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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Anthony Miles Kinghorn, Edinburgh, GB;
Ronald William Lyon, Edinburgh, GB;
Assignee:
BAE Systems Avionics Limited, Hampshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 3/16 ; G01S 1/300 ; G01S 5/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 3/16 ; G01S 1/300 ; G01S 5/02 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for determining whether a signal received the main channel ( ) of an antenna ( ) was incident on the antenna ( ) in a direction corresponding to a high gain main lobe. A sidelobe suppression signal is generated from signals received from a other channels at least some of which are derived from elements where output generates the main channel, the signal being categorized as originating from a direction corresponding to the high gain main lobe of the main channel by comparing the value of the signal received on the main channel with that of sidelobe suppression signal.