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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6421000 | GPS multipath mitigation using a multi-element antenna array A method and apparatus for mitigating multipath signal distortion using a multi-element antenna array is provided. The multi-element antenna array is used to discriminate between the desired signal and its multipath components based on spatial angle of ar... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6087985 | Tracking system A tracking system for maintaining an alignment between a reflector antenna and a source of electromagnetic radiation, includes a reflector for reflecting electromagnetic radiation generated from a electromagnetic radiation source, a receiver, and a rotary... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5774087 | Apparatus for measuring moving emitter elevation and azimuth direction from doppler change measurements An electrical surveillance measures system for measuring direction of arrival (DOA), i.e., both azimuth and elevation, of a pulsed or continuous wave radar signal from a moving emitter. Either carrier frequency or pulse repetition interval (PARI) Doppler ... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5563609 | Antenna system with plural beam sequential offset An array antenna system (40) has a plurality of radiators (44) for generating a set of beams (48), wherein axes of the beams are spaced apart from each other allowing the respective beams to illuminate separate areas of the earth or other receiving region... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5274382 | Antenna system for tracking of satellites In an antenna system for tracking a satellite, a prediction of the angular orientation of the satellite relative to the antenna as a function of time is obtained from the orbital parameters of the satellite. The mechanisms for controlling the angular posi... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5089825 | Method of, and apparatus for controlling an antenna device A method of, and apparatus for, controlling the directional aiming of an antenna device including: scanning the antenna along with a conical path and detecting a directional point at which a detected level of reception along the conical path is turned fro... | 02/18/1992 |
| 4857936 | Conical sweep array antenna and a radar having such an antenna A conical sweep array antenna has a flat antenna structure having a plurality of microstrip sources disposed in a plurality of sections. Preferably, each section includes a plurality of sources. The flat antenna also has at least one source disposed outsi... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4827265 | Cooperative tracking system A cooperative antenna tracking system for use at both ends of a radio link employs conical-scanning-type tracking at each end of the radio link to point a directional antenna guided by a continuous radio signal transmitted from an antenna at the other end... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4673944 | Autocalibrating interferometer A direction-finding interferometer (100) includes a novel autocalibration subsystem using bi-directional transmissions at a common frequency. The interferometer determines direction using a primary phase comparator (15) to assess the phase differences in ... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4646094 | Method of discriminating between signals Discrimination between sidelobe and main beam reception of interference signals in a lobe on receive only radar is accomplished by a method of operation in which interference signals are stored and averaged for the radar receive beam positions of boresigh... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4574289 | Rotary scan antenna An antenna having a rotatable phase center is disclosed. The antenna includes a horn antenna having a phase center and at least one rod-like impedance element located adjacent a wall of the horn antenna near the phase center. The length of the impedance e... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4173762 | Reference signal generating apparatus Apparatus for generating elevation and azimuth reference signals for use in demodulating a tracking error signal to provide elevation and azimuth error components for use in adjusting the position of a tracking conical scan radar antenna, includes a templ... | 11/06/1979 |
| 4150379 | Matched filter target acquisition radiometric system The matched filter target acquisition radiometric system employs a composite scanning system in searching, acquiring, and tracking relatively small targets on a background of large-magnitude, widely-fluctuating-noise generating terrain. Search for a targe... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4122454 | Conical scan tracking system employing a large antenna A conical scan tracking system for spacecraft and radio sources employing a large antenna detects small sinusoidal modulation in received power from a source that is off target with a frequency equal to a very low scan rate, an amplitude proportional to a... | 10/24/1978 |
| 4115776 | Adaptive gain control for radiometric target tracking system The improved radiometric target seeking system incorporates automatic gain control features including phase tracking automatic gain and automatic gain scan amplitude controls in a system which is basically a dual-axis, gimballed, conical-scan radiometric ... | 09/19/1978 |
