US Patent Issued to General Dynamics Mission Systems on May 26 for "Optical signal detectors comprising optical signal sensors and logarithmic amplifiers, systems comprising the same, and methods of use therefor" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,640,818, issued on May 26, was assigned to General Dynamics Mission Systems Inc. (Fairfax, Va.).

"Optical signal detectors comprising optical signal sensors and logarithmic amplifiers, systems comprising the same, and methods of use therefor" was invented by Michael Pang (Columbia, Md.), Juan C Juarez (Ellicott City, Md.), Jean Kalkavage (Columbia, Md.) and Jack Tallent (Ellicott City, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Optical signal detectors, systems including the detectors, and methods of using the detectors and systems are provided. The optical signal detector may include an aperture for receiving an optical signal, an optical signal...