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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2005
Rene Abreu, New Fairfield, CT (US);
Jeffrey Grotts, Danbury, CT (US);
Alexander J. Majewski, Fairfield, CT (US);
Rene Abreu, New Fairfield, CT (US);
Jeffrey Grotts, Danbury, CT (US);
Alexander J. Majewski, Fairfield, CT (US);
Goodrich Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
A system for processing signals includes a receiver assembly for receiving a signal. The signal has a sample component with a sample electric field and a sample polarization, and has a reference component with a reference electric field and a reference polarization. The receiver assembly includes an analyzer for polarimetrically processing the signal, including differencing the signal to generate a difference electric field proportional to the difference of the sample and reference electric fields. By polarimetrically differencing the signal, the analyzer reduces the magnitude of the common-mode signal at the difference signal receiver. The receiver assembly includes an electric-field detector for measuring the difference electric field such that the reduction in common-mode amplitude decreases the noise equivalent power of the electric-field detector. One advantage of the present invention, then, is the reduction of noise equivalent power of the electric-field detector when measuring small variations in large electric fields.