G01S 17/26
Wherein the transmitted pulses use a frequency-modulated or phase-modulated carrier wave
Official title: wherein the transmitted pulses use a frequency-modulated or phase-modulated carrier wave, e.g. for pulse compression of received signals
G01S17/26 (Wherein the transmitted pulses use a frequency-modulated or phase-modulated carrier wave) appears on 392 US grants and 464 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01S- Granted patents
- 392
- Published applications
- 464
- Assignees
- 211
- Inventors
- 706
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2025 | 32 | 15 |
| 2026 | 28 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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