Single layer shared aperture beam forming network
US9395727B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 22, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jul 19, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 12, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S2013/93273
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A radio detection and ranging (RADAR) system that emits radio signals from a transmit antenna and receives reflected signals with a receive array of antenna elements. The signals received at the receive array are conveyed through a plurality of waveguide couplers. The plurality of waveguide couplers receives signals from each antenna element at a plurality of antenna ports and outputs signals from a plurality of output ports. The waveguide couplers convey signals such that the output ports receive signals from associated sub-array sets of the antenna ports. The waveguide couplers have an overlapping arrangement such that a given sub-array set of antenna ports overlaps with a neighboring sub-array set of antenna ports by including at least half of the antenna ports in the neighboring sub-array set.
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