System and method of radar detection of non linear interfaces

• Main Authors: DANIEL G JABLONSKI, HARVEY W. KO, DAVID M. WHITE, DEXTER G. SMITH, DOUGLAS A OURSLER
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 21.05.2002
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; MEASURING; PHYSICS; RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; TESTING

A harmonic radar nonlinear junction detector system for detecting concealed weapons, electronics, and other man-made objects utilizing state-of-the art wireless technology, circuit fabrication, signal synthesis, and computer processing techniques to detect and characterize man-made objects possessing nonlinear junctions. The system transmits a pair of low power waveforms and a receiver within the system is coherently tuned to harmonics of the transmitted frequencies of the waveforms to detect man-made metal objects and electronics that contain non-linear junctions. The receiver is also capable of receiving inter-modulation products reflected from the man-made objects that are a result of using two incident signals. The system uses two signal sources generating user-definable waveforms of variable frequencies in order to provide enhanced discrimination and target identification abilities via the processing of returned inter-modulation products.