Patents by Inventor William W. McAdam

William W. McAdam 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 for detecting and assessing severity of coordinated failures in phased array antennas
    Patent number: 5517200
    Abstract: A method is described for determining when maintenance is required for a phased antenna array in which a number of individual antenna modules may have failed. The method provides for the assigning of a value to each failed module, depending on where the module is located within the array, and also depending on whether the module is "coordinated" with one or more other failed modules. A threshold value for the aggregate of all the values of the failed modules is established and upon exceeding the threshold, maintenance of the array is indicated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1996
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: William W. McAdam, Mark D. Holcomb, Judith D. Specht, Joel A. Carlson