Research/Patents/US 4965776
US 4965776

PLANAR END-FIRE ARRAY

Assignee

Filed

Jan 22, 1969

Granted

Oct 23, 1990

Location

Abstract

A planar end-fire acoustic transducer array is composed of a planar matrixf individual elements. In order to give this array an end-fire characteristic, predetermined elements are provided with outputs which are phase-inverted with respect to the outputs of the other elements of the array, the sum of the gains of these predetermined elements being made equal to the sum of the gains of the other elements.

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35 USC §181 Secrecy Order

Imposed

Mar 3, 1982

Rescinded

May 30, 1990

Duration

8 years, 3 months

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