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US 2008/0302971 A1Published application
Variable multi-stage waveform detector
AssigneeSearete LLC
InventorsRoderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Edward K.Y. Jung, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Clarence T. Tegreene, Lowell L. Wood, JR.
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Abstract
A variable waveform detector may include multiple stages.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a first detector assembly arranged according to a first pattern, said first detector assembly including a plurality of adjustable subassemblies:
- configured to receive a first portion of energy from a first wave having a first energy distribution;
- and
- responsive to produce a first signal corresponding to the first portion of the energy;
- wherein the plurality of subassemblies are arranged in a first spatial distribution, and wherein the first spatial distribution forms at least a portion of the first pattern;
- said first pattern further being selected to form a second portion of the energy from the first wave into a second wave having a second energy distribution;
- and
- a second detector assembly arranged according to a second pattern, said second pattern being selected according to said second energy distribution and responsive to produce a second signal corresponding to the second portion of the energy.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a first detector assembly arranged according to a first pattern, said first detector assembly including a plurality of subassemblies configured to receive a first portion of energy from a first wave having a first energy distribution and responsive to produce a first signal corresponding to the first portion of the energy;
- said first pattern further being selected to form a second portion of the energy from the first wave into a second wave having a second energy distribution;
- a second detector assembly arranged according to a second pattern, said second pattern being selected according to said second energy distribution and responsive to produce a second signal corresponding to the second portion of the energy;
- and
- a signal processor operably connected to the apparatus to modulate at least one of the first detector assembly, the first pattern, and the second detector assembly.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a first detector assembly arranged according to a first pattern, said first detector assembly including a plurality of subassemblies configured to receive a first portion of energy from a first wave having a first energy distribution and responsive to produce a first signal corresponding to the first portion of the energy;
- wherein the plurality of subassemblies are arranged in a first spatial distribution, and wherein the first spatial distribution forms at least a portion of the first pattern;
- said first pattern further being selected to form a second portion of the energy from the first wave into a second wave having a second energy distribution;
- a second detector assembly arranged according to a second pattern, said second pattern being selected according to said second energy distribution and responsive to produce a second signal corresponding to the second portion of the energy;
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- wherein the second pattern is variably responsive.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.