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Zero cross-correlation complementary radar waveform signal processor for ambiguous range radars
Assignee: United States Department of the Navy
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Filing: 1991-01-30
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Granted: 1991-09-10
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Expires: 2011-01-30
Abstract
Abstract A method and apparatus exploiting the discovery that the crosscorrelation of constantly spaced rows of the matrices representing certain pulse codes sum to zero. In a ranging system, such as a radar, pulses are coded according to the rows of a such a matrix, transmitted sequentially and each return processed sequentially through a filter matched to one of the coded pulses. (A different preselected filter is used for each return.) The sequence of filters is chosen so that for returns for a given range interval, each filter is matched to the returning pulse, resulting in outputs from the filters representing auto-correlations of the returned pulses. These outputs are time delayed added coherently to form the compressed pulse, and annunciated as a target hit. Should the filters and returns be mismatched, as with ambiguous stationary clutter returns, the outputs of the filters are cross-correlations which, according to said discovery, sum to zero. Thus the invention operates to remove ambiguous range clutter from returns in such a ranging system.
Inventors
- 👤 Karl R. Gerlach
- 👤 Frank F. Kretschmer, Jr.
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 16:03
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01S; G01S13/00; G01S13/02; G01S13/06; G01S13/08; G01S13/10; G01S13/26; G01S13/28; G01S13/284
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
200 words
A method of ranging comprising steps for: transmitting a sequence of coded pulses F 1 , F 2 , . . . , F.sub.(N-1), F 0 , F 1 , . . . , F N-1 , each of said coded pulses F n , n=0, 1, 2 . . . , N-1, being coded in accordance with the (n+1)th row of a matrix of dimension NxN given as follows: ##EQU4## each of said coded pulses being spaced from adjacent ones of said coded pulses by time intervals t 0 , t 1 , . . . , t N-1 , each F n being followed immediately by a corresponding t n , the last N of said time intervals being denominated detection intervals; selecting an integer c from the set whose members are: 0, 1, 2, . . . , N-1; detecting returns of said coded pulses during each of said detection intervals; passing said returns detected in each said detection interval through a corresponding filter matched to one of said coded pulses F n , n=(N+j-c) mod N, j=0, 1, 2, . . . , N-1; coherently summing the outputs of said filters generated during said detection intervals.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
200 words
A method of ranging comprising steps for: transmitting a sequence of coded pulses F 1 , F 2 , . . . , F.sub.(N-1), F 0 , F 1 , . . . , F N-1 , each of said coded pulses F n , n=0, 1, 2 . . . , N-1, being coded in accordance with the (n+1)th row of a matrix of dimension NxN given as follows: ##EQU4## each of said coded pulses being spaced from adjacent ones of said coded pulses by time intervals t 0 , t 1 , . . . , t N-1 , each F n being followed immediately by a corresponding t n , the last N of said time intervals being denominated detection intervals; selecting an integer c from the set whose members are: 0, 1, 2, . . . , N-1; detecting returns of said coded pulses during each of said detection intervals; passing said returns detected in each said detection interval through a corresponding filter matched to one of said coded pulses F n , n=(N+j-c) mod N, j=0, 1, 2, . . . , N-1; coherently summing the outputs of said filters generated during said detection intervals.
Claim 3
Independent Claim
216 words
An apparatus for ranging, said apparatus comprising: means for transmitting a sequence of coded pulses F 1 , F 2 , . . . , F.sub.(N-1), F 0 , . . . , F n-1 , each of said coded pulses F n , n=0, 1, 2, . . . , N-1, being coded in accordance with the (n+1)th row of a matrix of dimension NxN given as follows: ##EQU5## said means for transmitting being effective to cause each of said coded pulses to be spaced from adjacent ones of said coded pulses by time intervals t 0 , t 1 , . . . , t n-1 , each F n being followed immediately by a corresponding t n , the last N of said time intervals being denominated detection intervals; means for selecting an integer c from the set whose members are: 0, 1, 2, . . . , N-1; means for detecting returns of said coded pulses during each of said detection intervals; means for passing said returns detected in each said detection interval through a corresponding filter matched to one of said coded pulses F n , n=(N+j-c) mod N, j=0, 1, 2, . . . , N-1; means for coherently summing the outputs of said filters generated during said detection intervals.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
216 words
An apparatus for ranging, said apparatus comprising: means for transmitting a sequence of coded pulses F 1 , F 2 , . . . , F.sub.(N-1), F 0 , . . . , F n-1 , each of said coded pulses F n , n=0, 1, 2, . . . , N-1, being coded in accordance with the (n+1)th row of a matrix of dimension NxN given as follows: ##EQU5## said means for transmitting being effective to cause each of said coded pulses to be spaced from adjacent ones of said coded pulses by time intervals t 0 , t 1 , . . . , t n-1 , each F n being followed immediately by a corresponding t n , the last N of said time intervals being denominated detection intervals; means for selecting an integer c from the set whose members are: 0, 1, 2, . . . , N-1; means for detecting returns of said coded pulses during each of said detection intervals; means for passing said returns detected in each said detection interval through a corresponding filter matched to one of said coded pulses F n , n=(N+j-c) mod N, j=0, 1, 2, . . . , N-1; means for coherently summing the outputs of said filters generated during said detection intervals.
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