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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:
Mar. 05, 1985
Filed:
Jun. 14, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard A Hutchin, Marlboro, MA (US);
William C Bradley, Sudbury, MA (US);
Assignee:
Itek Corporation, Lexington, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
250578 ; 367129 ; 367124 ; 367 64 ; 343372 ;
Abstract
A beamformer device for forming at least one beam from the outputs of a sensor array, including: a plurality of radiation sources; means for providing to each radiation source a signal from an associated one of the sensors in the sensor array; a detector array of radiation-sensitive means for providing a series of spaced signals representing radiation incident from each of the radiation sources; and means for varying the delays between the spaced signals for optimizing the response of the device to a signal from a predetermined direction.