Patent ID: 8509205

Claim:
A method of transmitting and receiving signals, the method comprising: splitting a signal into two or more low power portions for feeding the signal into separate elements of an array; coding each low power portion of the signal for transmission through each separate element of the array with a different code respectively, wherein the coding comprises convolving the low power portion of the signal with the respective different code individually corresponding to the respective separate element; transmitting each coded portion of the signal through a corresponding separate element of the array; receiving the coded portions of the signal by at least one element on a receiver side, wherein receiving the coded portions of the signals further comprises receiving return signals at the at least one element on the receiver side upon illuminating a target object; decoding the coded portions of the signal; and adding decoded portions of the signal with a correlated receiver to form a complete received signal, wherein the array acts like a high power transmitter array when the correlated receiver is used, but acts as a collection of small transmitter arrays when an uncorrelated receiver is used.