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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185221 | Multifunction receiver-on-chip for electronic warfare applications What is provided is a receiver-on-a-chip comprising a monolithic integrated circuit that reduces the receiver to a cigarette-pack-sized assembly mountable directly at an antenna element, with a much-increased operational bandwidth and instantaneous bandwidth, increa... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185052 | Communication system with microradios A microradio is provided with a hysteretic switch to permit an optimum range increasing charging cycle, with the charging cycle being long relative to the transmit cycle. Secondly, an ensemble of microradios permits an n2 power enhancement to increase ran... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184272 | System and method for transitioning from a missile warning system to a fine tracking system in a directional infrared countermeasures system A method for transitioning a target from a missile warning system to a fine tracking system in a directional countermeasures system includes capturing at least one image within a field of view of the missile warning system. The method further includes identifying a ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183717 | High power bipolar pulse generators A bipolar pulse generator is implemented in a simple structure while providing a high efficiency design having a relatively low total size, while still allowing access by fibers used to control a photoconductive switch that activates the generator. The bipolar pulse... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183716 | Bipolar pulse generators with voltage multiplication A bipolar pulse generator includes two, two-conductor transmission lines coupled together with a load positioned between the two transmission lines. Each conductor of a transmission line we define as a segment. Two segments of one transmission line are charged and s... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179288 | Method and apparatus for reporting a missile threat to a commercial aircraft An automatic system is provided for alerting ground personnel as to the existence of a threat to commercial aircraft in which the threat is determined by a classified system, but in which the local area network employed by the military missile warning is isolated fr... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178843 | Polycrystalline heterostructure infrared detector A midwave infrared lead salt photodetector manufactured by a process comprising the step of employing molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) to grow a heterostructure photoconductive detector with a wide-gap surface layer that creates a surface channel for minority carriers. | 05/15/2012 |
| 8172173 | Covert sensor emplacement using autorotational delivery mechanism A method for emplacing sensors, comprising the steps of modifying an existing sensor to attach an autorotational mechanism and deploying said sensor by autorotational means. ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170152 | Method and apparatus for multiple signal identification and finding the basis functions of the received signal A method is disclosed to detect a broad class of signals in Gaussian noise using higher order statistics. The method detects a number of different signal types. The signals may be in the base-band or the pass-band, single-carrier or multi-carrier, frequency hopping ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169597 | Method and apparatus for laser return characterization in a countermeasures system In a method for laser return characterization in a DIRCM system, the improvement locating a single IR detector in an aperture in an image mirror so that its output can be used for countermeasure effectiveness measurement, missile range measurement, missile character... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8164510 | Quantity smoother In an embodiment, a quantity smoother includes a first stage and a second stage. The first stage is operable to receive a sequence of raw samples of a quantity and to generate from the raw samples intermediate samples of the quantity, the intermediate samples having... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164460 | Method and apparatus for coupling multiple microradios to an RFID tag antenna Whether or not one utilizes direct DC coupling of the microradios to the antenna feed points or couples the RF energy from the dipoles associated with the spaced-apart contact pads on the microradio, in the subject invention one selects only those microradios that a... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161089 | Method for detecting a broad class of signals in Gaussian noise using higher order statistics in both time and frequency domains An algorithm to detect a broad class of signals in Gaussian noise using higher-order statistics. The algorithm detects a number of different signal types. The signals may be in the base-band or the pass-band, single-carrier or multi-carrier, frequency hopping or non... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160497 | Method of determining conditions on the ground using microradios A microradio is provided with a hysteretic switch to permit an optimum range increasing charging cycle, with the charging cycle being long relative to the transmit cycle. Secondly, an ensemble of microradios permits an n2 power enhancement to increase ran... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154666 | Spectrum sensing function for cognitive radio applications A method and system are disclosed to detect a broad class of signals including Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) digital television (DTV) and wireless microphone signals. This signal detection method performs in Gaussian noise, employing Higher Order Stat... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149392 | Method and apparatus for reducing handoff inaccuracies in a countermeasures system A method for reducing handoff inaccuracies in a DIRCM countermeasures system comprising the step of adding a second on-axis camera to the DIRCM countermeasures system. ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146401 | Method and apparatus for in-flight calibration of gyroscope using magnetometer reference The system includes a mobile vessel having a body axis and a steering mechanism. A three-axis gyroscope is mounted within the vessel. A three-axis magnetometer is mounted within the vessel. A programmable device communicates with the three-axis gyroscope, the three-... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8138969 | Monobit based low cost high performance radar warning receiver A radar warning receiver is implemented in low cost integrated circuit form utilizing only one analog component, namely a limiting amplifier. By taking the output of the limiting amplifier and utilizing monobit sampling of the output it has been found that one can p... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135372 | Integrated cancellation circuit for RF converter spurious tones Techniques are disclosed for eliminating or otherwise sufficiently suppressing spurious signals. The techniques are particularly useful in applications such as those that employ aggressor frequency sources along with a frequency conversion or mixing function, and es... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134778 | Monolithic eccentric Mersenne-Cassegrain telescope A Mersenne-Cassegrain telescope provided in a single block of glass in which opposed parabolic elements are precision milled through diamond turning of a glass boule, with the magnification power of the telescope determined by the differences in focal length between... