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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:
Jan. 17, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2007
Applicants:
Richard Ridgway, Westerville, OH (US);
Philip Schofield, Upper Arlington, OH (US);
Steven Risser, Reynoldsburg, OH (US);
Inventors:
Richard Ridgway, Westerville, OH (US);
Philip Schofield, Upper Arlington, OH (US);
Steven Risser, Reynoldsburg, OH (US);
Assignee:
Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a millimeter or sub-millimeter wave portal system is provided. Generally, the portal system comprises an electrooptic source and one or more millimeter or sub-millimeter wave detectors. The electrooptic source comprises an optical signal generator, optical switching and encoding circuitry, and one or more optical/electrical converters. Additional embodiments are disclosed and claimed.