Permanent Electronic Destruction via Tunable RF Frequency Targeting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for disrupting communication links between transmitters and receivers, such as those used in booby traps, are temporary and unreliable, as they rely on jamming which can be overcome when the jammer's range is exceeded, and do not ensure continuous disruption.
Innovation Solution
A method involving the destruction of transmitter or receiver electronics using tunable transmitters and detectors that identify optimal frequencies for coupling, allowing for permanent disruption through front door or back door coupling, utilizing non-linear junction detection to determine and target specific frequencies for effective destruction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If jamming transmitters are used to disrupt communication links, then temporary communication disruption is achieved, but the disruption is not permanent and reliability is low
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical/electronic jamming system with an electromagnetic field-based destruction system. High-power microwave sources or RF generators create intense electromagnetic fields that physically destroy the electronics of the target device, providing permanent disruption rather than temporary jamming. This substitution of the disruption mechanism fundamentally resolves the contradiction between temporary and reliable disruption.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the key parameter from low-power continuous jamming signals to high-power pulsed electromagnetic fields. By using extremely high power levels (microwave or RF range) in short pulses, the system delivers sufficient energy to destroy electronic components while maintaining portability and control. This parameter change enables permanent disruption where previous low-power methods only achieved temporary jamming.
2Reliability
If high-power electromagnetic fields are used to destroy electronics, then permanent disruption is achieved, but precise frequency targeting is required increasing device complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a preliminary detection phase using non-linear junction detection (NLJD) technology before the destruction phase. The system first scans for and identifies the operating frequencies of the target electronics, then uses this information to precisely target the high-power electromagnetic pulse. This preliminary action simplifies the overall system by separating the complex frequency identification task from the power delivery task, allowing the high-power source to focus only on delivering energy at the identified frequency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary detection system (NLJD detector) that bridges the gap between the high-power destruction source and the target electronics. This intermediary device performs the complex frequency identification and characterization work, then provides this information to the high-power source. The intermediary absorbs the complexity of frequency analysis, allowing the main destruction system to remain relatively simple while achieving precise targeting.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This approach ensures a permanent and reliable communication disruption by identifying and targeting specific frequencies for electronic destruction, even in shielded targets, allowing for continuous disruption without the need for continuous jamming, and confirming destruction through spectral emission changes.
Implementation Method 1
Due to the non-linear behavior of individual components, signals of a fixed frequency coupled into the circuit are converted into signals with a multiple of the radiated frequency and re-radiated.
Implementation Method 2
In addition to high-power microwave sources (HPM = high-power-microwave), explosives-driven RF generators (RF = radio frequency) are used here
Implementation Method 3
with the help of which the electronics of a target are destroyed by the targeted transmission of RF rays
Data Source
AI summary
In a first step, it is proposed that tunable transmitters (1.1) and detectors (1.2) (receivers) be included in a detection system (1) and that a narrowband, preferably variable frequency (f1) signal be used in order to determine the frequencies for optimum injection into the electronics (2.1) of a target (2). When the detection system (1) identifies these frequencies, destruction can be initiated in the second step of the invention for a transmitter (20) or receiver (2.1) which is communicating with the target (2). For this purpose, once the optimum frequencies have been determined, a high-power signal is transmitted into the local area of the target (2) at the specific/determined frequency (f4). The evaluation unit (6), which is integrated in the detection system (1), controls the transmission frequencies (f), evaluates the harmonic signals, selects the optimum frequencies for an attack, and controls and checks the attack process.