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Title: Tag that enhances vehicle radar visibility of objects

Abstract

A tag enhances vehicle radar visibility of objects by increasing the effective radar cross-section of the object, allowing detection at longer ranges and providing the vehicle/driver with more time to avoid a collision. The tag may include a receive antenna and a bandpass filter configured to receive a signal from the receive antenna and to allow a portion of the frequency range of the signal from the receive antenna through. The tag may also include an amplifier configured to receive and amplify the signal with the portion of the frequency range from the bandpass filter. The tag may further include a transmit antenna configured to transmit the amplified signal. The receive antenna, the transmit antenna, and the amplifier may be configured such that antenna-to-antenna isolation between the receive antenna and the transmit antenna is greater than a gain of the amplifier.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1925125
Patent Number(s):
11448749
Application Number:
16/128,123
Assignee:
Triad National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, NM)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01S - RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING
H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01Q - ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
DOE Contract Number:  
AC52-06NA25396
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 09/11/2018
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING; 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION

Citation Formats

Judd, Stephen, Guenther, David C., Dallmann, Nicholas, and Mairson, William. Tag that enhances vehicle radar visibility of objects. United States: N. p., 2022. Web.
Judd, Stephen, Guenther, David C., Dallmann, Nicholas, & Mairson, William. Tag that enhances vehicle radar visibility of objects. United States.
Judd, Stephen, Guenther, David C., Dallmann, Nicholas, and Mairson, William. Tue . "Tag that enhances vehicle radar visibility of objects". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1925125.
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