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Direction finding apparatus

CA 1112342 A · Owner: Hollandse Signaalapparaten B.V. · Inventors: Langeraar, Huibert B.

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A radio direction finding apparatus comprising an omnidirectional receiving element, an array of directional receiving elements two log video detectors suited for separate connection to two contiguous elements of said array and a subtraction circuit for generating a signal containing the azimuth data of an r.f. transmitter. In order to select echoes received through the main lobes of the two connected receiving element from those received through the main lobe of the one element and a side lobe of the other element, the radio direction finding apparatus is provided with a threshold circuit and two gate circuits separately inserted between the log video detectors and the subtraction circuit. …

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  • Granted November 10, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 10, 1998.
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FiledOctober 30, 1978
GrantedNovember 10, 1981
Term endedNovember 10, 1998
Patent numberCA 1112342 A
Classification (IPC)G01S3/02 +1 more

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1979198119831985198719891991199319951997Application filedOct 30, 1978Patent grantedNov 10, 1981Term endedNov 10, 1998

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