Method and device for radar transmission and reception by dynamic change of polarization notably for the implementation of interleaved radar modes

    公开(公告)号:US11644532B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-09

    申请号:US16836048

    申请日:2020-03-31

    Applicant: THALES

    Abstract: Method and device for radar transmission and reception by dynamic change of polarization notably for the implementation of interleaved radar modes are provided. A radar transmission-reception method and a device for implementing this method, the method alternatively implementing two modes of operation, a short range mode exploiting short pulses and a long range mode exploiting modulated long pulses, the method consisting, for each mode, in: producing two synchronous radiofrequency (RF) transmission signals having between them a phase-shift θ of controllable given value; radiating two radiofrequency waves, each corresponding to one of the transmission RF signals produced, by means of two colocated radiating sources each having a given polarization axis; handling the reception of the backscattered radiofrequency signals picked up by each of the radiating sources, and delivering two radiofrequency (RF) reception signals each corresponding to a radiofrequency signal picked up by one of the radiating sources, a phase-shift θ′ being applied between the two signals delivered, θ′ being able to be determined as being equal to θ.

    Method and system for determining an angle of arrival of a radioelectric signal

    公开(公告)号:US11249166B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-15

    申请号:US16450645

    申请日:2019-06-24

    Applicant: THALES

    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining an angle of arrival of a received radioelectric signal implemented by a receiving antenna system including either one rotating antenna having at least two receiving channels, or two rotating antennas with a same speed each having a receiving channel, and having different antenna diagrams. The method includes calculating and storing a series of ambiguous angle error measurement values obtained from receiving amplitude values of a radioelectric signal coming from an emitting source on said first and second receiving channels, calculating a convolution function on said angular range tween said series of ambiguous angle error measurement values and a series of theoretical angle error measurement values of said receiving channels previously calculated and stored, and determining an angle of arrival of said received radioelectric signal as a function of an estimate of a maximum of said calculated convolution function.

    METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING AN ANGLE OF ARRIVAL OF A RADIOELECTRIC SIGNAL

    公开(公告)号:US20190391225A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-26

    申请号:US16450645

    申请日:2019-06-24

    Applicant: THALES

    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining an angle of arrival of a received radioelectric signal implemented by a receiving antenna system including either one rotating antenna having at least two receiving channels, or two rotating antennas with a same speed each having a receiving channel, and having different antenna diagrams. The method includes, in the operational phase, the following calculating and storing a series of ambiguous angle error measurement values obtained from receiving amplitude values of a radioelectric signal coming from an emitting source on said first and second receiving channels, each angle error measurement value being representative of a ratio between receiving amplitude values on said first and second receiving channels, and corresponding to an angular deviation relative to a reference angular value; calculating a convolution function on said angular range tween said series of ambiguous angle error measurement values and a series of theoretical angle error measurement values of said receiving channels previously calculated and stored, determining an angle of arrival of said received radioelectric signal as a function of an estimate of a maximum of said calculated convolution function.

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