APPLICATIONS FOR ACOUSTIC CHARGE TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGY

A PROTOTYPE OF ESM/ELINT RECEIVER SYSTEM UTILIZING ACOUSTIC CHARGE TRANSPORT (ACT) TECHNOLOGY IN AN ADAPTIVE CHANNELIZER IS PROPOSED. THE TYPES OF ACT TECHNOLOGY TO BE EXPLOITED IN THIS DEVELOPMENT ARE TUNABLE FILTERS WITH PROGRAMMABLE BANDWIDTHS AND ADJUSTABLE DELAY LINES FOR DELAY LINE DISCRIMINATORS. A VERY LONG DELAY USING ACT TECHNOLOGY WILL ALSO BE INVESTIGATED. THIS ADAPTIVE RECEIVER BUILDS UPON PREVIOUS RECEIVER DESIGNS BY DEVELOPING A NEW APPROACH TO THE RECEIVER ARCHITECTURE. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF ESM/ELINT RECEIVER TECHNOLOGY IS INTENDED TO BE USED WITH RECONNAISSANCE AND SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS TO BE DEPLOYED IN THE 1995-2010 TIME FRAME. THESE SYSTEMS WILL BE EMPLOYED ON VARIOUS RECONNAISSANCE PLATFORMS, AGAINST A VARIETY OF AIR, GROUND, AND SEA TARGETS. THE ESM/ELINT SYSTEM IS INTENDED TO DETECT, LOCATE, AND RECOGNIZE THREATS LIKELY TO BE ENCOUNTERED IN SUPPORT OF COUNTER-NARCOTIC OPERATIONS AND LOW INTENSITY CONFLICT AREAS. THE ESM/ELINT RECEIVER SYSTEM IS CAPABLE OF AUTONOMOUS, REAL TIME TARGET EXPLOITATION AND ANALYSIS OF THE ESM/ELINT DATA. ACT TECHNOLOGY PROVIDES THE UNIQUE REAL TIME TUNING AND FAST SIGNAL MEASUREMENT CAPABILITY REQUIRED BY THIS APPLICATION. ANTICIPATED BENEFITS/ POTENTIAL COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS - THIS EFFORT IS EXPECTED TO YIELD A SOLID FOUNDATION FOR DEVELOPMENT OF HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS OF ACT DEVICES. THE REQUIREMENTS DEVELOPED FOR THESE SUB-SYSTEMS MAY INDIVIDUALLY OR AS A WHOLE BE USED AS A METRIC MEASUREMENT FOR EXPECTED PERFORMANCE. THE RESULTS OF THE DETERMINATION OF THE REQUIRED MEASUREMENT ASSETS AND PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS WILL BUILD A FRAMEWORK FOR A PHASED DEVELOPMENT OF A FULLY OPERATIONAL SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES THE FLEXIBILITY NEEDED ON VARIOUS INTERCEPT PLATFORMS. KEY WORDS - ACT, CHANNELIZER, ELINT/ESM, ADVANCED RECEIVER TECHNOLOGY, PULSE DATA SORTER, PROGRAMMABLE FILTER, IFM, SIMULTANEOUS