Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Deployable active radar countermeasures
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Application No.: US15870517Application Date: 2018-01-12
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Publication No.: US10731959B1Publication Date: 2020-08-04
- Inventor: Jonathan A. Lovseth , Anders P. Walker , Russell D. Wyse
- Applicant: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IA Cedar Rapids
- Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IA Cedar Rapids
- Agency: Suiter Swantz pc llo
- Main IPC: F42B12/38
- IPC: F42B12/38 ; H03H11/20 ; H03H7/01 ; H03H7/12 ; H03H7/21 ; H01Q1/28 ; H04B1/10 ; G01S7/38 ; G01S7/495 ; H01Q1/22 ; H03H9/70

Abstract:
A deployable active radar countermeasure or “smart chaff” device includes a flexible battery or length of reflective material for passive reflection of a surveillance radar signal. Metallized antenna elements printed onto the material receive the surveillance radar signals, and RF integrated circuitry bonded to the material generates active RF echo signals based on the frequency of the surveillance signal and the length of the material. Wirebond receiving paths include reconfigurable gain amplifiers and filters for adjusting the phase and amplitude of the echo signal, and transmit paths return the echo signal to the radar source via the antenna elements. Echo signals may combine with those of other such devices, having various lengths and associated frequencies, to simulate a false return associated with a particular aircraft or moving target (e.g., simulation of Doppler shift via offset echo frequencies).
Public/Granted literature
- US1298016A Garment-button. Public/Granted day:1919-03-25
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