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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2020
Applicant:
Thales, Courbevoie, FR;
Inventors:
Pascal Cornic, Brest, FR;
Renan Le Gall, Brest, FR;
Rodolphe Cottron, Merignac, FR;
Yoan Veyrac, Merignac, FR;
Assignee:
THALES, Courbevoie, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/89 (2006.01); G01S 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/89 (2013.01); G01S 2013/0254 (2013.01);
Abstract
A radar imaging method using an active antenna comprising N transmission channels and M reception channels, transmitting in bursts of pointing cycles, is disclosed. The antenna covers a given angular range during a detection time unit of duration T, said time unit corresponds to a burst in which the N transmission channels are focused successively in a number Dof pointing directions (di) such that: