Communications: radio wave antennas – Antennas – Balanced doublet - centerfed
Patent
1979-09-19
1981-05-19
Tubbesing, T. H.
Communications: radio wave antennas
Antennas
Balanced doublet - centerfed
343 5FT, G01S 1395
Patent
active
042688280
ABSTRACT:
Described herein is a microwave radar system which employs heterodyned swept frequency at approximately two millisecond sweep intervals. The power source is a reliable solid state, low power device such as a Gunn diode. The heterodyned difference frequency signals are converted to digital form, transformed into the frequency domain by means of a Fourier power transform, and then averaged by computer processing. Performing the Fourier power transform before averaging enables the processing of quasi-incoherent data whereby signal-to-noise ratio improvement is a function of the square root of the average number of samples taken. High-speed processing is used to off-set the loss of statistical averaging of phase-coherent data which cannot be preserved because of target motion. Thus, the sequence of the power transform allows phase-less averaging over the entire collection period. Complementary elements including signal isolation and stability, through interdependent design features of the antenna and circulator, permit the use of low-power CW radar which minimizes danger to ecology and human safety. Thus, the invention has particular applicability to the analysis of clouds, the extraction of range and thickness data of clouds, and the presence and velocity of rainfall. The invention can be used for point targets as well. Algorithms are built into the computer to compensate for various factors such as wind, temperature, and the nature of scattering nuclei.
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Cribbs Robert W.
DeLacy Thomas J.
Lamb Billy L.
Ford Aerospace & Communications Corporation
Radlo Edward J.
Sadler Clifford L.
Tubbesing T. H.
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