Active antenna radar with extended angular coverage

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PATENT NO 12241967
APP PUB NO 20220229172A1
SERIAL NO

17576657

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An active antenna radar able to produce an image with high angular resolution over a wide angular coverage, the antenna includes a number N of transmission channels and a number M of reception channels, each transmission channel and reception channel comprising an elementary antenna: each elementary antenna comprises a lens or a reflector associated with an array of elementary sources, the sources being configured to illuminate the lens or the reflector and at least the apertures being substantially arranged in the focal plane of the lens or centred around the focal point of the reflector; each elementary transmission or reception source being able to form or receive, respectively, a beam focused in a given direction, the directions being different from one transmission or reception source to another of one and the same elementary antenna; each elementary transmission or reception source being connected to a power amplifier or to a low-noise amplifier, respectively, and to switching means allowing the source to be supplied or not to be supplied with power or the signals from the source to be received or not to be received, respectively.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cornic, Pascal Brest, FR 63 653
Le, Gall Renan Brest, FR 6 0
Veyrac, Yoan Merignac, FR 15 5

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