Identification and communication systems
First Claim
1. An identification and communication system comprising:
- one or more query units; and
one or more response units,wherein at least one query unit is mounted to a weapon and comprises a query beam source operable to emit a coded query beam and at least one response unit comprises at least one detector comprising an electromagnetically shielded application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) comprising an amplifier operable to amplify the query beam and a demodulator operable to decode the coded query beam; and
wherein the at least one detector is capable of detecting incident radiation having a power of about 100 pW or less.
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Abstract
In some embodiments, an identification and communication system described herein comprises one or more query units and one or more response units, wherein at least one query unit comprises a query beam source operable to emit a query beam and at least one response unit comprises at least one detector comprising an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) comprising an amplifier operable to amplify the query beam. In some embodiments, a system comprises one or more query units and one or more response units, wherein at least one response unit comprises at least one detector capable of detecting incident radiation having a power of about 100 pW or less. In some embodiments, a system comprises at least one component of a response unit disposed in a first housing mounted to a weapon and at least one component of a query unit disposed in a second housing mounted to the weapon.
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1. An identification and communication system comprising:
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one or more query units; and one or more response units, wherein at least one query unit is mounted to a weapon and comprises a query beam source operable to emit a coded query beam and at least one response unit comprises at least one detector comprising an electromagnetically shielded application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) comprising an amplifier operable to amplify the query beam and a demodulator operable to decode the coded query beam; and wherein the at least one detector is capable of detecting incident radiation having a power of about 100 pW or less. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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