{"schema_version":"1.0","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-11474229","patent":{"patent_number":"US-11474229","title":"Method for optimizing the pointing of an antenna of an airborne radar system","assignee":null,"inventors":[],"filing_date":"2019-11-04T00:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2022-10-18T00:00:00.000Z","cpc_codes":["G01S","G01S","G01S","G01S"],"num_claims":8,"abstract":"A method for optimizing the elevational pointing of an antenna of an airborne radar system at an altitude h includes an antenna and processing and calculation means, the method comprising: a. selecting an area of interest b. calculating atmospheric losses Lref at a reference altitude href at the reference range Dref and calculating a reference criterion Kref=−40 log10 (Dref); c. for each possible elevational pointing distance of the antenna Dpt from the area of interest, calculating the antenna elevation S that makes it possible to target the distance Dpt via the centre of the antenna; d. for each distance D from the region of interest, calculating the angle θ at which the antenna observes the point of the ground at the distance D and calculating a criterion; 1. K(D)=Ge(θ)+Gr(θ)−40 log10 D+Lref(href,Dref)−Latmo(h,D) 2. where Ge(θ),Gr(θ) are respectively the gains of the antenna that are normalized at emission and at reception; e. calculating all of the distances D that, for this pointing distance Dpt, satisfy the relationship K(D)>Kref so as to obtain the start and the end of the sub-swath actually able to be used by the radar system; and calculating the actually usable sub-swaths that are to be juxtaposed (A, B, C) in order to cover the whole of the area of interest without discontinuities."},"analysis":{"summary":null,"layman_explanation":null,"technical_analysis":null,"business_analysis":null,"faqs":null,"topics":[],"tech_cluster":null},"seo":{"title":"Method for optimizing the pointing of an antenna of an airborne radar system","description":"A method for optimizing the elevational pointing of an antenna of an airborne radar system at an altitude h includes an antenna and processing and calculation means, the method comprising: a. selectin","keywords":[]},"attribution":{"source":"Patentable","source_url":"https://patentable.app","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-11474229","license":"CC-BY-4.0-like","license_terms":"AI-generated analysis on this page (summary, layman_explanation, technical_analysis, business_analysis, faqs) may be reused with attribution and a visible link back to the canonical URL above. Patent abstracts, claims, and bibliographic data are USPTO public domain.","required_link":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-11474229","citation_suggestion":"Patentable. \"Method for optimizing the pointing of an antenna of an airborne radar system\" (US-11474229). https://patentable.app/patents/US-11474229","copyright_holder":"Nomic Interactive Technology LLC"},"links":{"html":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-11474229","json":"https://patentable.app/api/llm-context/US-11474229","site":"https://patentable.app","llms_txt":"https://patentable.app/llms.txt"},"generated_at":"2026-05-30T22:21:36.125Z"}