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Title: Combined contiguous filter and acceleration and velocity analyzer for radar



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Claims: What is claimed and desired to be secured by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In each velocity-and-acceleration analyzer of an O-T-H radar of the parallel range bin type, each said analyzer comprising a mixer, a local oscillator, a velocity-and-acceleration modulated oscillator means, a predetection filter, a detector and a post-detection filter, a single filter means comprising:

prelimiting filter means connected to receive the output of said mixer for filtering; and

amplifying and limiting means connected to receive the output of said prelimiting filter for amplifying and limiting the output of said prelimiting filter and for providing its output to said predetection filter,

said velocity-and-acceleration modulated oscillator means driving said local oscillator to provide sets of frequency-swept signals to said mixer which serially sweep through narrow contiguous frequency channels, the complete set of frequency channels covering the entire doppler frequency bandwidth.

2. Apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein said prelimiting filter has a bandwidth sufficiently large to preserve the wide spectrum of incoming signals which are not matched with the frequency sweeps of the signal output of said local oscillator.

3. Apparatus as set forth in claim 2, further including quenching means connected to said amplifying and limiting means for providing a signal to short out said prelimiting filter means when the input to said amplifying and limiting means is above a predetermined level and also at certain predetermined times, the output of said quenching means being connected as an input to said prelimiting filter.

4. Apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein said predetection filter comprises at least one stage comprising a tuned transformer and an FET gate connected across the terminals of said tuned transformer.

5. Apparatus as set forth in claim 4, further including quenching means connected to said amplifying and limiting means for providing a signal to short out said prelimiting filter means when the input to said amplifying and limiting means is above a predetermined level and also at certain predetermined times, the output of said quenching means being connected to the gate electrode of said FET.

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Inventors: Jensen, Garold K. (Alexandria, VA, US)
McGeogh, James E. (Silver Spring, MD, US)

Application Number: 154234
Filing Date: 1971-06-16
Publication_date: 1976-02-03
Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, DC)
Primary Class(es): 342/106 342/110
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:
3885240May, 1975Jensen343/9.
3889658Aug, 1975Jensen et al.343/8.
3898656Aug, 1975Jensen343/9.
3898657Aug, 1975Jensen343/8.
3898659Aug, 1975Jensen et al.343/8.
3900869Aug, 1975Jensen343/7.
3900872Aug, 1975Jensen et al.343/9.
3905034Sep, 1975Jensen et al.343/9.

Other Refs:
Primary Examiner: Tubbesing, T. H.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Sciascia; R. S., Schneider; P.