Radar system utilizing chaotic coding
First Claim
1. A radar system, comprising:
- a chaotic code source having a chaotic code output;
a transmitter includinga carrier signal source of a carrier signal, andan encoder having as a first input the carrier signal of the carrier signal source and as a second input the chaotic code output of the chaotic code source, and as an output a transmitted radar signal having the chaotic code output encoded onto the carrier signal; and
a receiver includinga correlator having as a first input the chaotic code output of the chaotic code source and as a second input a received radar signal, and as an output an indication of the correlation of the first and second inputs.
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Abstract
A radar system (20) has a chaotic code source (22) with a chaotic code output (23), which generates a chaotic code according to a chaotic difference equation. The radar system (20) further includes a transmitter (24) with a carrier signal source (28) of a carrier signal (29), and an encoder (30) having as a first input the carrier signal (29) of the carrier signal source (28) and as a second input the chaotic code output (23) of the chaotic code source (22), and as an output a transmitted radar signal (36) having the chaotic code output (23) encoded onto the carrier signal (29). A radar system receiver (26) includes a correlator (46) having as a first input the chaotic code output (23) of the chaotic code source (22) and as a second input a received radar signal (44), and as an output an indication of the correlation of the first and second inputs. The correlation is used to determine the distance, speed, or other characteristic of an object that reflected the radar signal.
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12 Claims
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1. A radar system, comprising:
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a chaotic code source having a chaotic code output; a transmitter including a carrier signal source of a carrier signal, and an encoder having as a first input the carrier signal of the carrier signal source and as a second input the chaotic code output of the chaotic code source, and as an output a transmitted radar signal having the chaotic code output encoded onto the carrier signal; and a receiver including a correlator having as a first input the chaotic code output of the chaotic code source and as a second input a received radar signal, and as an output an indication of the correlation of the first and second inputs. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A radar system, comprising:
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means for transmitting a transmitted radar wave having a wave form determined according to a chaotic code; and means for receiving a reflection of the transmitted radar wave from an object and for determining a characteristic of the object from the reflection of the transmitted radar wave. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A radar system, comprising:
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means for transmitting a transmitted radar wave having a wave form determined according to a chaotic code; and a receiver, comprising a multielement delay line having as an input a received baseband radar signal and as an output a plurality of copies of the received baseband radar signal that are temporally offset from each other, a correlator including a multiplier having as a first input a sequence of the chaotic code and as a second input the plurality of temporally offset copies of the received baseband radar signal produced by the delay line, and having as an output a bit-by-bit product of the sequence of the chaotic code and each copy of the received baseband radar signal, and an adder that adds the bit-by-bit products for each copy of the received baseband radar signal. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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