Why and What is Waveform Diversity, and How Does it Affect Electromagnetics?

This paper will provide a general overview of the new research area called waveform diversity (WD), and it's potential impact to the EMC community. The scope of research that is considered WD is broad in both technical content and application. The two main application areas are radar and communications across the RF spectrum. As WD begins to transition from theory to hardware experiments, to testing, and to operational systems, the effect on RF design and EMC analysis may be significant. This paper will describe the broad area of WD, why people are researching it, and potential effects on EMC.