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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2005
Rick C. Stevens, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Charles J. Kryzak, Mendota Heights, MN (US);
Gordon A. Keeler, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Darwin K. Serkland, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Kent M. Geib, Tijeras, NM (US);
William P. Kornrumpf, Schenectady, NY (US);
Rick C. Stevens, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Charles J. Kryzak, Mendota Heights, MN (US);
Gordon A. Keeler, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Darwin K. Serkland, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Kent M. Geib, Tijeras, NM (US);
William P. Kornrumpf, Schenectady, NY (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Abstract
One apparatus embodiment includes an optical emitter and a photodetector. At least a portion of the optical emitter extends a radial distance from a center point. The photodetector provided around at least a portion of the optical emitter and positioned outside the radial distance of the portion of the optical emitter.