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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2018
The Curators of the University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (US);
Matthew J. Horst, Rolla, MO (US);
Reza Zoughi, Wildwood, MO (US);
Mohammad Tayeb Ghasr, Rolla, MO (US);
THE CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, Columbia, MO (US);
Abstract
Microwave and millimeter wave imaging. An antenna array in communication with a signal source comprises a plurality of antennas by which a signal generated by the signal source is transmitted incident to an object located remotely from the antenna array and by which a signal reflected from the object is received by the antenna array. The signals transmitted by the antennas collectively have an effective electric field resembling a plane-wave within a target region in front of the antenna array. A plurality of detectors each connected to one of the antennas is configured to simultaneously receive the reflected signal and provide an output signal representative thereof. An image processor configured to execute an imaging algorithm generates a multi-dimensional profile representative of the object based on the output signals from the detectors.