International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 25-28, 1999 / Riviera Hotel and Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada / Current ground-based tracking systems at the DoD test and training ranges require
transmission of a variety of signals from rotating platform to fixed control and process
center. Implementation of commercial off the shelf (COTS) solution for transmitting high-speed,
multiple-channel data signals over a rotational platform prompt the development of
an advanced electro-optic hybrid rotating-to-fixed information transmission technology.
Based on current demand, an Air Force-sponsored Small Business Innovative Research
(SBIR) contract has been awarded to Physical Optics Corporation (POC) to modify
existing tracking mounts with a unique electro-optic hybrid rotary joint (EOHRJ). The
EOHRJ under current development is expected to provide the following features: 1)
include a specially designed electrical slip-ring, which is able to accommodate hundreds of
transmission channels, including electrical power, control, feedback, and low-speed data
signals; 2) include an optical fiber slip-ring which, by incorporating with electrical time
division mulitplexing (TDM) and optical wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)
technologies, is able to provide multiple channel, high data rate (over gigabits per second),
and bi-directional signal transmission; and 3) is designed to be reliable for harsh
environmental operation, adaptive to stringent size requirement, and accommodating to
existing electrical and mechanical interfaces.
Besides the military use, other possible commercial applications include on board
monitoring of satellite spinners, surveillance systems, instrumentation and multi spectral
vision systems, emergency/medical instruments, remote sensing, and robotics.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/607336 |
| Date | 10 1900 |
| Creators | Xu, Guoda, Bartha, John M., McNamee, Stuart, Rheaume, Larry, Khosrowabadi, Allen |
| Contributors | Physical Optics Corp., 412TW/TSD, Tybrin Corp. |
| Publisher | International Foundation for Telemetering |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text, Proceedings |
| Rights | Copyright © International Foundation for Telemetering |
| Relation | http://www.telemetry.org/ |
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