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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2015
L-3 Communications Security and Detection Systems, Inc., Woburn, MA (US);
Douglas O. Carlson, Winter Garden, FL (US);
Herbert Duvoisin, III, Orlando, FL (US);
Christopher Gary Sentelle, Orlando, FL (US);
L-3 Communications Security and Detection Systems, Inc., Woburn, MA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for detecting objects includes a transceiver configured to generate a radar signal, a radar having a transmit antenna configured to transmit the radar signal, and a receive antenna configured to sense a return signal in response to a transmission of the radar signal. The apparatus also includes a processor configured to detect an object based on the return signal. One or more of the transmit antenna or the receive antenna include offset spiral feed antennas.