A pulsed radar transmitter operates for a limited amount of time during each transmission cycle. The duty cycle represents the fraction of time that the transmitter is active compared to the total transmission cycle duration.
Create a MATLAB function that calculates the duty cycle (DC) of a radar system. The duty cycle must be expressed as a percentage.
The function must receive three input parameters:
  • PW: the pulse width, which represents the duration of the transmitted radar pulse;
  • parameter: a numerical parameter that can represent either the Pulse Repetition Time (PRT) or the Pulse Repetition Frequency (PRF);
  • parameter_type: a parameter type that specifies whether the numerical parameter represents PRT ('PRT') or PRF ('PRF')
Pulse Width (PW) is the duration of the transmitted pulse. It is measured in seconds (s).
Pulse Repetition Time (PRT) is the time interval between the beginning of two consecutive transmitted pulses. It represents the duration of one complete transmission cycle. PRT is measured in seconds (s).
Pulse Repetition Frequency (PRF) is the number of transmitted pulses per second. PRF is measured in Hertz (Hz).
PRT and PRF are inversely related parameters. A shorter PRT corresponds to a higher PRF, while a longer PRT corresponds to a lower PRF.
The duty cycle (DC) is usually expressed as a percentage and indicates the percentage of time that the radar transmitter is active during a transmission cycle. The output value must be between 0 and 100, where 100% represents continuous wave (CW) transmission.
The output duty cycle must be rounded to two decimal places.
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