Patents by Inventor Steven B. Minarik

Steven B. Minarik 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: 5339087
    Abstract: A wavefront simulator that emulates plane wave propagation from multiple nsmitting antennas is used to evaluate, in both a static and a dynamic manner, an array processor used in RF communications to determine the location of transmitting antennas and possibly to perform beamforming for cancelling the energy of an interfering transmitter. The wavefront simulator generates time delay signals, giving the appearance of being emitted from different transmitters or sources, and simulates those signals as being received by an antenna array associated with the array processor. The array processor utilizes the time delay signals to calculate, e.g., the angle of arrival of the signals from the emitting antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1994
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Steven B. Minarik