Patents Assigned to Telephonics, Inc.
  • System and method for suppressing IFF responses in the sidelobes and backlobes of IFF interrogator antennas
    Patent number: 7705770
    Abstract: An IFF interrogation system for use on an aircraft is described. The system transmits a signal from an interrogator to a transponder and from the transponder to the interrogator. The system includes a non-reciprocal IFF antenna that breaks either an uplink signal or a downlink signal at any given angle outside the main beam. The IFF transmitter transmits an Uplink ? signal and an Uplink ? signal to the IFF antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Telephonics, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Wahl
  • Method for detecting a target
    Patent number: 7701383
    Abstract: An improved radar system and method for detecting targets is described. The invention discriminately detects and analyzes a target by sub-dividing it into sections, and then, in combination with a sliding window integrator, assimilates accumulated high resolution channel and low resolution channel data to construct a complete image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Telephonics, Inc.
    Inventor: James P. Blumling