Abstract: A microwave phase discriminator is shown to include a microwave bridge network having two pairs of input ports and two pairs of output ports, the phase shift of signals passing through such network being dependent upon which one of the input ports is actuated, a diode detector connected to each one of the output ports, a difference amplifier connected to each pair of diode detectors, a single-pole double-throw switch connected to each input port and commutating switches at the inputs to the corresponding difference amplifiers.

Abstract: Automatic control circuitry for maintaining the frequency of a first local oscillator in a radar receiver at a predetermined offset frequency with respect to the frequency of either transmitted signals from a radar transmitter or echo signals from a target is disclosed. The disclosed circuitry operates as a discriminator when the frequency of the first local oscillator is different from the predetermined offset frequency and as a "phase lock" loop when the frequency of the first local oscillator is the same as the predetermined offset frequency.

Abstract: A method is disclosed to fabricate a cathode electrode for a continuous wave magnetron so that the resulting product is relatively free from random frequency modulation and frequency "pushing". The method generally comprises the steps of forming, from a slurry containing comminuted tungsten and thorium hydride, a cathode electrode of the desired shape and heat treating such cathode to remove all volatile elements and ultimately to form a cathode electrode made up of an eutectic mixture of tungsten and thorium particles of tungsten.

Abstract: A rail launcher for a guided missile is shown to include a pair of movable sections, each actuable first to form a gap in an otherwise continuous rail for receiving a lug affixed to a guided missile and then to return to an initial position, capturing such lug and forming a track.

Abstract: An improved slot array antenna with a circular aperture and linear polarization is shown to be made up of a plurality of slotted waveguides having different lengths and different widths. The slots in the waveguides are positioned to optimize amplitude taper in any plane passing through the center of the array normal to the surface thereof and to maximize the number of such slots.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure wherein a masking layer is formed to cover a portion of a surface of a semiconductor. A first doped region is formed in a portion of the semiconductor exposed by the masking layer. A chemical etchant is brought into contact with the masking layer, reducing the area of the masking layer covering the semiconductor exposing a second, different portion of the semiconductor contiguous to the first exposed portion of the semicoductor. Particles capable of establishing a doped region in the semiconductor layer are introduced into the second, different exposed portion of the semiconductor to form a second doped region in the semiconductor contiguous to the first doped region, such chemically etched masking layer inhibiting such particles from becoming introduced into the portion of the semiconductor disposed beneath the chemically etched masking layer. With such methods a self-aligned gate region may be formed in a field effect device having small channel lengths.

Abstract: A matching section for a spiral antenna used in a monopulse receiver is shown to receive a plurality of coaxial cables at equally spaced points along the circumference of a first circle and to guide the center conductors of such cables to arms of a multi-arm spiral antenna at equally spaced points along the circumference of a second circle, the characteristic impedance along the length of the matching section changing smoothly for the sum and difference modes and impedance matching closely to the antenna sum and difference modes.

Abstract: An antipersonnel mine is shown, a plurality of such mines being adapted to be loaded into a round of ammunition for dispersal and subsequent detonation at random instants. The timing for detonation of each mine is determined by the discharge of a capacitor, starting when dispersal occurs. The condition of the explosive lead of each mine before loading is indicated by a position indicator in the safing and arming mechanism.

Abstract: An antenna, adapted to be used as a monopulse antenna in a guided missile, is shown to comprise four separate microstrip circuits in different quadrants of a circular microstrip arrangement, each one of such microstrip circuits being made up of an array of contiguous rectangular meshes with the widths of the shorter sides of such meshes being varied to provide an amplitude taper.

Abstract: An antipersonnel mine is shown, a plurality of such mines being adapted to be loaded into a round of ammunition for dispersal and subsequent detonation at random instants. The timing for detonation of each mine is determined by the discharge of a capacitor, starting when dispersal occurs. The condition of the explosive lead of each mine before loading is indicated by a position indicator in the safing and arming mechanism.

