Scott Dunn Gordon

US Patent:

61216062, Sep 19, 2000

Filed:

Jul 8, 1986

Appl. No.:

6/887962

Inventors:

Allan A. Voigt - Anaheim CA
Scott K. Gordon - Claremont CA

Assignee:

Raytheon Company - Lexington MA

International Classification:

H01J 314
G01C 2102
G01J 502
F41B 700

US Classification:

250234

Abstract:

A rosette or co-rotating vector scanning seeker detector array providing improved data rate and scanned field coverage. Several discrete detector elements are formed in an array on the detector surface in a coplanar arrangement, each of the detector elements providing target information when the scan sweeps across it. The array may be in the form of circular spots arranged around a central circular detector element. In an alternative embodiment, the central detector element is omitted and the peripheral detector elements are arranged sufficiently close together to preclude the likelihood of a target path passing between adjacent detector elements without being detected. Detector elements in a single array may be of different sizes and shapes.