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US 5583506

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.

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35 USC §181 Secrecy Order

Imposed

Apr 18, 1989

Rescinded

Apr 19, 1996

Duration

7 years

Inventor

  • 1SUSAN S. SINOR

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