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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022

Filed:

Sep. 11, 2018
Applicant:

Triad National Security, Llc, Los Alamos, NM (US);

Inventors:

Stephen Judd, Los Alamos, NM (US);

David Guenther, Los Alamos, NM (US);

Nicholas Dallmann, Los Alamos, NM (US);

William Mairson, Los Alamos, NM (US);

Assignee:

Triad National Security, LLC, Los Alamos, NM (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/76 (2006.01); H01Q 1/52 (2006.01); G01S 13/931 (2020.01); H01Q 1/32 (2006.01); H01Q 9/04 (2006.01); H01Q 1/27 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/767 (2013.01); G01S 13/931 (2013.01); H01Q 1/3233 (2013.01); H01Q 1/525 (2013.01); H01Q 1/273 (2013.01); H01Q 9/0407 (2013.01);
Abstract

A tag enhances vehicle radar visibility of objects by increasing the effective radar cross-section of the object, allowing detection at longer ranges and providing the vehicle/driver with more time to avoid a collision. The tag may include a receive antenna and a bandpass filter configured to receive a signal from the receive antenna and to allow a portion of the frequency range of the signal from the receive antenna through. The tag may also include an amplifier configured to receive and amplify the signal with the portion of the frequency range from the bandpass filter. The tag may further include a transmit antenna configured to transmit the amplified signal. The receive antenna, the transmit antenna, and the amplifier may be configured such that antenna-to-antenna isolation between the receive antenna and the transmit antenna is greater than a gain of the amplifier.


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