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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2010
Nathan Weiss, Rehovot, IL;
Nathan Weiss, Rehovot, IL;
Elta Systems Ltd., Ashdod, IL;
Abstract
An active imaging system for imaging a target is described. The system includes a transmitting unit, a receiving unit, an antenna arrangement coupled to the transmitting unit and/or the receiving unit via a front end unit, and an image processing unit coupled to the receiving unit. The system also includes a control system coupled to the transmitting unit, the receiving unit and/or the image processing unit for controlling operation thereof. The antenna arrangement includes at least one rotating antenna synthetically forming a circular antenna. The image processing unit is configured for creating an image of the object by employing a synthetic aperture radar imaging algorithm.