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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 18, 2013
Applicant:

Lawrence Livermore National Security, Llc, Livermore, CA (US);

Inventors:

Peter C Haugen, Livermore, CA (US);

Gregory E Dallum, Livermore, CA (US);

Patrick A Welsh, Manteca, CA (US);

Carlos E Romero, Livermore, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/62 (2006.01); G01S 13/56 (2006.01); G01S 7/285 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/56 (2013.01); G01S 7/285 (2013.01);
Abstract

A homodyne motion sensor or detector based on ultra-wideband radar utilizes the entire received waveform through implementation of a voltage boosting receiver. The receiver includes a receiver input and a receiver output. A first diode is connected to the receiver output. A first charge storage capacitor is connected from between the first diode and the receiver output to ground. A second charge storage capacitor is connected between the receiver input and the first diode. A second diode is connected from between the second charge storage capacitor and the first diode to ground. The dual diode receiver performs voltage boosting of a RF signal received at the receiver input, thereby enhancing receiver sensitivity.


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