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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:
Sep. 03, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2000
Peter W. Baker, Gig Harbor, WA (US);
Chris Gulacsik, Bellevue, WA (US);
Marcus R. Gahler, Auburn, WA (US);
Arthur B. Dahlberg, Renton, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a combined optical sensor and communications antenna system ( ). The system includes a primary reflector ( ) for reflecting radiation. The primary reflector includes a centrally located core ( ), which is adapted to transmit the radiation therethrough. An axis ( ) centrally extending through the core forms an optical axis of the system. The system further includes a secondary reflector ( ) positioned along the optical axis of the system for rereflecting and focusing the radiation reflected from the primary reflector toward the core of the primary reflector. The system still further includes a beam splitter ( ) positioned adjacent the primary reflector on the opposite side from the secondary reflector, for separating and redirecting the radiation rereflected from the secondary reflector into an optical radiation component and a radiofrequency radiation component. Finally, the system includes a focal plane assembly ( ) located adjacent the beam splitter to receive the optical radiation from the beam splitter, and a radiofrequency feed assembly ( ) located adjacent the beam splitter to receive the radiofrequency radiation from the beam splitter.