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Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 27, 2017
Applicant:

Honeywell International Inc., Morris Plains, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Seth T. Frick, Saint Paul, MN (US);

Benjamin J. Winstead, Minneapolis, MN (US);

Assignee:

Honeywell International Inc., Morris Plains, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/35 (2006.01); G01S 13/34 (2006.01); G01S 13/02 (2006.01); G01S 13/88 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/352 (2013.01); G01S 13/0209 (2013.01); G01S 13/343 (2013.01); G01S 13/882 (2013.01); G01S 2007/358 (2013.01);
Abstract

Apparatus and methods of determining altitude information with a radar receiver with quadrature detection is provided. A method includes generating baseband frames. An oscillator signal is created within each of the baseband frames. A return of the oscillator signal is coupled to a first input of a mixer. Moreover, the oscillator signal is coupled to a second input of the mixer. A phase of the oscillator signal is selectively changed between two or more distinct values. Timing of the change being based at least in part on a baseband frame timing of the generated baseband frames. Samples of an output of the mixer are selectively collected further based at least in part on the baseband frame timing. The collected samples are processed to compute altitude information.


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