Patent ID: 7852260

Claim:
A virtual radar target generator, comprising: a transceiver and a controller coupled to the transceiver, wherein the transceiver is adapted to receive a signal transmitted from a radar antenna, store signal information representative of the received signal within a digital radio frequency memory and transmit an output signal representative of a virtual target such that at least a fraction of the output signal is received by the radar antenna; wherein the controller is adapted to determine a timing of the transmission of the output signal in response to a virtual distance between the virtual target and the radar antenna, a required virtual target direction and direction information representative of a direction of the radar antenna; wherein the transceiver further comprises a transmission antenna, the transmission antenna and the radar antenna being positioned within a space that is at least partially defined by a radome, and wherein the transmission antenna transmits the output signal towards the radome such that at least a fraction of the output signal is reflected towards the radar antenna.