Patent ID: 7705767
Filing Date: 2010-04-27
Classification: G01S

Abstract:
1. A synthetic aperture radar for installation on a movable platform to acquire radar images along a given surface, the given surface selected from a plurality of surfaces comprising a ground surface and a sea surface, the synthetic aperture radar comprising: a transmission antenna to output a transmission antenna beam, the transmission antenna beam having a width in a direction in which the movable platform is to move along the given surface; a first receiving antenna to receive a first receiving antenna beam having a width that is half the width of the transmission antenna beam, where the first receiving antenna beam is directed to the direction in which the movable platform is to move along the given surface; and, a second receiving antenna to receive a second receiving antenna beam having a width that is half the width of the transmission antenna beam, where the second receiving antenna beam is directed to a direction opposite to the direction in which the movable platform is to move along the given surface.