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Risley integrated steering module

US8400700B2 · kind B2 · utility

9Cited by

2References

24Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Lockheed Martin Corporation · US

Inventors

Dennis Adams · Madison, US
Alan F. Lindsay · Massillon, US
Brian L. Stamper · Tucson, US
Charles T. Knorr · Akron, US
Aaron P. Seibel · Pepper Pike, US
Michael Richard Crano · Wadsworth, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 15, 2010
Grant date	Mar 19, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 16, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B27/0955
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A beam steering device is disclosed which includes an outer assembly rotatable about an axis by a motor assembly, and an inner assembly rotatable about the axis by another motor assembly and positioned radially within the outer assembly. The beam steering device also includes a first prism or grating connected to the outer assembly and a second prism or grating connected to the inner assembly. Both motor assemblies are axially displaced from the steering devices. The beam steering device also consists of beam expansion optics carried by either the inner assembly or the stationary assembly. In a further embodiment, an array of steerable sub-apertures are maintained within the inner and outer assemblies.

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