Combined direction finder and radar system, method and computer program product
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G01S-013/34
G01S-013/86
G01S-003/48
G01S-003/74
G01S-007/02
G01S-013/02
출원번호
US-0126995
(2009-10-30)
등록번호
US-9213095
(2015-12-15)
우선권정보
EP-08167955 (2008-10-30)
국제출원번호
PCT/NL2009/050659
(2009-10-30)
§371/§102 date
20110908
(20110908)
국제공개번호
WO2010/050816
(2010-05-06)
발명자
/ 주소
Huizing, Albert Gezinus
출원인 / 주소
NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST-NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO
대리인 / 주소
Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg LLP
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A system for determining a propagation direction of a received electromagnetic wave includes a linear phased array of receiving antenna elements and a processing unit for processing signals received by the receiving antenna elements. The processor is arranged for generating, from the received signal
A system for determining a propagation direction of a received electromagnetic wave includes a linear phased array of receiving antenna elements and a processing unit for processing signals received by the receiving antenna elements. The processor is arranged for generating, from the received signals, receiving data corresponding to a set of respective angular synthetic receiving aperture beams.
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1. A system for determining a propagation direction of a received electromagnetic wave, the system comprising: a first linear phased array of transmitting antenna elements;a second linear phased array of receiving antenna elements, the second linear phased array of receiving antenna elements compris
1. A system for determining a propagation direction of a received electromagnetic wave, the system comprising: a first linear phased array of transmitting antenna elements;a second linear phased array of receiving antenna elements, the second linear phased array of receiving antenna elements comprising a first receiving element and a plurality of other receiving elements;a processing unit for processing signals received by the second linear phased array of receiving antenna elements to generate receiving data corresponding to a set of respective angular synthetic receiving aperture beams;wherein the first and second linear phased arrays are configurable to enable the system to operate in a radar mode, an electronic warfare support measures (ESM) mode, or a combined radar/ESM mode, and wherein the system further comprises a multiple number of conditioning paths, each path including an amplifier, a bandpass filter and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) for conditioning signals received from a corresponding receiving antenna element;wherein the processing unit is configured to determine a propagation direction of a received electromagnetic wave;wherein the processing unit is configured to cause the system to enter the combined radar/ESM mode by configuring the first array to transmit a radar signal in a first beam having first angular width, and configuring the second array to receive, at a first receiving antenna element, in a second beam a reflected radar signal, other than the received electromagnetic wave, wherein the second beam is broader than the first beam, and to determine using the processing unit and the plurality of other receiving antenna elements, the propagation direction of the received electromagnetic wave; andwherein each of the plurality of other receiving antenna elements is tuned to a specific frequency band. 2. A system as in claim 1, wherein the transmitted radar signal has a frequency modulated continuous waveform. 3. A system according to claim 2, further comprising a multiple number of second linear phased arrays of receiving antenna elements, the phased arrays having a mutually different orientation. 4. A system according to claim 1, further comprising a multiple number of second linear phased arrays of receiving antenna elements, the phased arrays having a mutually different orientation. 5. A method of determining a propagation direction of a received electromagnetic wave using a hardware platform comprising a first linear phased array of transmitting antenna elements and a second linear phased array of receiving antenna elements, the second linear phased array of receiving antenna elements comprising a first receiving element and a plurality of other receiving elements, the method comprising: transmitting a radar signal in a first beam having a first angular width, using the first linear phased array;receiving a reflected radar signal with the first receiving element of the second linear phased array, in a second beam wherein the second beam is broader than the first beam; anddetermining a propagation direction of a received electromagnetic wave, other than the reflected radar signal, using a processor unit and the plurality of other receiving antenna elements of the second linear phased array, wherein each of the plurality of other receiving antenna elements is tuned to a specific frequency band; andconditioning, in a multiple number of conditioning paths, signals received from receiving antenna elements, by amplifying, bandpass filtering, and analogue-digital converting signals received from a corresponding receiving antenna element. 6. A method as in claim 5, further comprising the step of configuring the hardware platform to operate in a radar mode, an electronic warfare support measures (ESM) mode, or a combined radar/ESM mode. 7. