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公开(公告)号:US11743083B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-29
申请号:US16929916
申请日:2020-07-15
Applicant: RAYTHEON COMPANY
Inventor: Gary M. Graceffo , Andrew Kowalevicz , Benjamin P. Dolgin
CPC classification number: H04L27/22 , H01P7/06 , H03D3/00 , H03D3/006 , H03D3/26 , H03H7/00 , H04L27/2334
Abstract: Disclosed is a microwave cavity resonator used as a phase change (phase modulation) to intensity change (intensity or amplitude modulation) converter. Certain aspects and embodiments include resonant circuits, such as a resistor, inductor and capacitor (RLC) circuit. Certain aspects and embodiments convert changes in phase to changes in output voltage to perform analog demodulation of a phase modulated microwave carrier. Certain aspects and embodiments use resonance when the reactive components of the circuit (capacitive and inductive components) are equal in magnitude and 180 degrees out of phase with one another, thereby cancelling out the reactance component of the circuit's impedance.
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公开(公告)号:US11683205B2
公开(公告)日:2023-06-20
申请号:US17380772
申请日:2021-07-20
Applicant: RAYTHEON COMPANY
Inventor: Gary M. Graceffo , Andrew Kowalevicz , Benjamin P. Dolgin
CPC classification number: H04L25/4904 , H04L25/4906 , H04L27/0002
Abstract: A system and method for recovering encoded data from a modulated baseband signal is disclosed. Aspects and embodiments of the system and method include receiving an analog input signal representing a modulated baseband signal, counting clock cycles of a reference clock, detecting a first transition and a second transition of the analog input signal indicating a first change and a second change in the modulated baseband signal, storing a first counter value corresponding to an amount of clock cycles elapsed between the first transition and the second transition, and determining a binary-valued bit sequence corresponding to the first counter value.
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公开(公告)号:US20230170926A1
公开(公告)日:2023-06-01
申请号:US17538305
申请日:2021-11-30
Applicant: Raytheon Company
Inventor: Benjamin P. Dolgin , Thomas G. Lavedas , Joseph J. Fraundorfer
IPC: H04B1/38 , H04B1/18 , H04B1/3805
CPC classification number: H04B1/38 , H04B1/18 , H04B2001/3811
Abstract: An apparatus includes an antenna, a transmitter configured to generate an outgoing electrical signal, and a receiver configured to receive an incoming electrical signal. The apparatus also includes a transformer configured to couple the antenna and the transmitter such that the outgoing electrical signal causes the antenna to radiate outgoing electromagnetic energy, couple the antenna and the receiver such that the incoming electrical signal is based on incoming electromagnetic energy received by the antenna, and electrically isolate the transmitter and the receiver. The antenna may include inner and outer compensating coils, the compensating coils may be configured to additively radiate the outgoing electromagnetic energy, and the incoming electrical signal may be based on a difference between the incoming electromagnetic energy as received by the compensating coils.
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公开(公告)号:US11595129B2
公开(公告)日:2023-02-28
申请号:US17112703
申请日:2020-12-04
Applicant: RAYTHEON COMPANY
Inventor: Andrew Kowalevicz , Gary M. Graceffo , Benjamin P. Dolgin
IPC: H04B10/00 , H04B10/40 , H04B10/532
Abstract: Monostatic optical transceivers, systems, and methods of operating the same include a single aperture, a transmitter that provides a modulated and polarized optical transmit beam, a receiver that receives a modulated and polarized optical receive beam at an optical resonator included therein and processes the received optical receive beam to determine information from the received optical receive beam, a polarizing beam splitter that reflects the optical transmit beam, a polarization rotator that rotates the polarization of the reflected optical transmit beam by a fixed number of degrees in a transmit direction in a coordinate system of the monostatic transceiver, and a waveplate that modifies the polarization of the rotated optical transmit beam.
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公开(公告)号:US11251783B1
公开(公告)日:2022-02-15
申请号:US17122872
申请日:2020-12-15
Applicant: Raytheon Company
Inventor: Benjamin P. Dolgin , Andrew M. Kowalevicz , Gary M. Graceffo
IPC: H03K5/00 , H03K5/19 , H03K7/06 , H03K5/1534
Abstract: An apparatus includes a phase modulator configured to modulate a phase of an incoming frequency-modulated signal based on a clock signal to generate a phase-modulated signal, where the clock signal is associated with a clock frequency. The apparatus also includes an etalon configured to receive the phase-modulated signal and generate an output signal based on the phase-modulated signal. The apparatus further includes a detector configured to identify amplitudes associated with a first harmonic of the clock frequency and a first subharmonic of the clock frequency in the output signal. In addition, the apparatus includes a decoder configured to recover information encoded in the incoming frequency-modulated signal based on instantaneous frequency deviations of the incoming frequency-modulated signal, where the instantaneous frequency deviations are identified based on relative amplitudes of the first harmonic and the first subharmonic.
