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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012

Filed:

Aug. 28, 2009
Applicants:

Thomas E Haberfelde, Clermont, FL (US);

Edit L. Braunstein, Gainesville, VA (US);

Glenn Boreman, Geneva, FL (US);

James Ginn, Longwood, FL (US);

David Shelton, Winter Park, FL (US);

Gene D. Tener, Oviedo, FL (US);

Andrew H. Hawkins, Orlando, FL (US);

Inventors:

Thomas E Haberfelde, Clermont, FL (US);

Edit L. Braunstein, Gainesville, VA (US);

Glenn Boreman, Geneva, FL (US);

James Ginn, Longwood, FL (US);

David Shelton, Winter Park, FL (US);

Gene D. Tener, Oviedo, FL (US);

Andrew H. Hawkins, Orlando, FL (US);

Assignee:

Lockheed Martin Corp., Bethesda, MD (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/03 (2006.01); G02B 5/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An array of two or more tunable electro-optical reflecting elements where the phase response of one or more elements may be adjusted by a variety of approaches including, but not limited to: a liquid crystal superstrate, schottky contact(s), ultra-violet radiation pulses, and illumination of photoconductive substrates. Methods and apparatus for direct and/or adaptive control of phase response via the above approaches are also discussed.


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