Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Pankonin

Jeffrey Pankonin 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).

  • Ultra-wideband short-pulse radar with range accuracy for short range detection
    Patent number: 8854254
    Abstract: An ultra-wideband (UWB) radar transmitter apparatus comprises a pulse generator configured to produce from a sinusoidal input signal a pulsed output signal having a series of baseband pulses with a first pulse repetition frequency (PRF). The pulse generator includes a plurality of components that each have a nonlinear electrical reactance. A signal converter is coupled to the pulse generator and configured to convert the pulsed output signal into a pulsed radar transmit signal having a series of radar transmit pulses with a second PRF that is less than the first PRF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Sandia Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher T. Rodenbeck, Jeffrey Pankonin, Richard E. Heintzleman, Nicola Jean Kinzie, Zorana P. Popovic
  • ULTRA-WIDEBAND SHORT-PULSE RADAR WITH RANGE ACCURACY FOR SHORT RANGE DETECTION
    Publication number: 20130141270
    Abstract: An ultra-wideband (UWB) radar transmitter apparatus comprises a pulse generator configured to produce from a sinusoidal input signal a pulsed output signal s having a series of baseband pulses with a first pulse repetition frequency (PRF). The pulse generator includes a plurality of components that each have a nonlinear electrical reactance. A signal converter is coupled to the pulse generator and configured to convert the pulsed output signal into a pulsed radar transmit signal having a series of radar transmit pulses with a second PRF that is less than the first PRF.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Inventors: Christopher T. Rodenbeck, Jeffrey Pankonin, Adam Ferguson, Richard E. Heintzleman, Nicola Jean Kinzie, Zorana P. Popovic