Abstract: A system and method are provided to reduce an interfering signal in a radar return signal for a frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar. Once the interfering signal is detected, an extent of the interfering signal is determined and the interfering signal is removed from the radar return signal. This allows the radar to detect a target in the presence of the interfering signal. The system and method can benefit any FMCW radar that is within the range of an interfering radar source (e.g. another FMCW radar, a police radar gun, a pulse radar, etc.) operating in the same frequency band as the FMCW radar.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 15, 2004
Date of Patent:
July 22, 2008
Assignee:
Valeo Raytheon Systems, Inc.
Inventors:
Thomas M. Kelly, Jr., R. Gregory Aeder, Walter Gordon Woodington