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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2010
Kai-bor Yu, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Manuel F. Fernandez, Cazenovia, NY (US);
Svetlana M. Bachmann, Liverpool, NY (US);
Kai-Bor Yu, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Manuel F. Fernandez, Cazenovia, NY (US);
Svetlana M. Bachmann, Liverpool, NY (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
A system and method for increasing the effective angular resolution of a multi-function phased array radar system is provided. The system is operative to simultaneously transmit a plurality of overlapping sub-beams covering a representative central beam. A de-convolution process is applied to received return signals. The process includes determining the reflectivity within sub-beamwidth resolution cells defined by the overlapping sub-beams. Generated sub-beamwidth data provides the radar system with an effective angular resolution beyond that of any single transmitted beam.