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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2015
Garmin Switzerland Gmbh, Schaffhausen, CH;
John A. Matson, Broken Arrow, OK (US);
Brian T. Maguire, Bixby, OK (US);
Aaron R. Coleman, Broken Arrow, OK (US);
Jeffrey W. Hanoch, Broken Arrow, OK (US);
Garmin Switzerland GmbH, , CH;
Abstract
A marine multibeam sonar device comprises a transmitter, a memory element, and a processing element. The transmitter includes a plurality of transmit channel circuits, each connected to one of a plurality of transmit transducers. Each transmit channel circuit is configured to receive a transmit transducer electronic signal. The transmit transducers are oriented in a linear array that is configured to form a transmit acoustic beam. The processing element is in communication with the transmitter and the memory element and is configured to generate the transmit transducer electronic signals, each including a serial binary bitstream.