US Patent Issued to BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems on Feb. 3 for "Methods and systems for mitigating noise for microwave remote sensing" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,864, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc. (Broomfield, Colo.).

"Methods and systems for mitigating noise for microwave remote sensing" was invented by Michael Stephen Hersman (Parker, Colo.) and Sean Robert Geiger (Louisville, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Radiometer systems and methods that mitigate flicker (1/f) noise are provided. A microwave radiometer system with accuracy impacted by 1/f noise comprises active components which, between measurements, are powered off and on. By powering the active components off and on, 1/f noise is mitigated. Disclosed systems and methods include perfor...