Abstract: A filter for suppressing backward wave energy modes propagating along a slow-wave structure. The filter is frequency responsive and comprises a wall having coupling apertures and, in one embodiment, a series of waveguide sections which are joined to the coupling apertures and alternate sections are terminated in matched loads. The apertured wall encloses the slow-wave structure and the apertures are arranged relative to periodic elements of the slow-wave structure such that a forward wave can propagate with substantially no interaction with the filter while the energy in a backward wave is dissipated in the matched loads. The filter is particularly adapted for absorbing backward waves in a travelling wave tube operating at high power and an octave bandwidth.

Abstract: A guidance system is shown whereby a spin-stabilized projectile with a "strap-down" seeker may be commanded to fly toward a target by maintaining an inertial line-of-sight rate below a preset limit. To accomplish the desired mode of guidance the projectile here is equipped with a polarization receiver to establish an inertial reference in roll, a strap-down seeker to determine the existing line-of-sight between the projectile and the target during intercept, a signal processor to convert signals out of the polarization receiver and the strap-down seeker into signals indicative of the time rate of change of the line-of-sight angle, corrected for any gyroscopically induced movement of the projectile, a plurality of thrusters in helical channels about the periphery of the projectile and a controller, responsive to the output of the signal processor, to select and fire selected ones of such thrusters to keep the rate of change of the line-of-sight angle below a preset value.

Abstract: An improved rocket motor using a solid propellant is shown to include a perforate shield disposed between a combustion chamber and a nozzle to prevent any portion of the solid propellant from entering the nozzle during operation.

Abstract: A radar fuzing system for a guided missile is shown to include means for impressing a polyphase coded modulation on a transmitted signal and delayed replicas of such modulation on a bank of correlator/mixers, each one of the latter including dual gate field effect transistors as the active elements.

Abstract: A compensated phased array antenna is shown wherein the drive to each one of a plurality of phase shifters is changed to compensate for changes in operating conditions.

Abstract: A fire control system is shown wherein the relative rotational motion between a modulated beam of infrared energy and a spinning projectile is used to determine the displacement of such a projectile during flight from the centerline of such beam so that the trajectory of such projectile may be corrected as required to enable a selected target to be hit.

Abstract: A radar fuzing system for a guided missile is shown to include means for impressing a polyphase coded modulation on a transmitted signal and delayed replicas of such modulation on a bank of correlator/mixers, each one of the latter including dual gate field effect transistors as the active elements.

Abstract: A multiple channel amplifier providing both gain and/or phase shift to a microwave signal is formed of a set of transmission lines connected in parallel by means of a power splitter at the input end and a power combiner at the output end of the set of transmission lines. The transmission lines are disposed in a cylindrical array of electrically conducting bars which support amplifying and/or phase shifting elements between the bars and withdraw heat from the amplifying and/or phase shifting elements. The transmission lines may be slotted or severed for directing power flow towards an output terminal of the amplifier. The amplifying and/or phase shifting elements are conveniently mounted on a set of heat sinks to form modules, each of which is readily inserted and detached from the cylindrical array.

Abstract: A multiple channel amplifier providing both gain and/or phase shift to a microwave signal is formed of a set of transmission lines connected in parallel by means of a power splitter at the input end and a power combiner at the output end of the set of transmission lines. The transmission lines are disposed in a cylindrical array of electrically conducting bars which support amplifying and/or phase shifting elements between the bars and withdraw heat from the amplifying and/or phase shifting elements. The transmission lines may be slotted or severed for directing power flow towards an output terminal of the amplifier. The amplifying and/or phase shifting elements are conveniently mounted on a set of heat sinks to form modules, each of which is readily inserted and detached from the cylindrical array.

Abstract: A multiple channel amplifier providing both gain and/or phase shift to a microwave signal is formed of a set of transmission lines connected in parallel by means of a power splitter at the input end and a power combiner at the output end of the set of transmission lines. The transmission lines are disposed in a cylindrical array of electrically conducting bars which support amplifying and/or phase shifting elements between the bars and withdraw heat from the amplifying and/or phase shifting elements. The transmission lines may be slotted or severed for directing power flow towards an output terminal of the amplifier. The amplifying and/or phase shifting elements are conveniently mounted on a set of heat sinks to form modules, each of which is readily inserted and detached from the cylindrical array.