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Title: Interferometric millimeter wave and THz wave doppler radar

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1209349

A mixerless high frequency interferometric Doppler radar system and methods has been invented, numerically validated and experimentally tested. A continuous wave source, phase modulator (e.g., a continuously oscillating reference mirror) and intensity detector are utilized. The intensity detector measures the intensity of the combined reflected Doppler signal and the modulated reference beam. Rigorous mathematics formulas have been developed to extract bot amplitude and phase from the measured intensity signal. Software in Matlab has been developed and used to extract such amplitude and phase information from the experimental data. Both amplitude and phase are calculated and the Doppler frequency signature of the object is determined.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
Assignee:
UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, IL)
Patent Number(s):
9,103,904
Application Number:
13/873,898
OSTI ID:
1209349
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2013 Apr 30
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Method and Apparatus for Range Resolved Laser Doppler Vibrometry patent-application May 2013