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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2008
Applicant:
Mark a Vogt, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventor:
Mark A Vogt, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Teledyne RD Instruments, Inc., Poway, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A sonar system and method of operating a sonar system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the sonar system comprises an array of transducers and a multiplexer configurable into a plurality of states. In one embodiment, the multiplexer, when in a first state, electrically couples a plurality of connections with the plurality of transducers via a first mapping and, in a second state, electrically couples the plurality of connections with the plurality of transducers via a second mapping.