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公开(公告)号:US20210384981A1
公开(公告)日:2021-12-09
申请号:US16896022
申请日:2020-06-08
Applicant: Raytheon Company
Inventor: Benjamin P. Dolgin , Andrew M. Kowalevicz , Gary M. Graceffo
IPC: H04B10/50 , H04B10/54 , H04B10/556
Abstract: An optical transmitter (and methods of transmitting and receiving) includes a delay and modulation circuit (or communications circuit) configured to receive at least one optical beam and a data signal and generate at least two or more modulated optical beams having the data encoded therein. One of the modulated optical beams is a time-delayed or time-shifted version of another one of the modulated optical beams, and both beams are directed toward a target.
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公开(公告)号:US10924189B2
公开(公告)日:2021-02-16
申请号:US16778916
申请日:2020-01-31
Applicant: RAYTHEON COMPANY
Inventor: Andrew Kowalevicz , Benjamin P. Dolgin , Gary M. Graceffo
IPC: H04B10/556 , H04L27/20 , H04B10/516
Abstract: Optical transmitters configured to modulate optical signals with a path-dependent phase modulation scheme. In certain examples, an optical transmitter includes an optical source that emits a carrier waveform, a modulator configured to modulate the carrier waveform according to a path-dependent phase modulation scheme to produce a modulated optical signal, a mapping module configured to map a data payload to the path-dependent phase modulation scheme, each symbol in the path-dependent phase modulation scheme including a concatenation of at least one location bit and a path bit, the at least one location bit identifying an amount of a phase transition in the modulated optical signal and the path bit identifying a direction of the phase transition, and a pulse-shaping filter configured to control the modulator, based on an output from the mapping module, to impose the path-dependent phase modulation scheme on the carrier waveform to generate the modulated optical signal.
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公开(公告)号:US20210021351A1
公开(公告)日:2021-01-21
申请号:US16929798
申请日:2020-07-15
Applicant: RAYTHEON COMPANY
Inventor: Andrew Kowalevicz , Benjamin P. Dolgin , Gary M. Graceffo
IPC: H04B10/67 , H04B10/516 , H04B10/11
Abstract: Disclosed are optical communications systems and optical receivers including one or more optical cavity resonators. In particular, disclosed are methods and apparatus that allow for beam pointing to be maintained while permitting the receiver to tune the optical resonator to suit the wavelength, data rate and modulation format of the incoming optical signal, without requiring a coherent receiver or adaptive optics in addition to optical resonators.
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公开(公告)号:US10826603B1
公开(公告)日:2020-11-03
申请号:US16698514
申请日:2019-11-27
Applicant: RAYTHEON COMPANY
Inventor: Andrew Kowalevicz , Gary M. Graceffo , Benjamin P. Dolgin
IPC: H04B10/67 , H04B10/071 , H04B10/079 , H04B10/61 , H04B10/54
Abstract: Optical receivers and methods for tuning an operating point of an optical resonator, such as a Fabry-Perot etalon are disclosed. A free-space optical signal is received at an optical receiver and directed towards at least one beam splitter. After passing through the beam splitter, the optical signal is reflected off a surface of the optical resonator. The reflected signal is detected and utilized to tune the operating point of the optical resonator.
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公开(公告)号:US10530494B2
公开(公告)日:2020-01-07
申请号:US15433326
申请日:2017-02-15
Applicant: RAYTHEON COMPANY
Inventor: Benjamin P. Dolgin , Gary M. Graceffo , Andrew Kowalevicz
IPC: H04B10/67 , H04B10/114
Abstract: A free-space optical signal receiver includes a plurality of detectors whose individual outputs are delayed to correct for variations in arrival time caused by aberration in the medium through which the optical signal propagates, and combined to provide a single output. Each of the plurality of detectors sense the free-space modulated optical signal and provide a detector signal representative of the modulation of the optical signal. Each detector signal is delayed by a delay value to generate a delayed signal, and each delay value is selected to correct for variation in arrival time of the optical signal at each of the detectors, resulting in the delayed signals being substantially time-aligned. The delayed signals are constructively combined into a combined signal representative of the modulation aspect, and the combined signal is provided as an output.
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