×

Method of scanning a radar antenna to effect improved radar operation

  • US 4,129,866 A
  • Filed: 03/21/1977
  • Issued: 12/12/1978
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/21/1977
  • Status: Expired due to Term
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A method of enhancing the scan capability of a radar afixed to an aircraft comprising:

  • compelling the aircraft to follow a predetermined sinusoidal path; and

    synchronizing the scan angle of the radar to the predetermined path to at least assure that the radar looks in a first direction along the average heading of the aircraft when the aircraft is pointing a predetermined angle to the right of its average heading and to at least assure that the radar looks in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, along the average heading of the aircraft when the aircraft is pointing a predetermined angle to the left of its average heading.

View all claims
  • 0 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×