Abstract: The invention is a system and method that uses a digital oscilloscope to digitize a waveform and then loads the digitized waveform into a computer. The computer scans the waveform data locating leading edges by comparing data to a rolling average and a noise threshold and locating tops and bottoms if the pulse is a negative going pulse by comparing data to slope criteria until a trailing edge is discovered. The trailing edge defines the end of the pulse, the immediately preceding leading edge defines the beginning of the pulse and the pulse height and this allows the pulse characteristics to be determined. This discovered pulse is removed from the waveform by setting all data values in the pulse to the pulse baseline value, and the scan for leading edges, pulse tops and a trailing edge is performed again to isolate and characterize another pulse. This cycle of detection, analysis and removal continues until the end of data is encountered before a pulse is discovered.

Abstract: An arbiter circuit has a first flip flop and a second flip flop. The first flip flop sends a bus request (BR*) signal to the VME bus by toggling the bus request signal when a trigger signal is received. The second flip flop sends a bus busy (BBSY*) signal to the VME bus by toggling the bus busy signal when a bus grant (BG*) signal is received from the VME bus. The second flip flop releases the bus busy (BBSY*) signal on the VME bus when a reset is commanded at the end of the test by a controller or a push button switch. Tests are performed by writing to the bus and reading from the bus by an address register, a write data register and a read data register connected to the address and data lines of the VME bus. The trigger signal source is selected by a trigger select circuit. A data transfer acknowledge trigger can be selected to trigger every time the data transfer acknowledged (DTACK*) line from the VME bus indicates a data transfer on the bus.

Abstract: Test data is incorporated within the microcode of a bit-slice microprocessor to be used during development of the program to verify program performance and during operation of the program as a built-in test. Little additional hardware is required and there is minimal impact on the structure of the program. The program is allowed to operate with the same data that it would have when integrated with the system. During development, the embedded data is used as a substitute for the rest of the system, allowing program development to continue until system integration, using only power supplies and some test equipment. When implemented and used with a commercially available microprocessor ROM emulator, the test data may be varied to highlight difficulties in algorithm design and program development. The operating program cannot tell the difference between live system data and embedded test data. Thus, the program will behave identically during development and system operation.

Abstract: A frequency selective limiter is described in which first and second ferrite members have confronting planar surfaces and at least one conductor is located on the surface of each ferrite in intimate contact. Each conductor on the first ferrite is a mirror image and is paired to a corresponding conductor on the second ferrite. The paired conductors have confronting end surface portions which are intimately bonded or welded in electrical contact such that each of the paired conductors is electrically equivalent to a single conductor in closely coupled to the ferrites. No other form of bonding is necessary to secure the ferrite members together. In the invention, an external conformal ground plane is more securely deposited in the regions where the ferrites abut. In a particular embodiment, coplanar ground planes located between the ferrites are securely bonded to the conformal ground plane.

Abstract: A hydrocarbon vapor sensor which is simple and low cost and can easily detect the existence of hydrocarbon vapor. The device is temperature compensated so that a change in resistance due to a change in temperature is avoided and an accurate response is always provided. The sensor can be used in a system in which a number of sensors are provided at various depths to determine whether a leak or a ground spill has occurred.

Abstract: A thin film electroluminescent edge emitter structure includes a common electrode layer and control electrodes disposed above the common electrode layer. At least one dielectric layer is disposed between the common electrode layer and control electrodes, and a phosphor layer is interposed between the one dielectric layer and common electrode layer. The common electrode layer, one dielectric layer and the phosphor layer define the light-emitting pixels of the emitter structure. Each pixel has a light-emitting face formed thereon and is operable upon application of electrical excitation to cause the radiation of light energy within its phosphor layer at least in a direction towards the pixel light-emitting face.

Abstract: A survival detection system distinguishes a low frequency survivor generated signal component from ambient low frequency signal components in a seismic sensor signal output. A twin-tee filter circuit a has its input coupled to the sensor signal output and it has a plurality of interconnected charging resistor and capacitor components with an output circuit coupled thereto to generate the detected survivor signal component.A CMOS switch is connected in each charging current path between the associated resistor and capacitor in such path to control the capacitor charging currents. A bandwidth control circuit applies an adjustable feedback voltage from filter output circuit to the twin-tee filter.A variable duty cycle generator controls the on-off duty cycle of the CMOS switches to control the effective charging current path resistance and thereby the capacitor charging currents and the tuned or center frequency of the filter.

Abstract: A TFEl structure has a multi-layer construction which includes a bottom substrate layer, a lower electrode layer, a middle EL stack, and an upper electrode layer. Forward portions of the EL stack and the lower and upper electrode layers have formed therethrough a series of longitudinal channels and a transverse street connecting the channels and extending along a forward edge of the bottom substrate layer so as to define a plurality of pixels having light-emitting front edges setback from the forward edge of the bottom substrate layer by the width of the street. Rearward portions of the lower and upper electrode layers respectively underlie and overlie a rearward portion of the EL stack but not each other so as to electrically isolate the rearward portions of the lower and upper electrode layers from one another. Also, a bus bar layer overlies the rearward portion of the EL stack and crosses the rearward portion of the upper electrode layer.

Abstract: A thin film electroluminescent (TFEL) device for producing multiple light sources. The device is comprised by a TFEL flat panel structure containing light energy generating material and having front and rear faces and side edges extending between the faces. The panel structure is composed of a face emitter portion and an edge emitter portion. The face emitter portion is operable for emitting light energy from one of the front and rear faces of the flat panel structure in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane of the flat panel structure. The edge emitter portion is operable for emitting light energy from one of the side edges of the flat panel structure in a direction substantially parallel to the plane of the flat panel structure.

