Raytheon Company

Michael J Bianchini

Richard A Michalik

Raymond C Waterman, Jr

John A Chiesa

Joanne Mistler

Christopher Thomas Lyons

Zvi Galani

Terry J Kirn

David D Coffin

A radar system includes a receiver that is capable of attenuating transmitter feedthrough in a receive signal. In some embodiments, a fixed frequency notch filter is used to attenuate feedthrough at an intermediate frequency (IF). In other embodiments, an electronically tunable notch filter is used. Phase compensation may be provided to correct for a phase shift of the notch filter.

Method and apparatus for attenuating a transmitted feedthrough signal

A microwave oscillator is shown to include an oscillator having an output and a control port and a feedback circuit disposed between the output and the control port of the oscillator. The feedback circuit includes a modulated laser, having an input and an output, the input responsive to a portion of a signal from the output of the oscillator and a photo detector having an input and an output, the input of the photo detector responsive to a signal from the output of the modulated laser delayed by a predetermined amount of time. The feedback circuit further includes a detector having a first and a second input and an output, the first input of the detector responsive to a signal from the output of the photo detector, the second input responsive to a portion of the signal from the output of the oscillator shifted in phase to be in phase quadrature with the signal at the first input of the detector and the output of the detector coupled to the control port of the oscillator. With such an arrangement, a microwave oscillator having improved FM noise performance than known microwave oscillators is provided.

Frequency discriminator with fiber optic delay line

Microwave oscillator with noise degeneration feedback circuit

An oscillator includes an amplifier having an input and an output and a feedback circuit disposed between the input and the output of the amplifier. The feedback circuit includes a plurality of resonators and a pair of switches. Each switch includes a first port and multiple connectable ports, the multiple connectable ports of each switch connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of resonators. The feedback circuit further includes a voltage-controlled phase shifter disposed in series with the switches. The oscillator further includes a discriminator circuit, responsive to signals from the feedback circuit, for providing a control signal to the voltage-controlled phase shifter for degenerating low frequency noise within the oscillator. With such an arrangement, high Q low noise resonators can be switched in and out of the circuit thus providing improved phase noise performance at high power levels with the desirable frequency agility required for a microwave oscillator.

Frequency agile switched resonator oscillator with noise degeneration

An oscillator providing predictable oscillator modulation sensitivity includes an amplifier and a feedback circuit disposed about the amplifier. The feedback circuit includes a resonator having a first port and a second port and a voltage-controlled phase shifter having an input port, an output port and a control port, the input port of the voltage-controlled phase shifter connected to the output port of the amplifier and the output port of the voltage-controlled phase shifter coupled to a port of the resonator. The oscillator further includes a circuit, responsive to signals from the output of the voltage-controlled phase shifter and the first port of the resonator, to provide a control signal to the control port of the voltage-controlled phase shifter for degenerating low frequency FM noise arising within the amplifier.

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Michael J Bianchini