Monty W. Bai

Method for simulating a shock pulse

A method for simulating a shock pulse on an encapsulated component wherein the encapsulated component is placed in a specimen container attached to an end of a pressure bar having a mass and a drop height chosen to simulate the shock pulse. The specimen container attached to the pressure bar is dropped on an anvil and the resulting shock pulse is monitored using strain gauges. Otherwise unencapsulated components may also be tested by this method if the component is surrounded by resilient material before testing.

Terrestrial scanning antenna technologies for Ka-band broadband satellite communication systems

Global Ka-band broadband communications systems may be comprised of low earth orbit (LEO) as well as geosynchronous earth orbit (GSO) components. These systems can be seamlessly integrated to provide high data rate service between point-to-point, point-to-multipoint, and point-to-broadcast users around the world.