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公开(公告)号:US11163037B2
公开(公告)日:2021-11-02
申请号:US16019371
申请日:2018-06-26
Applicant: Echodyne Corp.
Inventor: Adam Bily , Tom Driscoll , John Desmond Hunt , Charles A. Renneberg , Ioannis Tzanidis , Robert Tilman Worl
IPC: G01S7/03 , H01Q21/22 , H01Q1/32 , H01Q1/28 , G01S13/931 , G01S13/04 , H01Q3/24 , H01Q21/06 , G01S13/933
Abstract: An embodiment of an antenna array includes a transmit antenna and a receive antenna. The transmit antenna has, in one dimension, a first size, and has, in another dimension that is approximately orthogonal to the one dimension, a second size that is greater than the first size. And the receive antenna has, in approximately the one dimension, a third size that is greater than the first size, and has, in approximately the other dimension, a fourth size that is less than the second size. For example, such an antenna array, and a radar system that incorporates the antenna array, can provide a high Rayleigh resolution (i.e., a narrow Half Power Beam Width (HPBW)) with significantly reduced aliasing as compared to prior antenna arrays and radar systems for a given number of antenna-array channels.
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公开(公告)号:US12298428B2
公开(公告)日:2025-05-13
申请号:US18529675
申请日:2023-12-05
Applicant: Echodyne Corp.
Inventor: Nicholas K. Brune , Muhammad Rameez Chatni , Tom Driscoll , Jonathan R. Hull , John Desmond Hunt , Christopher L. Lambrecht , Nathan Ingle Landy , Milton Perque , Charles A. Renneberg , Benjamin Sikes , Tarron Teeslink , Ioannis Tzanidis , Robert Tilman Worl , Adam Bily
Abstract: In an embodiment, an antenna subsystem includes a sparse receive antenna and an electronically steerable transmit antenna. The sparse receive antenna includes an array of electronically steerable receive elements each configured to receive a respective signal having a wavelength and each spaced apart from each adjacent one of the receive elements by a respective first distance that is more than one half of the wavelength, has an aperture, and is configured to generate a receive beam pattern. And the electronically steerable transmit antenna includes an array of transmit elements each configured to radiate a respective signal having the wavelength and each spaced apart from each adjacent one of the transmit elements by a respective second distance that is less than one half of the wavelength, has an aperture that is significantly smaller than the aperture of the sparse receive antenna, and is configured to filter, spatially, the receive beam pattern.
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公开(公告)号:US20200309900A1
公开(公告)日:2020-10-01
申请号:US16903135
申请日:2020-06-16
Applicant: Echodyne Corp.
Inventor: Nicholas K. Brune , Muhammad Rameez Chatni , Tom Driscoll , Jonathan R. Hull , John Desmond Hunt , Christopher L. Lambrecht , Nathan Ingle Landy , Milton Perque , Charles A. Renneberg , Benjamin Sikes , Tarron Teeslink , Ioannis Tzanidis , Robert Tilman Worl , Adam Bily
IPC: G01S7/03 , G01S13/42 , G01S13/931 , H01Q3/34 , H01Q1/32
Abstract: In an embodiment, an antenna subsystem includes a sparse receive antenna and an electronically steerable transmit antenna. The sparse receive antenna includes an array of electronically steerable receive elements each configured to receive a respective signal having a wavelength and each spaced apart from each adjacent one of the receive elements by a respective first distance that is more than one half of the wavelength. And the electronically steerable transmit antenna includes an array of transmit elements each configured to radiate a respective signal having the wavelength and each spaced apart from each adjacent one of the transmit elements by a respective second distance that is less than one half of the wavelength. To reduce aliasing, such an antenna subsystem can be operated to filter, spatially, a receive beam pattern generated by the receive antenna with a transmit beam pattern generated by the transmit antenna.
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公开(公告)号:US11879989B2
公开(公告)日:2024-01-23
申请号:US16903135
申请日:2020-06-16
Applicant: Echodyne Corp.
