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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6025595 | Sprite thermal imaging system with electronic zoom A signal processing in the element (SPRITE) thermal imaging system (20) is provided which has an electronic zoom. The system has an optics and scanning assembly (24) that scans energy from a scene (26) onto an array of SPRITE detectors (28) which generate... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6018162 | System with motion detection scene-based non-uniformity correction A system for correcting detector array channel signal output level non-uniformities in a thermal imaging system. The non-uniformity correction system includes a target scene detector (27) having an array of detector elements (26a, 26b) responsive to energ... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5739531 | Sprite thermal imaging system A signal processing in the element (SPRITE) thermal imaging system (20) is provided which has automatic gain control, level control, and delining. An array of SPRITE detectors (22) generate a plurality of analog signals which are proportional to the flux ... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5726658 | CDMA code generator employing mixing ergodic transformation A codeword generator produces codewords in the form of digital electronic signals which may be employed, for example, in spread spectrum communications system or RADAR systems. The generator effects a mixing ergodic transformation upon a suitable irration... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5724270 | Wave-number-frequency adaptive beamforming Wave-number-frequency adaptive beamforming using a reduced rank k-ω matrix method. A spatial Fourier transform of the narrowband receiver outputs for the sensors in a linear array is taken to enter the wave number space and generate M independent spatial... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5723866 | Method for yield and performance improvement of large area radiation detectors and detectors fabricated in accordance with the method A large area radiation detector (1) includes a volume of semiconductor material (24) that is responsive to ionizing radiation for generating charge carriers, a first electrode (26) coupled to one surface of the volume of semiconductor material, and a plur... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5721009 | Controlled carbon content MOD precursor materials using organic acid anhydride Metal organic acid salt solutions for use as precursor materials for forming layered ferroelectric thin films are synthesized using an organic acid anhydride as the exchange reagent. The reaction is much faster than previous techniques, allows exact contr... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5717208 | Staring IR-FPA with dither-locked frame circuit An improved imaging technique is disclosed wherein an output from an IR-FPA (16) corresponds to image motion, wherein a scene image stays correlated with the IR-FPA readout, and wherein non-uniformities (e.g., fixed pattern spatial noise) are uncorrelated... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5717339 | Dielectric mixture composition linear sensor with compensation for mixture electrical conductivity The composition of an electrically conductive mixture, preferably a mixture of gasoline and alcohol, is measured using a single measurement cell having a first electrode and a second electrode with a measurement space therebetween for receiving a specimen... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5703363 | Infrared to visible light image conversion device An image conversion device (14) comprising a detector (38) for detecting an infrared image and an image converter (40) for converting the infrared image to a visible image. The detector (38) and the image converter (40) are disposed on a single substrate.... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5701008 | Integrated infrared microlens and gas molecule getter grating in a vacuum package An infrared (IR) microlens array has a plurality of microlenses (12) aligned with respective IR detector array pixels (6) to focus incoming IR radiation onto the pixels (6) to improve the efficiency of IR detection, and a gas molecule getter grating (14) ... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5695888 | Pressurized-gas energy storage cell with insulated catalytic surfaces An energy storage cell includes a cylindrical pressure vessel, a porous ceramic coating on the interior surface of the pressure vessel, a plurality of insulating stripes of an electrically insulating polymeric coating on the interior surface of the porous... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5694138 | Antenna heater power through coax A method and system that provides power to an antenna clearing device through a coaxial cable used to transmit the satellite signals is disclosed. Receiver decoder box for receiving satellite signals via an LNB is connected to the LNB by the coaxial cable... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5691245 | Methods of forming two-sided HDMI interconnect structures Methods of forming two-sided high density multilayer interconnect (HDMI) structures on a relatively large carrier and subsequently releasing and removing one or more structures to provide useable flexible interconnects or decals. In general, a carrier is ... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5690498 | Spring loaded rotary connector Spring loaded rotary connectors that comprise a first wiring board having one or more sets of electrically conductive concentric circuits or rings formed thereon, that has one or more raised contacts, or looped-shaped dimples, for every ring. In a first e... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5626280 | Infrared transparent soldering tool and infrared soldering method A soldering tool that comprises a selected salt, including Group I and II halides such as potassium chloride, for example, that is transparent to infrared energy. A selected salt is formed into a tool having a specific shape for placement during soldering... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5591678 | Process of manufacturing a microelectric device using a removable support substrate and etch-stop A microelectronic device is fabricated by furnishing a first substrate (40) having a silicon etchable layer (42), a silicon dioxide etch-stop layer (44) overlying the silicon layer (42), and a single-crystal silicon wafer (46) overlying the etch-stop laye... | 01/07/1997 |
