Ammunition and explosives – Igniting devices and systems – Ignition or detonation circuit
Patent
1990-09-26
1991-12-10
Jordan, Charles T.
Ammunition and explosives
Igniting devices and systems
Ignition or detonation circuit
102476, F42C 1304, F42B 1210
Patent
active
050707868
ABSTRACT:
A munitions employing explosively formed penetrator warhead includes a microstrip antennae pattern on its concave face and is configured such that its presence does not impede or deleteriously affect the ability of the EFP to form into a molten armor-piercing projectile following detonation. The concave surface of the warhead serves as the conductive ground plane for the microstrip antennae and a dielectric layer having the microstrip antennae pattern formed on a first surface thereof is bonded to the warhead. A feedthrough which passes through an aperture near the edge of the warhead allows the antennae to be coupled to the transmit/receive electronics used along with the antennae to detonate the munitions upon its reaching a predetermined standoff distance from the armor surfaces of the target to be destroyed.
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Cheeseman Daniel F.
Hartman David S.
Honeywell Inc.
Jordan Charles T.
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