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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 1980
Filed:
Aug. 25, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
James W Follin, Rockville, MD (US);
Robert E Miller, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
367138 ; 3431 / ; 367 92 ;
Abstract
Digital beamsteering for a parametric scanning sonar steers a nonlinear, ulated signal of a single high frequency by appropriately delaying and/or varying the phase of the signal as it enters each of a plurality of elements in an array. The sonar beam can be steered electronically over a wide range of angles.