Patents by Inventor David L. Rodkey

David L. Rodkey has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4389649
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for eliminating the sidelobe ambiguity in the range esponse of an FM-CW radar. An FM-CW signal with a periodic modulation frequency is transmitted and reflected from a target, received and combined with a sample of the transmitted signal to provide a combination signal. A portion of this combination signal including a selected harmonic and next adjacent harmonic is amplified and mixed with reference signals comprising the selected harmonic and next adjacent harmonic to provide two separate difference signals. These signals are in turn low pass filtered and further mixed to provide a range response with a mainlobe of one polarity and all side lobes of an opposite polarity. The energy under the mainlobe is detected and integrated to provide a voltage signal. When this voltage signal reaches a preset threshold level a further signal is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1983
    Assignee: The United States Army as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Ross A. Parkhurst, David L. Rodkey, John O. Wedel