Inventor: Nicholas K. Brune , Muhammad Rameez Chatni , Tom Driscoll , Jonathan R. Hull , John Desmond Hunt , Christopher L. Lambrecht , Nathan Ingle Landy , Milton Perque , Charles A. Renneberg , Benjamin Sikes , Tarron Teeslink , Ioannis Tzanidis , Robert Tilman Worl , Adam Bily
CPC classification number: G01S7/032 , G01S13/426 , H01Q1/3233 , H01Q3/34
Abstract: In an embodiment, an antenna subsystem includes a sparse receive antenna and an electronically steerable transmit antenna. The sparse receive antenna includes an array of electronically steerable receive elements each configured to receive a respective signal having a wavelength and each spaced apart from each adjacent one of the receive elements by a respective first distance that is more than one half of the wavelength. And the electronically steerable transmit antenna includes an array of transmit elements each configured to radiate a respective signal having the wavelength and each spaced apart from each adjacent one of the transmit elements by a respective second distance that is less than one half of the wavelength. To reduce aliasing, such an antenna subsystem can be operated to filter, spatially, a receive beam pattern generated by the receive antenna with a transmit beam pattern generated by the transmit antenna.
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公开(公告)号:US11101572B2
公开(公告)日:2021-08-24
申请号:US16125486
申请日:2018-09-07
Applicant: Echodyne Corp.
Inventor: Adam Bily , Tom Driscoll , John Desmond Hunt , Charles A. Renneberg , Ioannis Tzanidis , Robert Tilman Worl
IPC: H01Q21/22 , H04W16/28 , G01S13/931 , G01S7/03 , H01Q3/28 , H01Q3/34 , H01Q3/24 , H01Q21/29 , H01Q21/06 , H01Q21/08 , H01Q1/32 , H01Q1/28
Abstract: In an embodiment, an antenna includes a one-dimensional array of antenna cells, a signal feed, and signal couplers. The antenna cells are each spaced from an adjacent antenna cell by less than one half a wavelength at which the antenna cells are configured to transmit and to receive, are configured to generate an array beam that is narrower in a dimension than in an orthogonal dimension, and are configured to steer the array beam in the dimension. And the signal couplers are each configured to couple a respective one of the antenna cells to the signal feed in response a respective control signal having an active level. For example, the antenna cells can be arranged such that a straight line intersects their geometric centers.
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公开(公告)号:US20180156891A1
公开(公告)日:2018-06-07
申请号:US15832568
申请日:2017-12-05
Applicant: Echodyne Corp
Inventor: Nicholas K. Brune , Muhammad Rameez Chatni , Tom Driscoll , Jonathan R. Hull , John Desmond Hunt , Christopher L. Lambrecht , Nathan Ingle Landy , Milton Perque , Charles A. Renneberg , Benjamin Sikes , Tarron Teeslink , Ioannis Tzanidis , Robert Tilman Worl , Adam Bily
Abstract: In an embodiment, an antenna subsystem includes a sparse receive antenna and an electronically steerable transmit antenna. The sparse receive antenna includes an array of receive elements each configured to receive a respective signal having a wavelength and each spaced apart from each adjacent one of the receive elements by a respective first distance that is more than one half of the wavelength. And the electronically steerable transmit antenna includes an array of transmit elements each configured to radiate a respective signal having the wavelength and each spaced apart from each adjacent one of the transmit elements by a respective second distance that is less than one half of the wavelength. To reduce aliasing, such an antenna subsystem can be operated to filter, spatially, a receive beam pattern generated by the receive antenna with a transmit beam pattern generated by the transmit antenna.
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公开(公告)号:US20240183937A1
公开(公告)日:2024-06-06
申请号:US18529675
申请日:2023-12-05
Applicant: Echodyne Corp.
