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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2013
Applicant:
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Inventors:
Ronald Lapat, Sudbury, MA (US);
Michael R. Patrizi, McKinney, TX (US);
Shane D. Blair, Woburn, MA (US);
Assignee:
RAYTHEON COMPANY, Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/02 (2006.01); H03M 1/12 (2006.01); H03M 1/00 (2006.01); G01S 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/02 (2013.01); H03M 1/004 (2013.01); H03M 1/123 (2013.01); H03M 1/1215 (2013.01);
Abstract
An analog-to-digital converter circuit for a radar apparatus, the analog-to-digital converter circuit including analog-to-digital converters that are electronically reconfigurable to operate in a multi-channel mode with a first bandwidth by clocking the ADCs in phase with one another, or a single-channel mode with a second bandwidth higher than the first bandwidth by clocking the ADCs out of phase with one another and optimizing the intermediate frequency for the respective mode.