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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2013
U.s. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD (US);
Gregory J Mazzaro, Charleston, SC (US);
Kelly D. Sherbondy, Burke, VA (US);
DaHan Liao, Bethesda, MD (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A radar assembly for linear and nonlinear radar transmission and reception comprising a signal generator; at least one filter operatively connected to the signal generator; a transmitter operatively connected to the at least one filter for transmitting radar signals; a receiver operative to receiving received signals comprising linear and nonlinear responses from the reflected transmitted signals; the receiver comprising a first channel for processing the linear response of the received signal; a second channel for the processing the nonlinear response of the received signal; at least one switch operative to select one of the first or second channels; at least one high pass filter operatively connected to the second channel to attenuate the linear response; at least one amplifier to amplify the nonlinear response; and at least one display operatively connected to both the first and second channels for displaying both linear and nonlinear responses.