Inventor: Nicholas K. Brune , Muhammad Rameez Chatni , Tom Driscoll , Jonathan R. Hull , John Desmond Hunt , Christopher L. Lambrecht , Nathan Ingle Landy , Milton Perque , Charles A. Renneberg , Benjamin Sikes , Tarron Teeslink , Ioannis Tzanidis , Robert Tilman Worl , Adam Bily
CPC classification number: G01S7/032 , G01S13/426 , H01Q1/3233 , H01Q3/34
Abstract: In an embodiment, an antenna subsystem includes a sparse receive antenna and an electronically steerable transmit antenna. The sparse receive antenna includes an array of electronically steerable receive elements each configured to receive a respective signal having a wavelength and each spaced apart from each adjacent one of the receive elements by a respective first distance that is more than one half of the wavelength, has an aperture, and is configured to generate a receive beam pattern. And the electronically steerable transmit antenna includes an array of transmit elements each configured to radiate a respective signal having the wavelength and each spaced apart from each adjacent one of the transmit elements by a respective second distance that is less than one half of the wavelength, has an aperture that is significantly smaller than the aperture of the sparse receive antenna, and is configured to filter, spatially, the receive beam pattern.
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公开(公告)号:US20190074600A1
公开(公告)日:2019-03-07
申请号:US16125486
申请日:2018-09-07
Applicant: Echodyne Corp
Inventor: Adam Bily , Tom Driscoll , John Desmond Hunt , Charles A. Renneberg , Ioannis Tzanidis , Robert Tilman Worl
Abstract: In an embodiment, an antenna includes a one-dimensional array of antenna cells, a signal feed, and signal couplers. The antenna cells are each spaced from an adjacent antenna cell by less than one half a wavelength at which the antenna cells are configured to transmit and to receive, are configured to generate an array beam that is narrower in a dimension than in an orthogonal dimension, and are configured to steer the array beam in the dimension. And the signal couplers are each configured to couple a respective one of the antenna cells to the signal feed in response a respective control signal having an active level. For example, the antenna cells can be arranged such that a straight line intersects their geometric centers.
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公开(公告)号:US10684354B2
公开(公告)日:2020-06-16
申请号:US15832568
申请日:2017-12-05
Applicant: Echodyne Corp.
Inventor: Nicholas K. Brune , Muhammad Rameez Chatni , Tom Driscoll , Jonathan R. Hull , John Desmond Hunt , Christopher L. Lambrecht , Nathan Ingle Landy , Milton Perque , Charles A. Renneberg , Benjamin Sikes , Tarron Teeslink , Ioannis Tzanidis , Robert Tilman Worl , Adam Bily
IPC: G01S7/28 , H01Q1/32 , H01Q3/34 , G01S13/931 , G01S13/44 , H01Q21/06 , H01Q21/00 , H01Q13/20 , H01Q3/26
Abstract: In an embodiment, an antenna subsystem includes a sparse receive antenna and an electronically steerable transmit antenna. The sparse receive antenna includes an array of receive elements each configured to receive a respective signal having a wavelength and each spaced apart from each adjacent one of the receive elements by a respective first distance that is more than one half of the wavelength. And the electronically steerable transmit antenna includes an array of transmit elements each configured to radiate a respective signal having the wavelength and each spaced apart from each adjacent one of the transmit elements by a respective second distance that is less than one half of the wavelength. To reduce aliasing, such an antenna subsystem can be operated to filter, spatially, a receive beam pattern generated by the receive antenna with a transmit beam pattern generated by the transmit antenna.
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公开(公告)号:US20180372837A1
公开(公告)日:2018-12-27
申请号:US16019371
申请日:2018-06-26
Applicant: Echodyne Corp
Inventor: Adam Bily , Tom Driscoll , John Desmond Hunt , Charles A. Renneberg , Ioannis Tzanidis , Robert Tilman Worl
Abstract: An embodiment of an antenna array includes a transmit antenna and a receive antenna. The transmit antenna has, in one dimension, a first size, and has, in another dimension that is approximately orthogonal to the one dimension, a second size that is greater than the first size. And the receive antenna has, in approximately the one dimension, a third size that is greater than the first size, and has, in approximately the other dimension, a fourth size that is less than the second size. For example, such an antenna array, and a radar system that incorporates the antenna array, can provide a high Rayleigh resolution (i.e., a narrow Half Power Beam Width (HPBW)) with significantly reduced aliasing as compared to prior antenna arrays and radar systems for a given number of antenna-array channels.
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