Wiltron Company

Douglas R Thornton

Donald Anthony Bradley

Martin I Grace

David Peter Finch

A measurement system is provided which comprises: source circuit for receiving feedback signals and for providing respective signals at respective discrete frequencies in a prescribed microwave frequency range, wherein the respective provided signals at respective discrete frequencies are substantially phase locked to at least one downconverted signal in response to the feedback signals; downconverting circuit for linearly downconverting the respective provided signals and for providing the at least one respective downconverted signal; and phase detector circuit for receiving the at least one respective downconverted signal and for providing the feedback signals.

Apparatus and method for measuring the phase and magnitude of microwave

Apparatus and method for performing optimized execution of a prior and a subsequent operations having common process steps. Each operation is partitioned into at least one process step, and the steps of each operation are assigned a path number. Execution of the process steps of each operation is controlled by a set of flags associated with the given operation. Upon invocation of two operations, the path numbers of the two operations are compared, to determine commonality of process steps between the operations. If common process steps exist, the flags of the subsequent operation corresponding to the common process steps are cleared, to prevent execution of the common process steps during the later execution of the subsequent operation. Upon completion of the common process steps during execution of the prior operation, an intermediate result is transferred to a storage associated with the subsequent operation, and the prior operation continues to completion. Execution of the subsequent operation will skip the common process steps, and will employ the stored intermediate result in the stead thereof. Thus, the apparatus and method prevent duplicitous and redundant execution of common process steps between the operations, maximizing operational efficiency.

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Felton, CA, United States of America

Douglas R Thornton