Nanowave Technologies Inc.

Justin Miller

Charles William Tremlett Nicholls

Keegan Pitre

A solid state RADAR antenna system is provided comprising at least one antenna configured to transmit a plurality of antenna beams. Each antenna beam is decoupled from each of the other plurality of antenna beams for transmitting in a blind range of a different antenna beam. Accordingly, in an implementation, the second antenna beam is transmitted so as to scan a first blind range associated with the first antenna beam. Decoupling antenna beams can be achieved using one or more of physical decoupling using different antennas, frequency decoupling using different bands and/or frequency multiplexing, or orthogonal polarization.

System and method for improved radar sensitivity

A RADAR antenna system and method are provided. In an implementation, the system includes a base and first and second antennas configured to transmit independent first and second antenna beams, respectively. The first and second antennas are each coupled to the base so as to provide a common rotational axis for the first and second antennas. An antenna position controller is configured to independently control first and second transmission positions associated with the first and second antennas, respectively. Two different antenna technologies can be used, for example one for providing communications capability and the other for providing tracking capability. Other implementations include four or more antennas configured to transmit beams at similar or different frequencies. Improvements in scan rate proportional to the number of antennas are achieved compared to that achievable with a single beam, without an increase in the rotation rate of the antenna system.

RADAR antenna system and method

Disclosed herein is a system and method for determining a thickness of ice on Radio Frequency (RF) systems The system includes a sensor unit for use in determining the thickness of ice on a surface of a RADAR system having a RADAR antenna, the sensor unit including a sensor unit antenna tunable to a harmonic of a RADAR antenna signal, the harmonic having a frequency within an ice absorption band, wherein the sensor unit antenna emits the harmonic at a first signal strength; and, a sensor unit receiver communicatively coupled to the sensor unit antenna and configured to detect a second signal strength of the harmonic received by the sensor unit antenna.

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Justin Miller