Patents by Inventor Frank M. Pelton

Frank M. Pelton 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).

  • Method and apparatus for reducing the effects of scintillation and rejection of clutter in monopulse radars
    Patent number: 4296415
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing monopulse radar return signals to synthesize the imaginary component (.beta..sub.I) of the complex angle of arrival. Scintillation errors in the real component (.beta..sub.R) of the complex angle of arrival can then be reduced on a pulse-by-pulse basis by the criterion that .vertline..beta..sub.I .vertline. be small in magnitude and gating the .beta..sub.R signal when this criterion is not met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1974
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1981
    Assignee: Calspan Corporation
    Inventors: Frank M. Pelton, Clyde A. Miller, Thomas F. Leney