Pulsed radar system and method with digital mixer for frequency hopping

A radar system for generating a fast frequency hopping output radar signal comprising:

• a transmitter block that generates the fast frequency hopping output radar signal using digital and analog mixer methods, wherein the transmitter block is configured to
• modulate a digital signal using a first digital mixer;
• convert, using an inphase digital to analog converter (DAC), a modulated digital signal into an inphase analog signal and provide the inphase analog signal to at least one of a first RF IQ mixer or a third RF IQ mixer;
• convert, using a quadrature digital to analog converter (DAC), the modulated signal into a quadrature analog signal and provide the quadrature analog signal to at least one of the first RF IQ mixer or the third RF IQ mixer;
• and
• generate, using the first RF IQ mixer, the fast frequency hopping output radar signal by mixing the inphase analog signal and the quadrature analog signal with an inphase RF local oscillator signal and a quadrature RF local oscillator signal, wherein the fast frequency hopping output radar signal is provided to a power amplifier to amplify the fast frequency hopping output radar signal to increase the magnitude of the fast frequency hopping output radar signal, wherein the generated fast frequency hopping output radar signal is provided to the local oscillator port of a second RF IQ mixer as an inphase local oscillator signal.