COMBINED RADAR ASSEMBLY WITH LINEAR AND NONLINEAR RADAR
First Claim
1. A radar assembly for linear and nonlinear radar transmission and reception comprising:
- at least one signal generator;
at least one filter operatively connected to the signal generator;
a transmitter operatively connected to the at least one filter for transmitting radar signals;
a receiver operative to receive signals comprising the linear and nonlinear responses from the reflected transmitted signals;
the receiver comprising;
a first channel for processing the linear response from the received signal;
a second channel for the processing the nonlinear response from the received signal;
at least one switch operative to select one of the first or second channels through at least one switch;
at least one high pass filter operatively connected to the second channel to attenuate the linear response;
at least one first amplifier operatively connected to the at least one high pass filter to amplify the nonlinear response;
at least one analog-to-digital converter for converting the analog received signal to a digitized data stream, andat least one display operatively connected to both the first and second channels for displaying both the linear and nonlinear responses.
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Abstract
A radar assembly for linear and nonlinear radar transmission and reception comprising a signal generator; at least one filter operatively connected to the signal generator; a transmitter operatively connected to the at least one filter for transmitting radar signals; a receiver operative to receiving received signals comprising linear and nonlinear responses from the reflected transmitted signals; the receiver comprising a first channel for processing the linear response of the received signal; a second channel for the processing the nonlinear response of the received signal; at least one switch operative to select one of the first or second channels; at least one high pass filter operatively connected to the second channel to attenuate the linear response; at least one amplifier to amplify the nonlinear response; and at least one display operatively connected to both the first and second channels for displaying both linear and nonlinear responses.
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1. A radar assembly for linear and nonlinear radar transmission and reception comprising:
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at least one signal generator; at least one filter operatively connected to the signal generator; a transmitter operatively connected to the at least one filter for transmitting radar signals; a receiver operative to receive signals comprising the linear and nonlinear responses from the reflected transmitted signals;
the receiver comprising;a first channel for processing the linear response from the received signal; a second channel for the processing the nonlinear response from the received signal; at least one switch operative to select one of the first or second channels through at least one switch; at least one high pass filter operatively connected to the second channel to attenuate the linear response; at least one first amplifier operatively connected to the at least one high pass filter to amplify the nonlinear response; at least one analog-to-digital converter for converting the analog received signal to a digitized data stream, and at least one display operatively connected to both the first and second channels for displaying both the linear and nonlinear responses. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A radar assembly for linear and nonlinear radar transmission and reception comprising:
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a signal generator; at least one first filter operatively connected to the signal generator; at least one first amplifier operatively connected to the at least one filter; a transmitter operatively connected to the at least one filter for transmitting radar signals; a receiver operative to receiving the received signals comprising the linear and nonlinear responses from the reflected transmitted signals;
the receiver comprising;a first channel for processing the linear response from the received signal; a second channel for the processing the nonlinear response from the received signal; at least one switch operative to select one of the first or second channels through at least one switch; at least one high pass filter operatively connected to the second channel to attenuate the linear response; at least one second amplifier to amplify the nonlinear response; and at least one display operatively connected to both the first and second channels for displaying both the linear and nonlinear responses. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A radar assembly for linear and nonlinear radar transmission and reception comprising:
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a base; a transmitter for transmitting linear and nonlinear radar signals operatively associated with the base; a receiver operative to receive signals comprising linear and nonlinear responses from the reflected transmitted signals, the receiver being operatively associated with the base; the transmitter operating to transmit linear radar signals in a first mode and nonlinear radar signals in a second mode, and the receiver operating to receive linear responses from the reflected transmitted signals in the first mode and nonlinear responses from the from the reflected transmitted signals in the second mode; at least one antenna operatively associated with the receiver and the transmitter; and at least one switch operatively associated with the receiver for selecting between the first and second modes. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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