compressive intercept receiver

compressive intercept receiver

[kəm′pres·iv ′in·tər‚sept ri′sē·vər]

(electronics)

An electromagnetic surveillance receiver that instantaneously analyzes and sorts all signals within a broad radio-frequency spectrum by using pulse compression techniques which perform a complete analysis up to 10,000 times faster than a superheterodyne receiver or spectrum analyzer.

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