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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
May. 03, 2011
Christopher Douglas Moffatt, Palm Bay, FL (US);
James G. Tonti, Valkaria, FL (US);
Christopher Douglas Moffatt, Palm Bay, FL (US);
James G. Tonti, Valkaria, FL (US);
Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL (US);
Abstract
The wireless detection beacon is for use with a Radio Frequency (RF) interrogator transmitting at a first frequency and receiving at a second frequency. The wireless detection beacon includes a substrate, a power supply carried by the substrate, an antenna assembly carried by the substrate, and a local oscillator (LO) carried by the substrate and configured to be powered by the power supply to provide an LO signal at a third frequency. A mixer is carried by the substrate and coupled to the antenna assembly and the LO. The mixer is configured to generate an outgoing beacon signal to the antenna assembly at the second frequency based upon mixing an incoming signal from the RF interrogator at the first frequency with the LO signal at the third frequency.