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Electronic scanning radar apparatus, received wave direction estimating method, and received wave direction estimation program

US8581777B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 1, 2011
Grant dateNov 12, 2013
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Expiry dateDec 26, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01S13/931
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In an electronic scanning radar apparatus, a receiving unit includes a plurality of antennas receiving a reflected wave arriving from a target having reflected a transmitted wave as a received wave. A beat signal generating unit generates beat signals from the transmitted wave and the received wave. A frequency resolving unit resolves the beat signals in beat frequencies having a predetermined frequency bandwidth and calculates complex data based on the resolved beat signals for each beat frequency. An azimuth calculating unit estimates an order of a normal equation used to calculate a DOA of the received wave on the basis of eigenvalues of a primary order matrix having complex data calculated from the beat signals as elements, creates a secondary order normal equation based on the estimated order, and calculates the DOA of the received wave based on the created secondary order normal equation.

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