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US 2011/0234447 A1Published application
Active target
OwnerDavid E. Patrick, Paul Brennaninventors
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Abstract
An active radar target comprising: a receive antenna for receiving a radar signal, an amplifier for amplifying the signal, and a transmit antenna for retransmitting the amplified signal, characterised in that the active radar target further includes a memory for storing an identity code or means for receiving an identity code, a modulator for receiving the identity code and modulating the radar signal with at least the identity code prior to retransmission of the amplified signal, and wherein the modulator is a single sideband modulator.
Claims14
An active radar target for use with an FMCW radar comprising:
- a receive antenna for receiving a radar signal, an amplifier for amplifying the signal, and
- a transmit antenna for retransmitting the amplified signal,
- a memory for storing an identity code or means for receiving an identity code, a single sideband modulator for receiving the identity code and modulating the radar signal with at least the identity code prior to retransmission of the amplified signal, and wherein the receive and transmit antennas operate with orthogonally polarised radar signals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.