Patents by Inventor Julian C. Old

Julian C. Old 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: 4434424
    Abstract: A radar receiver has a main channel 2,3 and 4, and an auxilliary channel 7,8 and 12. The main channel is fed from a directional antenna 3 and the auxilliary channel from a relatively non-directional antenna 7. A side lobe canceller consisting of components 5,6 and 9 receives signals from the main and auxilliary channels and produces a correction signal D which is applied to the main channel so as to cancel signals received via the side lobes of the antenna 3 and therefore attributable mainly to jamming signals.In order that the signals B' fed from the main channel to the side lobe canceller should be free from clutter, as is necessary for the side lobe canceller to operate effectively, a moving target discriminator 11 is used so as to suppress any signal components due to stationary and slow moving objects, including any clutter features. In order to compensate for any frequency filtering and phase change effects of the circuit 11 a similar circuit 12 is inserted in the auxilliary channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1984
    Assignee: The Marconi Company Limited
    Inventor: Julian C. Old