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US 6121606

MULTI DETECTOR CLOSE PACKED ARRAY ROSETTE SCAN SEEKER

Assignee

HUGHES MISSILE SYSTEMS COMPANY

Filed

Jul 8, 1986

Granted

Sep 19, 2000

Location

ANAHEIM CA US

Abstract

A rosette or co-rotating vector scanning seeker detector array providing improved data rate and scanned field coverage. Several discrete detector elements are formed in an array on the detector surface in a coplanar arrangement, each of the detector elements providing target information when the scan sweeps across it. The array may be in the form of circular spots arranged around a central circular detector element. In an alternative embodiment, the central detector element is omitted and the peripheral detector elements are arranged sufficiently close together to preclude the likelihood of a target path passing between adjacent detector elements without being detected. Detector elements in a single array may be of different sizes and shapes.

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35 USC §181 Secrecy Order

Imposed

Jun 23, 1987

Rescinded

Apr 7, 2000

Duration

12 years, 9 months

Inventor

  • 1ALLAN A. VOIGT

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