Transmitter apparatus for transmitting RF pulse signal, transmitter/receiver apparatus incorporating the transmitter apparatus, and receiver apparatus for receiving RF pulse signal
First Claim
1. A transmitter apparatus comprisinga first array antenna, comprising a first plurality of antenna elements arrayed with a fixed pitch,RF pulse signal supplying circuitry configured to supply a RF pulse signal as a plurality of individual transmission signals to respective ones of said first plurality of antenna elements, said RF pulse signal alternating between a pulse-on condition of large amplitude and a pulse-off condition of small amplitude,transmission-side phase adjustment circuitry controlled for adjusting a phase distribution of said individual transmission signals, andtransmission direction control circuitry configured to control said transmission-side phase adjustment circuitry during said pulse-on condition for establishing a first phase distribution of said individual transmission signals and thereby transmitting said RF pulse signal as electromagnetic waves from said antenna in a predetermined direction;
- wherein said transmitter apparatus comprises transmission-side phase alteration circuitry configured to control said transmission-side phase adjustment circuitry during said pulse-off condition for establishing a second phase distribution of said individual transmission signals, said second phase distribution being different from said first phase distribution.
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Abstract
A transmitter apparatus generates a RF pulse signal having alternating high-amplitude pulse-on intervals and low-amplitude pulse-off intervals, and supplies the RF pulse signal as respective individual transmission signals of antenna elements of an array antenna, with the individual transmission signals having a phase distribution during each pulse-on interval whereby a beam is transmitted from the antenna in a predetermined transmission direction. During each pulse-off interval, a different phase distribution is established for the individual transmission signals, thereby reducing the level of noise radiated in the transmission direction during each pulse-off interval.
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6 Claims
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1. A transmitter apparatus comprising
a first array antenna, comprising a first plurality of antenna elements arrayed with a fixed pitch, RF pulse signal supplying circuitry configured to supply a RF pulse signal as a plurality of individual transmission signals to respective ones of said first plurality of antenna elements, said RF pulse signal alternating between a pulse-on condition of large amplitude and a pulse-off condition of small amplitude, transmission-side phase adjustment circuitry controlled for adjusting a phase distribution of said individual transmission signals, and transmission direction control circuitry configured to control said transmission-side phase adjustment circuitry during said pulse-on condition for establishing a first phase distribution of said individual transmission signals and thereby transmitting said RF pulse signal as electromagnetic waves from said antenna in a predetermined direction; wherein said transmitter apparatus comprises transmission-side phase alteration circuitry configured to control said transmission-side phase adjustment circuitry during said pulse-off condition for establishing a second phase distribution of said individual transmission signals, said second phase distribution being different from said first phase distribution. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A receiver apparatus for use in conjunction with a transmitter apparatus, for receiving a RF pulse signal which is transmitted by said transmitter apparatus as electromagnetic waves in a predetermined direction, said received RF pulse signal alternating between a pulse-on condition of large amplitude and a pulse-off condition of small amplitude,
said receiver apparatus comprising an array antenna, comprising a plurality of antenna elements arrayed with a fixed pitch, receiver circuitry configured to acquire said received RF pulse signal as a plurality of individual received signals supplied from respective ones of said plurality of antenna elements, phase adjustment circuitry controlled for adjusting a phase distribution of said individual received signals, reception direction control circuitry configured for selecting a gate interval, commencing after a predetermined adjustment start interval has elapsed following an occurrence of said pulse-on condition of said received RF pulse signal, within an inter-pulse interval which elapses between a termination of said pulse-on condition and commencement of a succeeding occurrence of said pulse-on condition, and for controlling said reception-side phase adjustment circuitry to establish a first phase distribution of said individual reception signals during said gate interval for maximizing a reception sensitivity with respect to received signals corresponding to said predetermined direction, said gate interval having a duration substantially identical to a duration of said pulse-on condition, and gate interval scanning circuitry configured to scan said gate interval within said inter-pulse interval; wherein said transmitter/receiver apparatus comprises phase alteration circuitry configured to control said phase adjustment circuitry for establishing a second phase distribution of said individual reception signals, different from said first phase distribution, other than when said reception direction control circuitry is applying control to establish said first phase distribution. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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