Patents Assigned to BF Goodrich FlightSystem, Inc.
  • Patent number: 5469172
    Abstract: Calibration apparatus for an antenna/receiver system having, in combination, means for receiving one or more electromagnetic data encoded signals from a transmitter and producing in response to each data signal two signals having a phase relationship, the receiving means comprising an antenna; signal processing means for using the phase relationship to determine information related to the data signals; and means for coupling a calibration signal into the antenna to produce two calibration signals having a known phase relationship; the signal processing means using the known phase relationship to compensate for phase errors when processing the data signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1995
    Assignee: BF Goodrich FlightSystem, Inc.
    Inventors: William E. Schleder, Albert D. Eggleston