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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2009
Applicant:
Manohar D. Deshpande, Odenton, MD (US);
Inventor:
Manohar D. Deshpande, Odenton, MD (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/90 (2006.01); G01S 7/28 (2006.01); G01S 13/00 (2006.01); G01S 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A step frequency inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) includes a transmitter configured to transmit a transmission pulse at a transmission frequency to a near earth object (NEO), the transmission frequency having a frequency range comprising a starting frequency, an ending frequency, and a step size; a receiver configured to receive a pulse response from the NEO, the pulse response corresponding to the transmission pulse; and a computer configured to determine a 3-dimensional image of the interior of the NEO from the pulse response.