Pat.#2671896: Random impulse system
INVENTORS: de Rosa, Louis A., Staten Island, NY
ASSIGNEES: International Telephone and Telegraph, Inc.
ISSUED: Mar. 9, 1954
FILED: Dec. 18, 1942
ABSTRACT: A random impulse system relates to radio detection systems and more particularly to the generation of pulses for modulating, calibrating, and other purposes. It is an object of the invention to provide a method and means to generate a series of pulses of random occurrence which when used for modulation of a carrier for transmission purposes, greatly minimizes the possibility of enemy jamming thereof. Additionally, to provide for the generation of a first series of pulses having very small displacement between successive pulses and using the series of pulses to determine the occurrence of a second series of pulses in which displacements between successive pulses thereof are equal to random multiples of the displacement of the first series. Additionally, to provide for a radio detection system a first series of pulses of constant displacement suitable for calibration of an oscillograph of the system and to provide a second series of random pulses in coincidence with certain of the pulses of the first series and wherein the second series of pulses may be used for modulation of a carrier for transmission of impulses.