Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multi-pixel high-resolution three-dimensional imaging radar
- Patent Title (中): 多像素高分辨率三维成像雷达
-
Application No.: US12580210Application Date: 2009-10-15
-
Publication No.: US08144052B2Publication Date: 2012-03-27
- Inventor: Ken B. Cooper , Robert J. Dengler , Peter H. Siegel , Goutam Chattopadhyay , John S. Ward , Nuria Llombart Juan , Tomas E. Bryllert , Imran Mehdi , Jan A. Tarsala
- Applicant: Ken B. Cooper , Robert J. Dengler , Peter H. Siegel , Goutam Chattopadhyay , John S. Ward , Nuria Llombart Juan , Tomas E. Bryllert , Imran Mehdi , Jan A. Tarsala
- Applicant Address: US CA Pasadena
- Assignee: California Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee: California Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Pasadena
- Agency: Canady & Lortz LLP
- Agent Bradley K. Lortz
- Main IPC: G01S13/89
- IPC: G01S13/89 ; G01C3/08

Abstract:
A three-dimensional imaging radar operating at high frequency e.g., 670 GHz radar using low phase-noise synthesizers and a fast chirper to generate a frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) waveform, is disclosed that operates with a multiplexed beam to obtain range information simultaneously on multiple pixels of a target. A source transmit beam may be divided by a hybrid coupler into multiple transmit beams multiplexed together and directed to be reflected off a target and return as a single receive beam which is demultiplexed and processed to reveal range information of separate pixels of the target associated with each transmit beam simultaneously. The multiple transmit beams may be developed with appropriate optics to be temporally and spatially differentiated before being directed to the target. Temporal differentiation corresponds to a different intermediate frequencies separating the range information of the multiple pixels. Collinear transmit beams having differentiated polarizations may also be implemented.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100090887A1 MULTI-PIXEL HIGH-RESOLUTION THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING RADAR Public/Granted day:2010-04-15
Information query