ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,961, issued on May 5, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).

"Phase adjusting fmcw radar system" was invented by Karthik Subburaj (Bangalore, India), Kameswaran Vengattaramane (Bangalore, India), Shankar Ram Narayana Moorthy (Bangalore, India) and Vashishth Dudhia (Ahmedabad, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In described examples, a frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar system includes an FMCW signal generator, a number N transmitters, N phase shifters, multiple receivers, and a processor. The FMCW signal generator is configured to generate FMCW chirps. Different ones of the phase shifters have different respec...