Method and system for electrical length matching
AssigneeRaytheon Company
InventorCarl Edward McGaha
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Abstract
According to one embodiment of the invention, a computerized method for tuning a wire to have a particular electrical length is provided. The method includes providing a reference wire and the wire to be tuned. The method also includes transmitting a reference signal and a test signal over the reference wire and the wire, respectively, to a destination. The method also includes determining the time difference between arrival of the respective signals at the destination. The method also includes providing, based on the time difference, an indication of the location along the length of the wire where the wire has an electrical length approximately equal to the electrical length of the reference wire.
Claims20
A computerized method for electrical length matching, comprising:
- providing a reference wire and a plurality of wires to be tuned, each of the wires positioned substantially parallel to a corresponding particular array of light emitting devices;
- and
- for each of the wires to be tuned,
- transmitting a reference signal and a test signal over the reference wire and the wire, respectively, to a measuring device and determining the time difference between arrival of the respective signals at the measuring device, wherein the reference signal and the test signal are transmitted at the same time;
- determining, using a computer and the time difference, a location along the length of the wire where the wire has an electrical length that is substantially equal to the electrical length of the reference wire;
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- initiating, by the computer, a visual indication of the location along the length of the wire by activating at least one of the light emitting devices in the particular array corresponding to the wire.
A computerized method for tuning a wire to have a particular electrical length, comprising:
- providing a reference wire and the wire to be tuned;
- transmitting a reference signal and a test signal over the reference wire and the wire, respectively, to a destination and determining the time difference between arrival of the respective signals at the destination;
- and
- providing, based on the time difference, an indication of the location along the length of the wire where the wire has an electrical length approximately equal to the electrical length of the reference wire.
A system for tuning a wire to have the same electrical length as a reference wire, comprising:
- a computer system having a processor;
- a computer readable medium coupled to the computer system, the computer readable medium comprising a program operable, when executed on the processor, to:
- initiate a transmission of a reference signal and a test signal over the reference wire and the wire to be tuned, respectively, from a signal generator to a destination;
- determine the time difference between arrival of the respective signals at the destination;
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- provide, based on the time difference, an indication of the location along the length of the wire where the wire has an electrical length approximately equal to the electrical length of the reference wire.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.