Communications: directive radio wave systems and devices (e.g. – With particular circuit – Display
Patent
1991-09-24
1993-07-13
Barron, Jr., Gilberto
Communications: directive radio wave systems and devices (e.g.,
With particular circuit
Display
342351, 250332, G01S 1389, H01L 27146
Patent
active
052278000
ABSTRACT:
A contraband detection system especially suited for detecting concealed non-metallic contraband such as ceramic or plastic weapons or illegal drugs carried by a person is disclosed. Plural sources of quasi-coherent millimeter wave radiation are disposed so as to uniformly illuminate a field of view. In the preferred embodiment, the radiation emitted by the sources is linearly polarized in a single plane such that the polarization of the radiation with respect to the plane in which linearly polarized radiation is preferentially received by the detectors can be controlled. For detection of dielectric objects, such as ceramic weapons or narcotics, these planes of polarization should be orthogonal to one another. The detector is a staring array which does not require scanning to generate an image of the entire field of view; the signal provided by each element of the detector array corresponds to the illumination reflected from objects in a single portion of the field of view. Real-time imaging of concealed dielectric and metallic objects is thus made possible.
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Deo Naresh C.
Goldsmith Paul F.
Huguenin G. Richard
Walker David K.
Barron Jr. Gilberto
Millitech Corporation
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