Correlation radar system

• US 4,157,545 A
• Filed: 12/24/1970
• Issued: 06/05/1979
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/1970
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: ITT Corporation (ITT, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: International Telephone & Telegraph Corp. (ITT, Inc.)
• Inventors: O'Farrell, Francis J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Tubbesing, T. H.
• Application Number:
  US05/101,361
• Time in Patent Office: 3,085 Days
• Field of Search: 343/5 R, 343/12 R, 343/17.1 R, 343/17.2 R, 343/17.5, 343/100 CL
• US Class Current: 342/189
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/30 using more than one pulse per radar period

Abstract

A correlation radar system utilizes a switching logic circuit for automatically switching a code word having a predetermined number of bits directly to a transmitter and through a delay to a receiver of the system and, alternately, directly to the receiver and through a delay to the transmitter. By utilizing the switching circuit, the delay need only produce up to one-half the number of bits in the code word.

Claims

1. A correlation radar system having a transmitter circuit and a receiver circuit;

means for producing a code word of L bits in length at a predetermined frequency;

a delay network; and

switching means for coupling said code word directly to said transmitter circuit and through said delay network to said receiver circuit, and alternately coupling said code directly to said receiver circuit and through said delay network to said transmitter circuit.

2. A system in accordance with claim 1 wherein said delay network can produce a delay of up to one-half the number of bits in said code in steps of one bit at a time.

3. A system in accordance with claim 1 wherein said entire code can be searched with said delay producing up to one-half the number of bits of said code word.

4. A system in accordance with claim 3 wherein said code is delayed by said delay network one bit at a time for up to one-half the number of bits of said code word.

5. A system in accordance with claim 1 wherein said entire code can be searched with said delay being continuously variable for an amount equal to one-half the number of bits of said code word.