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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2001
Pascal Cornic, St Renan, FR;
Philippe Laviec, Plougastel Daoulas, FR;
Dominique Lo-Hine Tong, Brest, FR;
Thomson-CSF, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A radar including a plurality of reception antennas corresponding to a plurality of homodyne reception channels, and a transmission antenna positioned with respect to the plurality of reception antenna such that a distance between the transmission antenna and each consecutive reception antenna of the plurality of reception antenna respectively increases from one reception antenna to the next. Also included is a beam-formation mechanism associated with the plurality of reception channels for receiving a reception signal from each of the homodyne reception channels. Further, a spacing between each reception antenna is set so as to orient a homodyne leakage in a direction located in an angular zone of space not processed by the radar.