SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD
Assignee
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION, A CORP. OF PA
Filed
Jul 22, 1988
Granted
Dec 10, 1996
Location
ELLICOTT CITY MD US
Abstract
An avionic digital signal processing system for a plurality of different types of input sensors such as radar, electro-optical, and electronic warfare that comprises a PI bus operating at 12.5 MHz and a data network subbus operating at 20 MHz. A plurality of array processor groups each having a plurality of 1750 CPU's are controlled over the PI-bus and receive their sensor inputs over the subbus data network. A plurality of general purpose 1750A computers are connected to the PI-bus for communicating control and narrow band information. A distributed operating system resides in the 1750A central processing units and includes provision for re-routing the signal paths in the event of failure of modules.
Source: Google Patents
35 USC §181 Secrecy Order
Imposed
Apr 18, 1989
Rescinded
Apr 19, 1996
Duration
7 years
Inventor
- 1SUSAN S. SINOR
Record Details
- Patent number
- US 5583506
- Application
- 07223091
- Aerospace match
- Yes
- Dataset source
- 35 USC §181 SO records
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