System for and method of sequential lobing using less than full aperture antenna techniques
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G01S-013/94
G01S-013/00
출원번호
US-0167203
(2008-07-02)
등록번호
US-8558731
(2013-10-15)
발명자
/ 주소
Woodell, Daniel L.
출원인 / 주소
Rockwell Collins, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Suchy, Donna P.
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A method of determining an angle within the beam to a target using an airborne radar includes receiving first data associated with first returns associated with a first portion of an antenna. The method further includes receiving second data associated with second returns associated with a second po
A method of determining an angle within the beam to a target using an airborne radar includes receiving first data associated with first returns associated with a first portion of an antenna. The method further includes receiving second data associated with second returns associated with a second portion of an antenna, wherein the first portion is not identical to the second portion. The method further includes determining the angle within the beam to the target using the first and second data.
대표청구항▼
1. A method of determining an angle within a beam to terrain for a terrain avoidance system, the method comprising: in a radar system, providing first data associated with first returns received by the radar system associated with a first portion of an antenna;in the radar system, providing second d
1. A method of determining an angle within a beam to terrain for a terrain avoidance system, the method comprising: in a radar system, providing first data associated with first returns received by the radar system associated with a first portion of an antenna;in the radar system, providing second data associated with second returns received by the radar system associated with a second portion of the antenna, wherein the first portion is different than, intersects with, or includes the second portion, wherein the first portion is not identical to the second portion; anddetermining the angle within the beam to the terrain using the first and second data, wherein the angle is determined using a phase difference between the first data and the second data. 2. The method of claim 1 wherein the second returns associated with the second portion are associated with a half aperture and the returns associated with the first portion are associated with a full aperture. 3. The method of claim 1 further comprising: providing by the radar system a first pulse before sampling the first returns; andproviding by the radar system a second pulse before sampling the second returns. 4. The method of claim 3 further comprising: providing by the radar system a third pulse before sampling third returns; andproviding by the radar system a fourth pulse before sampling fourth returns. 5. The method of claim 4 wherein the first and third pulses are full aperture pulses. 6. The method of claim 1 further comprising: receiving third electronic data associated with third returns associated with the first portion of the antenna;receiving fourth electronic data associated with fourth returns associated with the second portion of the antenna; anddetermining the angle within the beam to the terrain using the first electronic data, the second electronic data, the third electronic data, and the fourth electronic data. 7. The method of claim 6 wherein a focusing vector is utilized. 8. The method of claim 1 wherein the angle within the beam is calculated using a vector VC calculated from at least the first electronic data and the second electronic data and the vector VC is in a rectangular form to allow coherent integration with other vectors. 9. The method of claim 8 wherein the other vectors are related to previous calculations of the vector VC. 10. The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving third electronic data associated with third returns associated with the first portion of the antenna, wherein V1 represents a vector associated with the first electronic data, V2 represents a vector associated with the second electronic data, and V3 represents a vector associated with the third electronic data and the angle within the beam to the terrain is related by: arctan(VC)/2, where VC=VA times the conjugate of VB and VA=V1 times the conjugate of V2 and VB=V2 times the conjugate of V3. 11. The method of claim 1 wherein the phase difference is related to a distance difference between centers of the first portion and second portion. 12. An electronic method of determining an angle to terrain for a terrain avoidance system, the method comprising: receiving first electronic data associated with first returns associated with a first portion of an antenna;receiving second electronic data associated with second returns associated with a second portion of the antenna, wherein the first portion is different than, intersects with, or includes the second portion, wherein the first portion is not identical to the second portion;determining the angle to the terrain using the first and second data using an electronic processor; andreceiving third electronic data associated with third returns associated with the first portion, where a Doppler component associated with at least one of the first, second, and third data is cancelled in the determining step. 13. A method of determining an angle to terrain for a terrain avoidance system, the method comprising: receiving first electronic data associated with first returns associated with a first portion of an antenna;receiving second electronic data associated with second returns associated with a second portion of the antenna, wherein the first portion is different than, intersects with, or includes the second portion, wherein the first portion is not identical to the second portion;determining the angle to the terrain using the first and second electronic data using an electronic processor by determining a first vector associated with a target using the first electronic data and a second vector associated with the target using the second electronic data. 14. An electronic method of determining an angle within a beam to terrain for a terrain avoidance system, the method comprising: receiving first electronic data associated with first returns associated with a first portion of an antenna;receiving second electronic data associated with second returns associated with a second portion of the antenna, wherein the first portion is different than, intersects with, or includes the second portion, wherein the first portion is not identical to the second portion,determining the angle within the beam to the terrain using the first and second electronic data, andwherein a complex conjugate between a first vector and a second vector is used to determine the angle within the beam to the terrain. 15. A radar system for receiving radar returns, the radar system comprising: an electronic processor configured to receive electronic data associated with the radar returns received by the radar system, the electronic processor receiving first electronic data associated with a first portion of an antenna and second electronic data associated with a second portion of the antenna, the first portion being within, intersecting with, or being exclusive of the second portion and being not identical to the second portion, the electronic processor calculating an angle within a beam associated with the radar returns, the angle being to terrain and calculated using a phase difference associated with the first electronic data and the second electronic data wherein the radar returns include of weather returns associated with weather and the weather returns are rejected by using a lower half of the beam. 16. The radar system of claim 15 wherein the processor receives third and fourth electronic data, the third electronic data associated with the first portion and the fourth electronic data associated with the second portion. 17. The radar system of claim 15 wherein the first electronic data is coded data. 18. The radar system of claim 15 wherein the phase difference is related to a distance difference between the terrain to a first center of the first portion and the terrain to a second center of the second portion. 19. The radar system of claim 15 wherein the radar system is a weather radar system. 20. An apparatus, comprising: an antenna for receiving radar returns from a target;an electronic processor for receiving first data associated with first returns associated with a first portion of the antenna, and for receiving second data associated with second returns associated with a second portion of the antenna, the first portion intersecting with, being exclusive of or including the second portion, the first portion being not identical to the second portion; andwherein the processor provides an angle within a beam to terrain, the beam being associated with the radar returns, the angle is provided using a phase difference between the first and second data. 21. The radar system of claim 20 wherein the radar returns include weather returns and the weather returns are rejected by using a lower half of a radar beam. 22. The apparatus of claim 20 wherein the first data and the second data are derived from coded radar pulse transmissions. 23. The apparatus of claim 20 wherein the first data and the second data are used to calculate a resultant vector, the resultant vector being in rectangular form and wherein the resultant vector is coherently integrated with other resultant vectors.
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