Patents by Inventor FRANCESCO MADIA

FRANCESCO MADIA has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11520039
    Abstract: A radar system having a transmitting antenna including a plurality of linear arrays of transmitting antenna elements arranged on a generatrix of a truncated cone or on a cylindrical surface; a signal generator block operatively connected to the transmitting antenna and adapted to feed the transmitting antenna; a receiving antenna having a plurality of groups of linear arrays of receiving antenna elements arranged on the generatrix of the truncated cone or on the cylindrical surface, in which each group of linear arrays of receiving antenna elements is circumferentially interposed between a first and a second linear array of transmitting antenna elements; a signal processor operatively connected to the receiving antenna, where the signal generator block is adapted and configured to feed the transmitting antenna so that the first and the second linear arrays of transmitting antenna elements emit a first and a second electromagnetic radiation, respectively, at a first and a second frequencies different from each
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: FINCANTIERI SPA
    Inventor: Francesco Madia
  • Patent number: 10530065
    Abstract: A waveguide radiating element (10) is described comprising: —an electrically conductive support body (2, 12) inside which a first recess (3) is defined, delimited at the front by a radiating opening (4), and laterally delimited by at least one side wall (5, 6); —at least one electrically conductive impedance matching unit (20) having a portion (21) projecting from said side wall (5, 6) and positioned inside the first recess (3), the projecting portion (21) having a step or ramp-shaped surface. The impedance matching unit (20) comprises an attachment portion (22) adjacent to the projecting portion (21) and inside the electrically conductive body (2) a second recess (13) is defined, adjacent to the first recess (3) and communicating with the first recess (3), inside which the attachment portion (22) of the impedance matching unit (20) is coupled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: FINCANTIERI S.P.A.
    Inventor: Francesco Madia
  • Publication number: 20190293788
    Abstract: A radar system having a transmitting antenna including a plurality of linear arrays of transmitting antenna elements arranged on a generatrix of a truncated cone or on a cylindrical surface; a signal generator block operatively connected to the transmitting antenna and adapted to feed the transmitting antenna; a receiving antenna having a plurality of groups of linear arrays of receiving antenna elements arranged on the generatrix of the truncated cone or on the cylindrical surface, in which each group of linear arrays of receiving antenna elements is circumferentially interposed between a first and a second linear array of transmitting antenna elements; a signal processor operatively connected to the receiving antenna, where the signal generator block is adapted and configured to feed the transmitting antenna so that the first and the second linear arrays of transmitting antenna elements emit a first and a second electromagnetic radiation, respectively, at a first and a second frequencies different from each
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventor: Francesco MADIA
  • Publication number: 20180269590
    Abstract: A waveguide radiating element (10) is described comprising:—an electrically conductive support body (2, 12) inside which a first recess (3) is defined, delimited at the front by a radiating opening (4), and laterally delimited by at least one side wall (5, 6);—at least one electrically conductive impedance matching unit (20) having a portion (21) projecting from said side wall (5, 6) and positioned inside the first recess (3), the projecting portion (21) having a step or ramp-shaped surface. The impedance matching unit (20) comprises an attachment portion (22) adjacent to the projecting portion (21) and inside the electrically conductive body (2) a second recess (13) is defined, adjacent to the first recess (3) and communicating with the first recess (3), inside which the attachment portion (22) of the impedance matching unit (20) is coupled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventor: FRANCESCO MADIA
  • Publication number: 20160327641
    Abstract: A bistatic radar (1) is described comprising: —an active phased array transmitter antenna (20) adapted to irradiate a radio frequency output signal (40) and comprising a cylindrical or conical or truncated cone array of columns (21) of active transmission modules (22);—a receiving antenna (30) comprising a truncated cone array of columns (31) of reception modules (32) directed along the generatrix of a truncated cone, each reception module (32) comprising in cascade an antenna element (33), an analog amplifier (34) an analog to digital converter (36) adapted to produce digital samples in output; and—and a full digital beam forming block (3) adapted to receive in input and numerically process said digital samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: FRANCESCO MADIA, ALBERTO MAESTRINI