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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2006
Eugene M. Schultz, St. Louis, MO (US);
Randy D. Curry, Columbia, MO (US);
Richard A. Niksch, Florissant, MO (US);
Eugene M. Schultz, St. Louis, MO (US);
Randy D. Curry, Columbia, MO (US);
Richard A. Niksch, Florissant, MO (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method and system for mitigating the effectiveness of IEDs are disclosed. The method can include detecting IEDs by sensing the presence of a non-linear electronic component of an IED. The presence of a non-linear electronic component of the IED can be detected by illuminating the device with a high power microwave signal containing a plurality of radio frequencies of electromagnetic radiation and receiving sum and/or difference frequency components that are produced by interaction of the illuminating signals with a non-linear IED component and subsequently re-radiated.