Patent ID: 9488717
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: G01S

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a micro-radar adapted to generate an antenna output through an antenna to an object and receive a Radio Frequency (RF) reflection off of said object, comprising: a timing generator adapted to generate a transmit signal with a first edge and to generate a reception signal with a second edge, where said second edge has a delay from said first edge that sweeps over time; wherein said first edge and/or said second edge is generated in response to at least one stimulus generated by a processor; and said micro-radar adapted to generate a transmit RF burst in response to said first edge of said transmit signal to generate said antenna output, and to mix said RF reflection and said transmit RF burst, in response to said second edge, to generate an Intermediate Frequency (IF) signal at a frequency of one over a compression ratio multiplied by a carrier frequency of said antenna output.