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High resolution synthetic aperture radar having rectilinear output image format

US5243349A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 17, 1981
Grant dateSep 7, 1993
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Expiry dateMar 17, 2001

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01S13/9054
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method and apparatus for providing a constant scale factor in azimuth and synchronism of data blocks for a second stage fast Fourier transform in a synthetic aperture radar having two stages of FFT by varying the sampling rate at the output of the first stage FFT as an inverse function of range.

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