US4489320A
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Interference suppressor for radar MTI
Assignee: United States Department of the Navy
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Filing: 1981-08-07
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Granted: 1984-12-18
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Expires: 2001-08-07
Abstract
Abstract An impulse interference suppression circuit for use in combination with an-pulse Moving Target Indicator system comprising a gate connected to block the output signal from the MTI system when energized, and a circuit for taking the magnitudes of successive echo return signals, subtracting the magnitudes of consecutive echo signals to remove clutter, comparing the consecutive difference signals from such subtractions against each other, and generating and applying a blocking signal to the gate if the difference between the subtraction difference signals is above a given threshold level.
Inventors
- 👤 Bernard L. Lewis
- 👤 Frank F. Kretschmer
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 04:07
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01S; G01S13/00; G01S13/02; G01S13/50; G01S13/52; G01S13/522; G01S13/524; G01S13/526; G01S7/00; G01S7/02; G01S7/28; G01S7/285; G01S7/292; G01S7/2923; G01S7/2928
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
183 words
An N-pulse Moving Target Indicator impulse interference suppression system comprising: an MTI input, N-1 delay circuits arranged to successively delay the MTI input signal by N-1 PRI in order to obtain a series of consecutive pulse echo signals, N being an integer greater than one; a gate circuit; means for combining with appropriate weighting the echo signal from said MTI input and the echo signal from each of said N-1 delay circuits and providing a resultant signal to said gate circuit with clutter signals canceled therefrom; means for comparing said MTI input echo signal and the echo signals from each of said N-1 delay circuit outputs comprising means for detecting the magnitude of said MTI input echo signal and of the echo signals from each of said N-1 delay circuit outputs, means for subtracting the magnitudes of consecutive echo signals, to obtain difference signals, and a comparator for comparing consecutive resulting difference signals obtained from said subtracting means against each other and if the difference therebetween is above a given threshold level, generating a blocking signal and applying it to said gate circuit.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
183 words
An N-pulse Moving Target Indicator impulse interference suppression system comprising: an MTI input, N-1 delay circuits arranged to successively delay the MTI input signal by N-1 PRI in order to obtain a series of consecutive pulse echo signals, N being an integer greater than one; a gate circuit; means for combining with appropriate weighting the echo signal from said MTI input and the echo signal from each of said N-1 delay circuits and providing a resultant signal to said gate circuit with clutter signals canceled therefrom; means for comparing said MTI input echo signal and the echo signals from each of said N-1 delay circuit outputs comprising means for detecting the magnitude of said MTI input echo signal and of the echo signals from each of said N-1 delay circuit outputs, means for subtracting the magnitudes of consecutive echo signals, to obtain difference signals, and a comparator for comparing consecutive resulting difference signals obtained from said subtracting means against each other and if the difference therebetween is above a given threshold level, generating a blocking signal and applying it to said gate circuit.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
120 words
A system as defined in claim 1, wherein N is 3 such that there are a first and a second delay circuits and wherein said subtracting means further comprises: a first subtractor circuit for subtracting the magnitude of said MTI input echo signal from the magnitude of the output echo signal from said first delay circuit; a second subtractor circuit for subtracting the magnitude of the output echo signal from said first delay circuit from the magnitude of the output echo signal from said second delay circuit; wherein said comparator compares the magnitudes of the outputs from said first and second subtractor circuits and generates a blocking signal if the difference between said compared signals is above said predetermined threshold.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
102 words
An improved N-pulse Moving Target Indicator system including N-1 consecutive PRI delay circuits and means for appropriately combining the delay signals to obtain an output signal free of stationary target echo clutter, the improvement comprising: a blocking gate connected to block the output signal from said MTI system when energized; means for subtracting consecutive echo signals from each other to obtain difference signals; and means for comparing consecutive resulting difference signals from said subtracting means against each other and generating and applying a blocking signal to said blocking gate if the difference between said difference signals is above a given threshold level.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
102 words
An improved N-pulse Moving Target Indicator system including N-1 consecutive PRI delay circuits and means for appropriately combining the delay signals to obtain an output signal free of stationary target echo clutter, the improvement comprising: a blocking gate connected to block the output signal from said MTI system when energized; means for subtracting consecutive echo signals from each other to obtain difference signals; and means for comparing consecutive resulting difference signals from said subtracting means against each other and generating and applying a blocking signal to said blocking gate if the difference between said difference signals is above a given threshold level.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
75 words
A method for suppressing impulse interference in an N-pulse Moving Target Indicator system comprising the steps of: detecting the magnitude of successive echo return signals in an N-pulse set, where N≧3; subtracting the magnitudes of consecutive echo signals from each other and generating a difference signal; comparing consecutive difference signals from said subtracting step against each other; and blocking the MTI system output if the difference between consecutive difference signals exceeds a given threshold level.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
75 words
A method for suppressing impulse interference in an N-pulse Moving Target Indicator system comprising the steps of: detecting the magnitude of successive echo return signals in an N-pulse set, where N≧3; subtracting the magnitudes of consecutive echo signals from each other and generating a difference signal; comparing consecutive difference signals from said subtracting step against each other; and blocking the MTI system output if the difference between consecutive difference signals exceeds a given threshold level.
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