Communications: directive radio wave systems and devices (e.g. – Determining distance – Combined with determining direction
Reexamination Certificate
2011-05-03
2011-05-03
Alsomiri, Isam (Department: 3662)
Communications: directive radio wave systems and devices (e.g.,
Determining distance
Combined with determining direction
C342S175000, C342S196000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07936301
ABSTRACT:
A multi-port junction is fed with a frequency-stepped source and has one of its ports connected to an antenna that can serve either as a transmit-and-receive antenna or as a receive antenna only, with the outputs of the multi-port junction being used to estimate a complex reflection coefficient for each frequency of interest. The subject system requires no IF stages, down-conversion mixers or oscillators, and therefore may be provided adjacent each antenna at low cost. An embodiment involving co-located separate transmit and receive antennas is used to minimize the power requirements for the multi-port junction, whereas in a third embodiment, an array of transmit/receive antennas is used, fed by the same RF source but in which digitally-controlled phase shifters are used for beam-forming purposes.
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Alsomiri Isam
BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
Long, Esq. Daniel J.
Tendler, Esq. Robert K.
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