Abstract: A fiberoptic-coupled free-space variable delay line is provided wherein the phase adjustment of the signal can be accurately set. A microscope-objective lens collimates a signal beam which is received by a focusing lens. The focusing lens is provided on an adjustable carrier to allow one to accurately adjust the distance travelled by the collimated signal base and thereby accurately adjust the off-set. A plurality of these variable delay lines can be arranged to form a multiplexer. If the threads on each drive rod moving a carrier are different, the carrier can be adjusted to accommodate changes in frequency of the signal.

Abstract: An automated visual testing system is disclosed which presents an alternating steady state visual stimulus to a patient through an optical system that modifies the stimulus image. As the image changes, the patient produces evoked potentials that change. The evoked potentials are detected by a product detector which produces the amplitude of the evoked potentials. The product detector includes filters which isolate the patient's evoked potentials, a modulator which detects the response using the stimulus source frequency and a demodulator that determines the amplitude of the response. The product detector detects the level of the steady state evoked potential signals even in the presence of substantial background noise and extraneous electroencephalograhic signals. These detectors can be used to monitor the evoked potential produced by visual, aural or somatic steady state stimuli.

Abstract: An improved method and system for providing accurate attitude measurements at a location in an vehicle remote from its inertial navigation system is disclosed. A relatively low cost, lightweight attitude reference sensor is mounted in the location where accurate attitude measurements are desired. The INS and the attitude reference sensor each include gyros and accelerometers for determining attitude about and translations along pitch, yaw and roll axes. A microprocessor periodically estimates steady-state vehicle flexure between the INS and the attitude reference sensor. Gyro measurements from the attitude reference unit are directly integrated to determine the attitude of the attitude reference sensor. This output is slaved over the long term to the sum of the INS attitude and the flexure estimate to compensate continuously for drift and other errors associated with the outputs of the low cost attitude reference sensor.

Abstract: Both a system and a method for simulating targets for a radar system is disclosed herein which generally comprises a test target generator having an input slaved to the pulse transmit frequencies of the radar system for generating a target simulating signal, a horn antenna for emitting the target simulating signal back to the radar receiver, a laser-operated optical transmission link having a single mode fiber optic cable for transmitting the target simulating signal from the test target generator to the horn antenna via optical carrier, and an amplification and processing circuit system connected between the output of the optical transmission link and the input of the horn antenna for increasing the amplitude of the target simulating signal to a level that is detectable by the radar receiver, and for further processing the signal.

Abstract: A high speed current switch circuit comprises two sets of transistors, with each set containing a transconductance multiplier pair. These transistor sets alternate in operation to steer the current from a continuous-output constant current source either to an external load or to an internal dummy load. The circuit design allows switching of currents on the order of 80 milliamps using low-power, low-cost components. The circuit has high input impedance, low output impedance, and provides very fast switching times. The circuit can operate in either pulsed or continuous duty modes without damage and can operate with a short-circuited load.

Abstract: A thin film electroluminescent edge emitter structure includes a common electrode layer and control electrodes disposed above the common electrode layer. At least one dielectric layer is disposed between the common electrode layer and control electrodes, and a phosphor layer is interposed between the one dielectric layer and common electrode layer. The common electrode layer, one dielectric layer and the phosphor layer define the light-emitting pixels of the emitter structure. Each pixel has a light-emitting face formed thereon and is operable upon application of electrical excitation to cause the radiation of light energy within its phosphor layer at least in a direction towards the pixel light-emitting face.

Abstract: A TFEL edge emitter structure with an EL stack having a linear array of spaced-apart pixels with front edge faces emitting light of non-uniform intensity from different regions has an uniform light emission filter provided across the light-emitting faces of the pixels. The filter takes the form of an exposed photographic emulsion coated directly to the light-emitting faces of the pixels. Alternatively, the filter takes the form of a separate substrate containing the exposed photographic emulsion mounted across the light-emitting faces of the pixels. The exposed emulsion is darker at regions thereof which correspond to regions of the light-emitting edge faces of the pixels with higher original light intensity and lighter at regions thereof which correspond to regions of the light-emitting edge faces of the pixels with lower original light intensity.

Abstract: A facsimile machine having a thin film electroluminescent pixel array which is used as the controlled light beam source for creating an image on a photoreceptive copying apparatus when the machine is in a write mode and using the same TFEL pixel array as a source of illuminating light to the scanning sensor when the machine is in the read mode. In other embodiments the primary light emission from the pixel array is used in the write mode and secondary emission from the pixels is used for the illuminating source in the read mode. Embodiments of the TFEL array structure include combination with scanning sensors on the same substrate. Other embodiments include the scanning sensor and the pixel array on separate substrates positioned in generally parallel planes.

Abstract: In the present invention magnetostatic wave (MSW) filters of the delay line and resonator type responsive to multimode MSW signals trap a desired MSW mode of the signal and attenuate untrapped modes of the signal in order to provide a higher order band rejection characteristic. In a preferred embodiment a low loss YIG film is disposed on a substrate. An apertured metallization layer on the YIG film defines a region of MSW propagation within the aperture and a metallization layer at the opposite side of the YIG film traps a selected MSW mode in said aperture. A region of high attenuation for MSW waves adjacent the desired propagation region absorbs untrapped MSW waves.