Simultaneous transmission of multiple signals through a common shared aperture
First Claim
1. An integrated radar antenna system comprising:
- a radar comprising a plurality of planar arrays of radiating elements;
a structure for receiving signal information associated with said radar;
a structure for transmitting signal information associated with said radar;
a signal generator for transmitting multiple signals through a common shared array aperture.
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Abstract
In phased array antennas, multiple signals that perform different functions, such as radar, electronic warfare (EW) and telecommunications, can each be simultaneously transmitted only through a different sub-aperture of the array. For maximum power and efficiency, the power amplifiers operate on one signal at a time. This patent provides the technique of forming a common waveform from multiple signals for transmission through a common aperture. To practically implement this technique in wideband operations, processes performing the required waveform-shaping and amplitude-to-phase-modulation are devised that can transmit the high-power diverse waveforms without serious intermodulations and spectral distortion through every element of the array.
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1. An integrated radar antenna system comprising:
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a radar comprising a plurality of planar arrays of radiating elements;
a structure for receiving signal information associated with said radar;
a structure for transmitting signal information associated with said radar;
a signal generator for transmitting multiple signals through a common shared array aperture. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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