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US5587713A
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Radar transmitter/receivers
Assignee: BOHERT BOSCH GmbH
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Filing: 1995-05-17
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Granted: 1996-12-24
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Expires: 2015-05-17
Abstract
Abstract A radar transmitter/receiver arrangement for use, for example, in automotive vehicle control in which R.F. energy from a frequency modulated oscillator is applied to an antenna for transmission and to one input of a mixer by way of a rat-race device, and RF energy reflected from a target and received at the antenna is applied to another input of the mixer by way of the rat-race device.
Inventors
- 👤 Heinz Pfizenmaier
- 👤 Philip Blakelock
- 👤 Brian Prime
- 👤 David Dawson
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 15:51
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01S; G01S13/00; G01S7/00; G01S7/02; G01S7/03; G01S7/032; H; H03; H03D; H03D9/00; H03D9/06; H03D9/0608; H03D9/0633; H03D2200/00; H03D2200/0001; H03D2200/0003; H03D7/00; H03D7/14; H03D7/1408
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
105 words
A frequency modulated, continuous wave, radar transmitter/receiver arrangement, comprising: an electric oscillator; an antenna; mixer means; and dual rat-race coupling means including first and second ring transmission paths each having first, second, third and fourth ports, means coupling the second and third ports of the first ring transmission path to said oscillator and to said antenna respectively, means coupling the first and fourth ports of the first ring transmission path to the first and third ports of the second ring transmission path respectively, and means coupling at least one of the second and fourth ports of the second ring transmission path to said mixer means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
105 words
A frequency modulated, continuous wave, radar transmitter/receiver arrangement, comprising: an electric oscillator; an antenna; mixer means; and dual rat-race coupling means including first and second ring transmission paths each having first, second, third and fourth ports, means coupling the second and third ports of the first ring transmission path to said oscillator and to said antenna respectively, means coupling the first and fourth ports of the first ring transmission path to the first and third ports of the second ring transmission path respectively, and means coupling at least one of the second and fourth ports of the second ring transmission path to said mixer means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
159 words
A frequency modulated, continuous wave, radar transmitter/receiver arrangement, comprising: an electric oscillator having a nominal frequency of operation; an antenna; mixer means; and a dual rat-race coupling means including first and second ring transmission paths each having first, second, third and fourth ports and each having a circumference of substantially one and a half wavelengths at the nominal frequency of operation of said oscillator, the first and second ports, the second and third ports, and the third and fourth ports being spaced substantially one quarter of a wavelength apart at said frequency of operation, means coupling the second and third ports of the first ring transmission path to said oscillator and to said antenna respectively, means coupling the first and fourth ports of the first ring transmission path to the first and third ports of the second ring transmission path respectively, and means coupling the second and fourth ports of the second ring transmission path to said mixer means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
159 words
A frequency modulated, continuous wave, radar transmitter/receiver arrangement, comprising: an electric oscillator having a nominal frequency of operation; an antenna; mixer means; and a dual rat-race coupling means including first and second ring transmission paths each having first, second, third and fourth ports and each having a circumference of substantially one and a half wavelengths at the nominal frequency of operation of said oscillator, the first and second ports, the second and third ports, and the third and fourth ports being spaced substantially one quarter of a wavelength apart at said frequency of operation, means coupling the second and third ports of the first ring transmission path to said oscillator and to said antenna respectively, means coupling the first and fourth ports of the first ring transmission path to the first and third ports of the second ring transmission path respectively, and means coupling the second and fourth ports of the second ring transmission path to said mixer means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
The radar transmitter/receiver arrangement in accordance with claim 2, wherein said mixer means includes first and second diodes coupled respectively to the second and fourth ports of the second ring transmission path.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
The radar transmitter/receiver arrangement in accordance with claim 2, wherein the dual rat-race coupling means is formed as a microstrip pattern of conductors on an electrically insulating substrate.
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