ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,617, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to THALES (Courbevoie, France).
"Composite frequency-modulated millimetre-wave radar device" was invented by Yoan Veyrac (Merignac Cedex, France), Pascal Cornic (Brest, France), Renan Le Gall (Velizy-Villacoublay, France) and Gonzague Bertin De La Hautiere (Merignac Cedex, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a radar system comprising: a frequency synthesizer, configured to generate a modulated local signal (Sf0+trianglef0); at least one frequency multiplier, configured to supply an intermediate-frequency local signal (Sf_inter+trianglef_inter) to each emission channel ...