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon which, when executed, cause a processing unit to perform operations of determining a propagation direction of a received electromagnetic wave, using a hardware platform comprising: a first linear phased array of transmitting antenna elements and a second linear phased array of receiving antenna elements comprising a first receiving element and a plurality of other receiving elements, the operations comprising: transmitting a radar signal in a first beam having a first angular width, using the first linear phased array;receiving a reflected radar signal with the first receiving element of the second linear phased array, in a second beam wherein the second beam is broader than the first beam;determining a propagation direction of a received electromagnetic wave, other than the reflected radar signal, using a processor unit and the plurality of other receiving antenna elements of the second linear phased array, wherein each of the plurality of other receiving antenna elements is tuned to a specific frequency band; andconditioning, in a multiple number of conditioning paths, signals received from receiving antenna elements, by amplifying, bandpass filtering, and analogue-digital converting signals received from a corresponding receiving antenna element. 8. A system for determining a propagation direction of a received electromagnetic wave, the system comprising: a first linear phased array of transmitting antenna elements;a second linear phased array of receiving antenna elements comprising a first receiving element and a plurality of other receiving elements; anda processing unit for processing signals received by the receiving antenna elements to generate receiving data corresponding to a set of respective angular synthetic receiving aperture beams, wherein: the first and second linear phased arrays are configurable to enable the system to operate in a radar mode, an electronic warfare support measures (ESM) mode, or a first combined radar/ESM mode or a second combined radar/ESM mode, and wherein the system further comprises a multiple number of conditioning paths, each path including an amplifier, a bandpass filter and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) for conditioning signals received from a corresponding receiving antenna element;for operation in the first and second combined radar/ESM mode, the first array is configured to transmit a radar signal in a first beam having first angular width, and the second array is configured to receive, at the first receiving antenna element, in a second beam a reflected radar signal, wherein the second beam is broader than the first beam;the processing unit is configured to cause the system to enter the second combined radar/ESM mode by configuring the second array to determine the propagation direction of a received electromagnetic wave other than the reflected radar signal;each receiving antenna element of the plurality of other receiving antenna elements is tuned to a specific frequency band; andfor operation in the first combined radar/ESM mode, the second array is configured such that each of the plurality of other receiving antenna elements of the second array is assigned to mutually different frequency bands. 9. A method of determining a propagation direction of a received electromagnetic wave using a hardware platform comprising a first linear phased array of transmitting antenna elements and a second linear phased array of receiving antenna elements comprising a first receiving element and a plurality of other receiving elements, the method comprising: transmitting a radar signal in a first beam having a first angular width, using the first linear phased array;receiving a reflected radar signal with the first receiving element of the second linear phased array, in a second beam wherein the second beam is broader than the first beam;determining a propagation direction of a received electromagnetic wave, other than the reflected radar signal, using the processor unit and the plurality of other receiving antenna elements of the second linear phased array, wherein, in a second combined radar/ESM mode, each of the other receiving antenna elements is tuned to a specific frequency band;assigning, in a first combined radar/ESM mode, each of the plurality of other receiving antenna elements of the second array to mutually different frequency bands; andconditioning, in a multiple number of conditioning paths, signals received from receiving antenna elements, by amplifying, bandpass filtering, and analogue-digital converting signals received from a corresponding receiving antenna element. 10. A method according to claim 9, wherein in the first combined radar/ESM mode, each of the plurality of other receiving antenna elements of the second array is assigned to mutually different frequency bands, prior to tuning them to the specific frequency band defined in the determining step. 11. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon which, when executed, cause a processing unit to perform a method of determining a propagation direction of a received electromagnetic wave, using a hardware platform comprising a first linear phased array of transmitting antenna elements and a second linear phased array of receiving antenna elements comprising a first receiving element and a plurality of other receiving antenna elements, the method comprising the steps of: transmitting a radar signal in a first beam having a first angular width, using the first linear phased array;receiving a reflected radar signal with the first receiving element of the second linear phased array, in a second beam wherein the second beam is broader than the first beam;determining a propagation direction of a received electromagnetic wave, other than the reflected radar signal, using the processor unit and the plurality of other receiving antenna elements of the second linear phased array, wherein, in a second combined radar/ESM mode, each receiving element of the plurality of other receiving antenna elements is tuned to a specific frequency band;assigning, in a first combined radar/ESM mode, each receiving antenna element of the plurality of other receiving antenna elements of the second array to mutually different frequency bands; andconditioning, in a multiple number of conditioning paths, signals received from receiving antenna elements, by amplifying, bandpass filtering, and analogue-digital converting signals received from a corresponding receiving antenna element.
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