Patent · US Expired

Apparatus, method and articles of manufacture for sequential lobing high resolution radar

US6911934B2 · kind B2 · utility

3Cited by

9References

20Claims

0Family size

Assignee

M/A-Com, Inc. · US

Inventors

Hermann Henftling · Mainstockheim, DE
Dirk Klotzbuecher · Mainstockheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 16, 2003
Grant date	Jun 28, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 16, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01S13/44
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A sensor front end that is able to discriminate objects based on their range from the sensor and to derive bearing information therefrom. The sensor system may include a signal source for generating source signal; an antenna system for transmitting the source signal to and receiving a reflected signal from the object; wherein the antenna system is configured for introducing a phase shift into either the source signal or the reflected signal to create a plurality of signal patterns; and an information processor programmed to receive the reflected signal and to determine bearing information for the object based on position and phase information in the plurality of signal patterns.

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