Patent ID: 7626536
Filing Date: 2009-12-01
Classification: G01S

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a radar system comprising: continuously transmitting on a non-scanning antenna beam that encompasses an entire search space; continuously receiving returns from all targets in the search space on each of multiple, spaced apart non-scanning receive antennas, each of which also encompass the entire search space; processing returns received on each of the multiple, spaced apart non-scanning receive antennas to realize range resolution of the transmitted beam waveform; processing returns received on each of the multiple, spaced apart non-scanning receive antennas coherently to realize Doppler resolution of the processing interval; detecting the presence of a target or targets in the processed returns received on the multiple, spaced apart non-scanning receive antennas; processing target returns received on the multiple, spaced apart non-scanning receive antennas in combination and coherently to determine the azimuth or elevation angle of the detected targets; target detection, target tracking, and target analysis being performed simultaneously.