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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2011
Christopher T. Rodenbeck, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Jeffrey Pankonin, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Richard E. Heintzleman, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Nicola Jean Kinzie, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Zorana P. Popovic, Boulder, CO (US);
Christopher T. Rodenbeck, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Jeffrey Pankonin, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Richard E. Heintzleman, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Nicola Jean Kinzie, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Zorana P. Popovic, Boulder, CO (US);
Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Abstract
An ultra-wideband (UWB) radar transmitter apparatus comprises a pulse generator configured to produce from a sinusoidal input signal a pulsed output signal having a series of baseband pulses with a first pulse repetition frequency (PRF). The pulse generator includes a plurality of components that each have a nonlinear electrical reactance. A signal converter is coupled to the pulse generator and configured to convert the pulsed output signal into a pulsed radar transmit signal having a series of radar transmit pulses with a second PRF that is less than the first PRF.