AN ACCURATE RANGE CALIBRATION ARCHITECTURE FOR PULSED DOPPLER RADAR SYSTEMS
    1.
    发明公开
    AN ACCURATE RANGE CALIBRATION ARCHITECTURE FOR PULSED DOPPLER RADAR SYSTEMS 有权
    设备进行精确区域设定脉冲多普勒雷达系统

    公开(公告)号:EP1512194A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-03-09

    申请号:EP03734338.1

    申请日:2003-06-03

    申请人: Raytheon Company

    CPC分类号: G01S7/034 G01S7/4004

    摘要: A radar system having a tactical mode and a calibration mode includes a transmitter section (30) for providing high-power amplification of an RF pulsed waveform from an exciter during the tactical mode and the calibration mode. A circulator system (40) has an input port connected to an output of the transmitter section and including first, second and third switchable junctions (C1, C2, C3), and a high-power attenuator (46). The circulator system provides a transmit tactical mode signal path (42) and a transmit calibration mode signal path (44) of virtually identical electrical path lengths for a transmitter output signal, the tactical path passing through the first, second and third junctions in a first direction to an antenna I/O port, the calibration path passing through the first, second and third junctions in a second direction and through the high-power attenuator to an output port. A receiver section (50) is coupled to the output port and includes a receive tactical mode signal path (72) through a low noise amplifier (LNA), mixer, and an intermediate frequency (IF) amplifier to an IF output port for down-converting a radar signal. The receiver section further includes a receive calibration mode signal path (74) through an attentuator which bypasses the LNA and passes through the mixer and IF amplifier to the IF output port.

    AN ACCURATE RANGE CALIBRATION ARCHITECTURE FOR PULSED DOPPLER RADAR SYSTEMS
    2.
    发明授权
    AN ACCURATE RANGE CALIBRATION ARCHITECTURE FOR PULSED DOPPLER RADAR SYSTEMS 有权
    设备进行精确区域设定脉冲多普勒雷达系统

    公开(公告)号:EP1512194B1

    公开(公告)日:2006-03-01

    申请号:EP03734338.1

    申请日:2003-06-03

    申请人: RAYTHEON COMPANY

    CPC分类号: G01S7/034 G01S7/4004

    摘要: A radar system having a tactical mode and a calibration mode includes a transmitter section (30) for providing high-power amplification of an RF pulsed waveform from an exciter during the tactical mode and the calibration mode. A circulator system (40) has an input port connected to an output of the transmitter section and including first, second and third switchable junctions (C1, C2, C3), and a high-power attenuator (46). The circulator system provides a transmit tactical mode signal path (42) and a transmit calibration mode signal path (44) of virtually identical electrical path lengths for a transmitter output signal, the tactical path passing through the first, second and third junctions in a first direction to an antenna I/O port, the calibration path passing through the first, second and third junctions in a second direction and through the high-power attenuator to an output port. A receiver section (50) is coupled to the output port and includes a receive tactical mode signal path (72) through a low noise amplifier (LNA), mixer, and an intermediate frequency (IF) amplifier to an IF output port for down-converting a radar signal. The receiver section further includes a receive calibration mode signal path (74) through an attentuator which bypasses the LNA and passes through the mixer and IF amplifier to the IF output port.