Accession Number:

ADD010290

Title:

Integrated Dielectric Waveguide Radar Front End Device.

Descriptive Note:

Patent Application,

Corporate Author:

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• Stern,Richard A.
• Babbitt,Richard W.

Report Date:

1983-05-31

Pagination or Media Count:

19.0

Abstract:

The object of this invention is to provide a monolithic radar antenna front end subsystem capable of being fully integrated in a dielectric waveguide transmission line. A further object of this invention is to provide a millimeter wave doppler radar front end which is smaller and less complex than the conventional metal waveguide systems, and which lends itself to conformal mounting while exhibiting presently-available radar front end units. The integrated radar front end system according to the present invention utilizes a standard dielectric transmission line to provide an isolator and an antenna which is combined with a non-reciprocal ferrite circulator thereby allowing the antenna to be used for both transmission and reception.

Descriptors:

• *Patent applications
• *Radar antennas
• *Radar receivers
• *Radar transmitters
• *Dielectric waveguides
• *Integrated systems
• Waveguide circulators
• Transmission lines
• Doppler radar
• Transmitter receivers
• Dielectrics
• Ferrites
• Isolation
• Waveguides
• Inventions
• Metals

Subject Categories:

• Electrical and Electronic Equipment
• Active and Passive Radar Detection and Equipment

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE