SINR requirements, and the variation of signal to noise ratio (SNR) and SINR with rainfall rate is compared under different distances. The simulation results show that both the rain attenuation effect and the backscattering effect lead to the decrease of the maximum reliable detection distance of millimeter wave fuze. With the increase of rainfall rate, the detection performance of millimeter wave fuze decreases, and the detection distance decreases by about 23.2 % under extreme conditions. The rain backscattering effect on millimeter wave fuze is higher than its attenuation effect, and the influence of rain backscattering effect on millimeter wave fuze increases with the increase of detection distance. When the detection distance increases from 15 m to 30 m, the difference between SNR and SINR at the receiving end of millimeter wave fuze increases by about 3 times. This study has important reference significance for the application of millimeter wave fuze in precision guided weapons.