Research/Patents/US 4954999
US 4954999

DOUBLE PHASE-LOCK-LOOP SONAR

Assignee

Filed

Aug 28, 1975

Granted

Sep 4, 1990

Location

Abstract

A doppler compensated sonar systems is disclosed as containing one or moreata processing channels connected through a multiplexer to a like plurality of piezoelectric elements in a reversible electro-acoustical transducer. Each channel thereof includes a transmitter and a receiver, the latter of which includes signal perfecting circuitry and a pair of effectively series connected phase lock loops constituting reverberation and target doppler tracking filters, respectively. Hence, each of said channels effectively process received target signals without any adverse doppler effects being present therein which are then, in turn, read out by any suitable video display. When mounted on a fast moving vehicle, the subject doppler compensated sonar system optimizes the avoidance of hazardous or other objects that may occur in the path thereof.

Source: Google Patents

35 USC §181 Secrecy Order

Imposed

Oct 28, 1981

Rescinded

May 4, 1990

Duration

8 years, 6 months

Technology Domains

Click a domain to browse all patents in this category.

Back to patent indexSource: USPTO 35 USC §181 secrecy order records