Patents by Inventor Robert H. Fletcher, Jr.

Robert H. Fletcher, Jr. 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: 4507746
    Abstract: A programmable digital device designed to perform a matched filtering opeion on arbitrary binary phase-coded signals. The technique is used in secure communication systems and for various radar and missile fuzing operations. The essential features minimize the component by the specific networks for the summing units containing unique combinations of digital components. The output is converted to sign-magnitude format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1985
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventor: Robert H. Fletcher, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4388622
    Abstract: A double sideband linear frequency modulation technique for radar applications is disclosed for obtaining simultaneous range and doppler measurements. The method of obtaining measurements is useful in a variety of radar applications; however, the most promising area is in continuous wave radar systems. Linear Frequency Modulated (LFM) waveforms of both increasing and decreasing frequency are simultaneously transmitted. Upon reception, these sideband signals are combined coherently to give an output that is a function of the target's radial velocity. The received signals are also processed separately to obtain target ranging information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1981
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1983
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventor: Robert H. Fletcher, Jr.