Simultaneous triple aperture radar
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1. An airborne simultaneous triple synthetic aperture radar system comprising:
- first, second and third antenna means linearly spaced on an aircraft, each of said antenna means being electrically connected to a dedicated receive channel processor,first, second and third frequency filter means in electrical communication with said first, second and third antenna means, respectively,means for phase shifting the output of said first filter means to effect clutter coincidence with the output of said second filter means,means for phase shifting the output of said second filter means to effect clutter coincidence with the output of said third filter means,signal reduction means for combining clutter coincided filter outputs to derive a residual signal from each pair of clutter coincided signals,signal addition means for combining the two residual signals so obtained,signal comparison means for comparing the combined residual signals to a threshold and generating a moving target detection indicator signal,signal comparison means adapted to determine phase relationships between residual signals to define the electrical phase angle between them, anddata processing means for deriving the doppler position and angle off boresight of the moving target.
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Abstract
An improved radar system and technique are disclosed for use in detecting and tracking moving or stationary targets within the antenna field of view. Precise correction of doppler induced location errors is provided by the use of raw sensor data. Return signals are doppler processed, phase shifted and compared in a manner which preserves the angle of arrival of a moving target irrespective of the boresight direction. Stationary target return signals are constructively combined so as to augment the target signal gain independent of the antenna boresight direction.
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1. An airborne simultaneous triple synthetic aperture radar system comprising:
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first, second and third antenna means linearly spaced on an aircraft, each of said antenna means being electrically connected to a dedicated receive channel processor, first, second and third frequency filter means in electrical communication with said first, second and third antenna means, respectively, means for phase shifting the output of said first filter means to effect clutter coincidence with the output of said second filter means, means for phase shifting the output of said second filter means to effect clutter coincidence with the output of said third filter means, signal reduction means for combining clutter coincided filter outputs to derive a residual signal from each pair of clutter coincided signals, signal addition means for combining the two residual signals so obtained, signal comparison means for comparing the combined residual signals to a threshold and generating a moving target detection indicator signal, signal comparison means adapted to determine phase relationships between residual signals to define the electrical phase angle between them, and data processing means for deriving the doppler position and angle off boresight of the moving target. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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