Abstract: A radar camouflage material for reducing the radar back-scatter cross section of a target object including a thin layer or foil of dielectric material provided with a plurality of individual antenna elements of the minimum-scatter antenna type, preferably ring antennas, which are loaded purely reactively.

Abstract: Distance measuring apparatus based on the pulse travel time method comprising a light pulse generator for generating periodic light pulses, a transmitting optical system for transmitting the light pulses, a receiving optical system for receiving the echo pulses produced by reflection of the light pulses at a target object, a photoelectric transducer for converting each echo pulse to an electrical measuring pulse, means for generating electrical reference pulses in predetermined time relationship to the transmitted light pulses, a time transformation stage operating by the sampling method and comprising a sampling pulse generator for generating periodic sampling pulses whose period is slightly different to the period of the transmitted light pulses, a first sampling circuit receiving the sampling pulses and the reference pulses and producing time-transformed reference pulses by periodically sampling a large number of successive reference pulses by means of the sampling pulses, and a second sampling circuit rec

Abstract: A method and a circuit arrangement for time stabilization of scanning pulses for the stroboscopic sampling of periodically recurring signals. Stroboscopic sampling is performed by means of scanning pulses having a repetition period slightly different from the period of the recurring signals to be scanned. The signals to be scanned are transmitted over a transmission line in which a measuring section of known length is defined by the distance between two tapping points to each of which a sampling circuit is connected. The signals transmitted over the transmission line are sampled stroboscopically by means of the scanning pulses whereby time-transformed signals are obtained. These time-transformed signals are separated by a time interval corresponding to the transit time of the signals in the measuring section multiplied by the time-transformation factor.

Abstract: A pulse width measuring apparatus including a threshold-level trigger, which receives the pulses to be measured and a threshold voltage. At the instant at which the pulse voltage exceeds the threshold voltage the threshold-level trigger starts a time-measuring device which is arrested at the end of each pulse, so that the measured time indicates the pulse width. The threshold voltage is supplied by the tapping of a voltage divider which is connected to the output of a sample and hold circuit that is triggered after the end of the rising flank of each pulse to sample and store the value of the pulse amplitude. According to a preferred embodiment, a similar arrangement is provided for arresting the time-measuring device when the pulse voltage falls below a second threshold voltage.

Abstract: High frequency transformer built from coaxial conductor sections, wherein a pair of coaxial conductor sections of equal length have external conductors which are insulated from each other. The input end of the external conductor of the first coaxial conductor section is connected with the input end of the internal conductor of the second coaxial conductor section and both of the unconnected input end internal and external conductors form input connections. The output end of the internal conductor of the first coaxial conductor section is connected with the output end of the external conductor of the second coaxial conductor section and both of the unconnected output end internal and external conductors form output connections.

Abstract: A microwave antenna having an exponentially expanding horn of circular outlet cross-section. The inlet opening to the horn has a rectangular cross-section. In a transition region from the inlet opening up to the point at which the circular horn cross-section circumscribes the rectangular cross-section, each cross-section of the horn corresponds to the combination of the exponentially expanding circular cross-section and the rectangular cross-section.

Abstract: Apparatus for the generation and radiation of microwave radiation including a microwave oscillator having a cavity resonator directly coupled with the input of a horn resonator by way of a first apertured diaphragm. There is arranged within the horn radiator a second apertured diaphragm disposed at a distance from the first apertured diaphragm such that together with the first diaphragm it forms a filter resonator.