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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2009
Carl D. Wise, Severna Park, MD (US);
Norman F. Powell, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Carl D. Wise, Severna Park, MD (US);
Norman F. Powell, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Falls Church, VA (US);
Abstract
A synthesized aperture radar imaging system is disclosed. The system includes an antenna reflector and a radar signal transceiver configured to generate a plurality of radar transmission signals and to receive a respective plurality of reflected radar signals. The system also includes a wave reflection device configured to sequentially reflect each of the plurality of radar transmission signals onto separate respective spot-portions of the antenna reflector. The plurality of radar transmission signals can be transmitted from the antenna reflector to a target and reflected from the target as the respective plurality of reflected radar signals. The system further includes a synthesized aperture radar controller configured to integrate the plurality of reflected radar signals and to generate a high-resolution, three-dimensional image of the target from the integrated plurality of reflected radar signals.