Ammunition and explosives – Igniting devices and systems – Ignition or detonation circuit
Patent
1959-05-19
1980-08-26
Tubbesing, T. H.
Ammunition and explosives
Igniting devices and systems
Ignition or detonation circuit
343 7PF, 343 12R, F42C 1304, G01S 1308
Patent
active
042189772
ABSTRACT:
3. A missile fuzing system adapted to detonate the missile at a predetermd altitude regardless of the reflection coefficient of or the velocity of approach to the earth, said system comprising in combination: an antenna adapted to radiate radio frequency energy toward a target and receive reflected energy therefrom, an oscillating detector connected to said antenna, said oscillating detector mixing the transmitted and reflected energy to produce a doppler signal at its output representative of the relative velocity between the missile and the earth, first envelope detection means connected to the output of said oscillating detector for producing a negative signal corresponding to the envelope of said doppler signal, a network connected to the output of said oscillating detector for producing an output signal having a peak amplitude which is proportional to the product of a first and a second quantity, said first quantity being proportional to the peak amplitude of said doppler signal and said second quantity being proportional to doppler frequency, second envelope detection means connected to said network for producing a positive signal corresponding to the envelope of said output signal, a differentiating circuit comprising a first resistor having one end connected to circuit ground, a capacitor having one end connected to the other end of said first resistor and the other end of said capacitor connected to the output of said first envelope detection means so that a voltage is developed across said first resistor corresponding to the differentiation of the negative signal produced by said first envelope detection means, a variable resistor having one end connected to the point intermediate said first resistor and said capacitor and the other end of said variable resistor connected to the output of said second envelope detection means so that a second voltage is developed across said first resistor corresponding to the positive signal produced by said second envelope detection means, the amplitude of said second voltage being dependent on the adjustment of said variable resistor, an amplifier to which the junction point of said first resistor, said capacitor and said variable resistor is connected to apply the sum of said first and said second voltages across said resistor to said amplifier, a firing circuit to which the output of said amplifier is set, said firing circuit producing a firing pulse in response to the zero cross over of said sum of said first and second voltages, the altitude at which said sum appearing across said first resistor becomes zero being determined by the adjustment of said variable resistor, and a detonator connected to the output of said firing circuits for initiating detonation upon receipt of said firing pulse.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4118702 (1978-10-01), Rabinow
Edelberg Nathan
Elbaum Saul
Gibson Robert P.
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
Tubbesing T. H.
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