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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2011
Applicant:
Robert Schneider, Burgrieden, DE;
Inventor:
Robert Schneider, Burgrieden, DE;
Assignee:
EADS Deutschland GmbH, Ottobrunn, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/40 (2006.01); G01S 13/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/40 (2013.01); G01S 13/4445 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for direction finding by means of monopulse formation in a radar system with electronically controlled group antenna and analog beam shaping of sum and difference channels, a self-test of the antenna being carried out to identify failed receiving elements, and the result of the self-test going directly into the monopulse formation and the test thereby being error corrected. The result of the self-test is converted into correction values that, independently of the antenna viewing direction, are combined with those from the sum channel signal and the difference channel signals of the antenna.