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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Rohde & Schwarz Gmbh & Co. KG, Munich, DE;
Inventor:
Frank Gumbmann, Nuremburg, DE;
Assignee:
Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/02 (2006.01); G01S 13/89 (2006.01); G01S 13/88 (2006.01); G01S 13/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/024 (2013.01); G01S 13/887 (2013.01); G01S 13/89 (2013.01); G01S 2013/462 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to a system for the illumination and imaging of objects with the assistance of electromagnetic radiation, for example, millimeter radiation. Such a system comprises at least one transmitting antenna, at least one receiving antenna, and at least one reflector element. An actively polarizing material layer is present on the reflector element. A processing unit determines an image of the object on the basis of the radiation received from the receiving antenna.