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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 10, 1998
Stephen P Caldwell, Columbia, MD (US);
Francis W Hopwood, Severna Park, MD (US);
Thomas K Lisle, Jr, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Wayne Weigle, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Northrop Grumman Corporation, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
A radar exciter including a direct digital synthesis (DDS) wideband waveform generator which performs the frequency synthesis function heretofore performed by a direct analog synthesizer. This is achieved by deriving the DDS frequencies, the exciter RF frequencies, the radar synchronizer clock frequency and receiver analog/digital (A/D) converter clock frequency from a common signal source generating a master frequency. The present invention eliminates the direct analog synthesizer and relies solely on the digital generation of waveforms by a DDS wideband waveform generator which performs a discrete sampling process so as to provide coherent frequency and timing relationships.