Patent ID: 8254433

Claim:
A non-federated multi-function exciter, comprising: a waveform generator subsystem operable to provide waveforms programmable in time, duration, slope and frequency; a transmission subsystem coupled to the waveform generator, the transmission subsystem having a first upconverter and a second upconverter coupled to the first upconverter; a communication modulation subsystem coupled to the second upconverter of the transmission subsystem; and a reference clock subsystem coupled to the waveform generator subsystem, the transmission subsystem and the communication modulation subsystem, wherein the first upconverter and the second upconverter are operable to generate an interleaved signal comprising a radar signal and a communication signal, and wherein the transmission subs stem is configured to transmit only the radar signal during a first time period and to transmit only the communication signal during a second time period that is different from the first time period.