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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2023
National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, Llc, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Government of the United States, As Represented BY the Secretary of the Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (US);
Kathleen Dipple, Fort Walton Beach, FL (US);
Roger Derek West, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Abstract
A synthetic aperture radar sensor having five degrees of freedom (DoF) is disclosed. The five DoF enable multiple imaging operations, including multiple simultaneous imaging operations. The sensor includes multiple transceivers mounted to track segments, with variable spacing between the transceivers being the first DoF. The second DoF is about a vertical axis allowing side-to-side motion of the transceivers. The third DoF is about a horizontal axis parallel to a direction of travel with the segments perpendicular to the direction of travel, thereby allowing the transceivers to form a horizontal line, a vertical line, or some intervening angle. The transceivers can be at different angles, corresponding to the fourth DoF, which permits simultaneous vertical and side-looking operation. The fifth degree of freedom is about a horizontal axis parallel to the direction of travel with the segments parallel to the direction of travel, allowing pointing of the transceivers at a desired scene.