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Radar systems

US4109248A · kind A · utility

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17Claims
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Filing dateAug 27, 1975
Grant dateAug 22, 1978
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Expiry dateAug 27, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01S2013/466
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A secondary radar system for establishing the position and identity of aircraft etc. on airfields, particularly for controlling their ground movements during bad visibility, comprises a pair of spaced aerials each arranged to successively transmit a particular one of two interrogate pulses, the time relationship between the two pulses being varied such that a predetermined time relationship between the two interrogate pulses obtains at varying distances from said spaced aerials to afford selective interrogation of a transponder receiving the two interrogate pulses, and a third aerial spaced from the pair of spaced aerials for transmitting a further pulse in a second predetermined time relationship with one of the interrogate pulses whereby a selected transponder or transponders receiving said two interrogation pulses in said predetermined time relationship is caused to be suppressed.

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