PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16214998
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["398", "115000"]

Abstract:
A method of RF signal processing comprises receiving an incoming RF signal at each of a plurality of antenna elements that are arranged in a first pattern. The received RF signals from each of the plurality of antenna elements are modulated onto an optical carrier to generate a plurality of modulated signals that each have at least one sideband. The modulated signals are directed along a corresponding plurality of optical channels with outputs arranged in a second pattern corresponding to the first pattern. A composite optical signal is formed using light emanating from the outputs of the plurality of optical channels. Non-spatial information contained in at least one of the received RF signals is extracted from the composite signal.

Claim (Index 11):
An RF receiver comprising:\n a phased-array antenna including a plurality of antenna elements arranged in a first pattern configured to receive RF signals from at least one source; a plurality of electro-optic modulators corresponding to the plurality of antenna elements, each modulator configured to modulate an optical carrier with a received RF signal to generate a plurality of modulated optical signals; a plurality of optical channels configured to carry the plurality of modulated optical signals, each of the plurality of optical channels having an output to emanate the corresponding modulated optical signal out of the corresponding optical channel, the outputs of the plurality of optical channels arranged in a second pattern corresponding to the first pattern; a composite signal channel, adjacent to the plurality of outputs of the plurality of optical channels, configured to receive the plurality of modulated optical signals, whereby a composite optical signal is generated; and a detector configured to receive the composite optical signal and to extract non-spatial information from a received RF signal.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.25455
- Patent Class: 398.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14791351', '15370035', '15790281', '15227859', '16010090']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7086466883851567
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5404948030670663
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6918314998533477
- Mean Citation Score: 316.569414
- Max Citation Score: 353.32916
- Similarity Product: 336.1885885230397

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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