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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2005
Jeffrey A. Hester, Issaquah, WA (US);
Radde Majeed, Bothell, WA (US);
Julia R. Baryl, Kirkland, WA (US);
Jeffrey A. Hester, Issaquah, WA (US);
Radde Majeed, Bothell, WA (US);
Julia R. Baryl, Kirkland, WA (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and methods for performing automatic gain control in a radar system. One embodiment of the system includes an attenuator that controls gain of signals received from a radar receiver. A digital signal processor determines coarse gain correction based on digitized noise data for a plurality of channels, determines fine gain correction based on the residual error after the coarse gain, and determines frequency vs. gain curve correction based on the digitized noise data for a plurality of channels and a mathematical model of frequency gain across a noise spectrum for the radar system. The result of the processor is a gain control signal that is sent to the attenuator to perform hardware gain control and a channel specific scale factor for software gain control. In one embodiment, the processor generates the gain control signal during an inactive scan mode of the radar system.