Active target with height diversity
AssigneeGuidance IP, Ltd.
InventorDavid E. Patrick
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Abstract
An active radar target includes several receive antennas and several transmit antennas that are arrangeable into pairs of antennas. Each pair includes a transmit and a receive antenna. At least one antenna in a pair is at a different height relative to at least one other antenna in a different pair of antennas.
Claims14
An active radar target comprising a plurality of antennas comprising a plurality of receive antennas and a plurality of transmit antennas arrangeable into pairs of transmit and receive antennas, each pair comprising a transmit antenna and a receive antenna the active radar target further comprising a first amplifier and a first modulator arranged to amplify and modulate an incoming signal prior to retransmitting it, wherein at least one antenna in one of the pairs of transmit and receive antennas is vertically displaced with respect to at least one antenna in a different one of the pairs of transmit and receive antennas and wherein the pairings are alterable in an automated manner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.