CICERO — SRC, Inc. has announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued the company a patent for the “Angle Diversity Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) Radar.” It’s a process in which signals from multiple beams can be transmitted simultaneously — or nearly simultaneously — and their reflected returns distinguished on receive. “This invention […]
CICERO — SRC, Inc. has announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued the company a patent for the “Angle Diversity Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) Radar.” It’s a process in which signals from multiple beams can be transmitted simultaneously — or nearly simultaneously — and their reflected returns distinguished on receive. “This invention represents a significant advancement in radar capabilities which allows us to continuing delivering on our mission,” Kevin Hair, president and CEO of SRC, said in an early June announcement. The system improves upon early applications of sequential lobing by combining two transmit beams with two receive beams to form two transmit-receive beams as in sequential lobing, SRC contends. The difference, however, is that the beams are formed within one dwell (measurement). Test simulations confirmed the system’s advantage and improved accuracy. The inventor for this patent is Harvey Schuman, senior principal systems engineer at SRC. Schuman has more than 55 years of experience in signal processing and electromagnetics and is recognized as a fellow at SRC. In 2017, the Technology Alliance of Central New York awarded Schuman the Lifetime Achievement Award for his pioneering work in electromagnetic modeling, antenna design and analysis; advanced radar-signal processing, analysis and simulation; and electronic countermeasures/electronic counter-countermeasures development for ground, airborne and space-based systems. He has authored many papers and presentations and holds eight other patents. SRC is a not-for-profit research and development company, headquartered in Cicero, that says it combines information, science, technology, and ingenuity to solve “impossible” problems in the areas of defense, environment, and intelligence. More than 1,400 engineers, scientists, and other professionals work at SRC.