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132491 | Method and apparatus for detecting and disabling optical weapon sight The present invention is an apparatus for detecting and disabling a human eye or optical device used in the fire control of a weapon. This apparatus comprises a prism having a plurality of peripheral reflective surface. This prism has a longitudinal axis and rotatin... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8130056 | Thermometer coded attenuator Techniques are disclosed that allow for programmable attenuation using thermometer code steps. By thermometer coding the attenuator structure, monotonicity is guaranteed or otherwise greatly improved, which eliminates instability problems with automatic gain control... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8125106 | Bipolar pulse generators with voltage multiplication A bipolar pulse generator includes two, two-conductor transmission lines coupled together with a load positioned between the two transmission lines. Each conductor of a transmission line we define as a segment. Two segments of one transmission line are charged and s... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8120524 | Motion detection systems using CW radar in combination with additional sensors Whether or not the CW radar is utilized for through-the-wall detection, additional one or more sensors are used with the CW radar to confirm the motion detection result or to in fact turn on the CW radar once motion or the physical presence of an individual has been... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8115630 | Coherent multichip RFID tag and method and apparatus for creating such coherence An RFID tag (10), containing at least two independent microscopic RFID chips (16) or microradios is programmed with the same unique identifier for each chip. The unique identifier is used in the RFID chips (16) to key the RFID chip (16) t... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8114067 | Laser induced reduction of visual acuity A system for laser induced reduction of visual acuity suitable for crowd control and disabling of individuals uses an eye-safe pulsed IR source in which a laser beam is imaged onto the cornea of an individual to heat the cornea, thereby to cause defocusing and disor... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8113101 | Method for launching a missile An air-based vertical launch system is described by means of which ballistic missile defense can be achieved effectively from a large aircraft. A method for ensuring safe missile egress is proposed. A method for ensuring that the missile strikes the ballistic missil... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8097900 | Monolithically integrated light-actived thyristor and method A monolithically integrated light-activated thyristor in an n-p-n-p-n-p sequence consists of a four-layered thyristor structure and an embedded back-biased PN junction structure as a turn-off switching diode. The turn-off switching diode is formed through structured... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8093761 | Bipolar pulse generators with voltage multiplication A bipolar pulse generator includes two, two-conductor transmission lines coupled together with a load positioned between the two transmission lines. Each conductor of a transmission line we define as a segment. Two segments of one transmission line are charged and s... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8093760 | Bipolar pulse generators with voltage multiplication A bipolar pulse generator includes two, two-conductor transmission lines coupled together with a load positioned between the two transmission lines. Each conductor of a transmission line we define as a segment. Two segments of one transmission line are charged and s... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090339 | Off-line channel tuning amplitude slope matched filter architecture A tuning control system and associated method is provided for continuously and automatically tuning a lobed amplitude slope matching filter (ASMF) to a band center of an interfering signal to provide improved rejection of an interfering signal coupled from a transmi... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090337 | Chirp fourier transform method and apparatus for canceling wide band interference A wide band frequency domain canceller is used in cosite mitigation interference in which a signal tapped from a transmit antenna is coupled to a Chirp Fourier Transform to covert the signal into the frequency domain. The frequency domain signal is vector multiplied... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8089033 | POD launched unmanned air vehicle A method and apparatus for attacking a plurality of dispersed targets are herein presented. In particular, the method and apparatus herein presented allow the user to upload target data onto a pod mounted on a host aircraft. Upon reaching the pre loaded target locat... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8086206 | Quadratic amplitude control circuit for cosite interference cancellation A quadratic amplitude matching system and associated method with an associated tuning control system is provided for continuously and automatically tuning a quadratic amplitude matching filter (QAMF) to a band center of an interfering signal to provide improved reje... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8081130 | Broadband whip antenna A shortened multi-band antenna includes in-line dipoles, selected elements of which having shielded meanderline chokes to be able to switch from an extended dipole at the lower VHF frequencies to a shortened dipole for the UHF band. Additionally, the staggered asymm... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8076218 | Method for the production of photo-patterned carbon electronics A method for the manufacture of carbon based electrical components is herein presented. In the method a wafer substrate is provided upon which a first layer of carbon based semiconductor is deposited. The first layer of carbon based semiconductor is introduced to a ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8072992 | Interfacing real and virtual networks in hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) simulations Real and simulated (virtual) networks are interfaced with one another for carrying out hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) testing and evaluations. A simulated network is modeled at a workstation by running a network simulation or discrete event modeling tool on the worksta... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072369 | System and method for interrogating a target using polarized waves A system and method for communication that could be used in an identification friend or foe system. The method comprises generating a first message by a processor and controlling a beam steerer to deflect transmitted waves toward a first angle. The method further co... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072337 | Method and apparatus for tracking and locating explosives and explosive materials worldwide using micro RF transponders Stolen or lost explosives are detected by fixing micro RF transmitters in the form of RFID tags to the explosive packaging or embedding them in the explosive material itself. Moreover, the subject microradio transponders may be contained in an adhesive binder or slu... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8070854 | Passive desiccant system In a method for removing moisture from an optical system at high altitude, the improvement comprises using the difference in flow resistance between the desiccant path and the optical cavity path to enable airflow through the desiccant unit and not through the optic... | 12/06/2011 |
