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Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 08, 2011
Applicants:

Thomas T. Leise, Collinsville, TX (US);

Domingo Cruz-pagan, Allen, TX (US);

Inventors:

Thomas T. Leise, Collinsville, TX (US);

Domingo Cruz-Pagan, Allen, TX (US);

Assignee:

Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/44 (2006.01); H01Q 3/26 (2006.01); H01Q 21/00 (2006.01); H01Q 21/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 3/26 (2013.01); G01S 13/4454 (2013.01); G01S 13/4463 (2013.01); H01Q 21/0025 (2013.01); H01Q 21/061 (2013.01);
Abstract

A dual monopulse/interferometer antenna and radar system. In one example, the antenna includes an active electronically steered monopulse array, and is configurable into an interferometer mode which uses a subset of the array elements of each quadrant of the monopulse array. In one example, the RF feed network that combines signals received from each element in the array to produce monopulse return signals is modified in the interferometer mode to couple out the subset of array elements to produce return signals that are analyzed using interferometric processing.


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