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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2005

Filed:

May. 30, 2003
Applicant:

Richard H. Burns, Toluca Lake, CA (US);

Inventor:

Richard H. Burns, Toluca Lake, CA (US);

Assignee:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S013/00 ; G01C003/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system includes a transmitter capable of transmitting a pair of signals that each have a predetermined frequency in the optical band of the electromagnetic spectrum. The predetermined frequency can be selected, for example, to provide a level of resistance to at least one of movement of the target, target vibration and optical path length variations, and can further be selected based upon a predefined range and azimuth resolution. The SAR system also includes a receiver capable of receiving at least a portion of the pair of signals that has been reflected off of a target. In this regard, the receiver is capable of processing the reflected portion of the pair of signals based upon a difference frequency between the transmitted pair of signals.


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