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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2020
Mems micro-mirror array laser beam steerer for simultaneous illumination of multiple tracked targets
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Gerald P. Uyeno, Tucson, AZ (US);
Sean D. Keller, Tucson, AZ (US);
Benn H. Gleason, Tucson, AZ (US);
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
A multiple target tracker and beam steerer utilizes a MEMs MMA for beam steering to simultaneously illuminate multiple tracked targets per frame. The MMA can be adaptively segmented to change the number of output beams, and the power in a given beam, based on a list of tracked targets, range to targets, threat level etc. The MMA can be adaptively configured to simultaneously perform one or more Designation, Range Finding and Active Imaging modes on the same or different tracked targets. The MMA can be segmented so that each segment includes a plurality of mirrors to 'oversample' the input beam. The mirrors in a given segment may be controlled to provide wavefront correction to the corresponding output beam.