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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2000
Thad J. Genrich, Aurora, CO (US);
David W. Holsteen, Aurora, CO (US);
Bruno A. Martinez, Westminster, CO (US);
Daniel L. Spellman, Parker, CO (US);
Raytheon Company, Lexington, MA (US);
Abstract
A configurable interface module particularly suited for processing of digital and analog information includes at least one field programmable gate array (,) mounted on a mezzanine board (,) to provide functional flexibility and not requiring an additional slot in a computer chassis. In a preferred embodiment, the module is utilized to process weather information and performs the functions of demodulation, bit and frame synchronization, and FIFO buffer control. The gate arrays may be reprogrammed to implement either AM demodulation or BPSK demodulation or adapted to process other types of information, such as telemetry information.