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Rescinded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
Record Details
- Patent number
- US 6121606
- Application
- 06887962
- Aerospace match
- Yes
- Dataset source
- 35 USC §181 SO records
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