Inventors:
Christopher T. Rodenbeck - Albuquerque NM, US
Jeffrey Pankonin - Albuquerque NM, US
Adam Ferguson - Rio Rancho NM, US
Richard E. Heintzleman - Albuquerque NM, US
Nicola Jean Kinzie - Albuquerque NM, US
Zorana P. Popovic - Boulder CO, US
International Classification:
G01S 13/02
Abstract:
An ultra-wideband (UWB) radar transmitter apparatus comprises a pulse generator configured to produce from a sinusoidal input signal a pulsed output signal s having a series of baseband pulses with a first pulse repetition frequency (PRF). The pulse generator includes a plurality of components that each have a nonlinear electrical reactance. A signal converter is coupled to the pulse generator and configured to convert the pulsed output signal into a pulsed radar transmit signal having a series of radar transmit pulses with a second PRF that is less than the first PRF.