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December 2006
Volume 53, Number 6
Publication No:
USPS 580-500
“The IEEE
Newsletter” (North Jersey Section), is published monthly except June and July by
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. Headquarters: 3 Park Avenue,
17th Floor, New York, NY
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SECTION OFFICERS
Chair....................................................... Har
Dayal
har.dayal
“AT” baesystems.com (973) 633-4618
Vice-Chair-1................................ Bhanu
Chivukula
b.chivukula
“AT” computer.org (732) 718-3818
Vice-Chair-2............................................. Kirit Dixit
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“AT” ieee.org (201) 669-7599
Treasurer................................. Dr. Sanghoon
Shin
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“AT” ieee.org (973) 492-1207 Ext. 22
Secretary............................................... Seth Jakel
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Members-at-Large:
Pete
Donegan (doneganp “AT” ieee.org)
Amit
Patel (a.j.patel “AT” ieee.org)
The North Jersey
Section Executive Committee usually meets the first Wednesday (except holidays
and December) of each month at 7:00 PM. Meetings are open to all members. For information on meeting agenda contact
Secretary Seth
Jakel (973) 731-1902, Sgjakel “AT” comcast.net.
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IEEE North Jersey
Section Activities
December
2006
Dec. 13 – “Engineers Meet:
For a Members Social” - NJ PACE & GOLD, 6:30 – 9:00 PM, Clifton Memorial Library, 292 Piaget Ave, Clifton, NJ. Paul
Ward, (973) 790-1625 (PWard1130 “AT” aol.com) or Richard F. Tax, (201) 664-6954
(rtax “AT” verizon.net).
Dec. 13 – “Minter Electronic
Aircraft Safety Warning System” by Jerry B. Minter, NJ AESS Chapter, 7:00 PM
(free buffet starts at 6:00 PM), Public Meeting Room, Morris County Library, 30
E. Hanover Ave, Whippany, NJ, 07960, (973) 285-6930. Dr. Naresh Chand, (973) 636-7408,
naresh.chand “AT” baesystems. com, or Howard Leach, (973) 540-1283, h.leach
“AT” ieee.org.
Dec. 18-21
– “9th
International Conference on Information Technology (CIT 2006)”,
see http://www.citconference.org
and http://www.cs.unt.edu/~smohanty/CIT2006.
Upcoming Meetings
Jan. 3 – “NJ Section Meeting”, 6:30 PM, “Executive Committee Meeting” - 7:00 PM, ITT, 100 Kingsland Rd, Clifton, NJ. Seth
Jakel at sgjakel “AT” comcast.net.
Jan. 25 – “PSoC Mixed Signal Development”
by Chris Mesibov, NJ Consultants' Network, 7:30 PM, Aeroflex/KDI-Integrated Products, 60 S. Jefferson Rd, Whippany, NJ. Robert
Walker (973) 728-0344 or www.TechnologyOnTap.org.
Feb.
17-Apr. 28 – “C# .NET Programming”
by Dr. Donald Hsu, North Jersey Section, Saturday Mornings, 10 sessions, 9:00
AM-12:00 PM, Avtech, 130 Clinton Road, Second Floor, Fairfield, NJ. Donald Hsu (yanyou “AT” hotmail.com).
Feb. 22 – “Building the Foundation
For a Successful Consultant Marketing Plan” by Greg Ratta, NJ
Consultants' Network, 7:30 PM, Aeroflex/KDI-Integrated Products, 60 S. Jefferson Rd, Whippany, NJ. Robert
Walker (973) 728-0344 or www.TechnologyOnTap.org.
Mar.
14-May. 9 – “Project Management”
by Dr. Donald Hsu, North Jersey Section, Tuesday Evenings, 8 sessions, 6:30-9:00
PM, NJ International Bulk Mail Center, 80 County Rd, Jersey City, NJ. Donald Hsu (yanyou “AT” hotmail.com).
Mar. 26-27
– “10th Communications and
Networking Simulation Symposium (CNS 2007)”, see http://www.scs.org/confernc/springsim/springsim07/springsim07.htm.
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NJ
AES Chapter:
Minter
Electronic Aircraft Safety Warning System
On
Wednesday,
December 13, 2006,
the North Jersey Chapter of the IEEE Aerospace & Electronic Systems Society
together with the Lone Eagle Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol will
sponsor a talk entitled “Minter Electronic Aircraft Safety Warning System” by
Mr. Jerry B. Minter.
About the Talk
The
aircraft transponder system in present operation worldwide has some serious
limitations as follows:
1.
The dependence on barometric pressure to
determine relative altitude, and
2.
The lack of instant horizontal location of
other aircraft transponders.
The
following U.S. Parents have been issued covering solutions to the above
limitations of the present transponder systems: 5,223,847; 5,506,509;
5,861,846, 5,889,491; 6,097,315; and 6,486,839.
The solution uses a multimode antenna system that can locate the
relative horizontal direction to another plane within one microsecond after
receiving the first transponder pulse.
Lab
models of the antenna and audio and visual pilot warning systems indicating the
distance to and location of nearby aircraft may be demonstrated using a
portable aircraft transponder. Because
the system does not generate a radiation signal, no license is required for
operation.
About the Speaker
Jerry
B. Minter was first employed in 1935 by the Boonton Radio Corporation, NJ, in
the development of band-pass intermediate frequency transformers. In 1936 he was involved in the development of
aircraft radio receivers at the Radio Frequency Laboratories of Boonton,
NJ. During the later part of 1936 he was
employed by the Ferris Instrument Corp., NJ, to take charge of several projects
including development of a signal generator and a radio noise and
field-strength meter.
In
1939, Mr. Minter and some of his associates from Ferris Instrument Corp
organized the Measurements Corp of Boonton,
NJ,
where he became Vice President and Chief Engineer. After much success with design and production
of test equipment, the stockholders decided to sell the Measurements Corp. to
the Edison Company in 1953. At that
time, he had a number of conversations with Charles Edison about his father,
Thomas Edison, and dined in the dining room of Edison’s
West Orange Laboratory before it was turned over to the National Park Service
as a National Historic Site.
In
1954, Mr. Minter bought the Components Corp. and entered into the audio
business where he developed a series of special test records. In the 1960’s, the company designed and built
miniature high voltage power supplies for use in high altitude probes for
NASA. They also developed a
high-reliability edgeboard connector called the “DigiKlip” that was used
commercially in the Univac 1108, DC-10, as well as in space and military
programs.
Mr.
Minter also worked on video systems, one within a hospital area to reduce RF
interference. In another medical project
, he modified VCR’s to reduce their startup time in medical facilities within
NYC. His most recent technical
innovation is a passive collision warning system for small aircraft. Jerry Minter holds 26 patents of which the
last six are on his aircraft collision avoidance system.
He
received a BS in EE from MIT in 1934. He
organized and chaired the first Northern New Jersey Subsection of the Institute
of Radio Engineers (IRE) in 1947. Jerry
B. Minter was named a Fellow of the IEEE in 1969 and he became a Life Fellow of
the IEEE in 1979. He also is a Fellow
and past President of the Radio Club of America. Further, he is also a past President of the
Audio Engineering Society and has held memberships in the Radio Electronic
Television Manufacturing Association, the Society of Automotive Engineers, the
American Standards Association, and the American Society of Metals.
Finally, but not the least of his past
activities, Jerry B. Minter was a Senior Member of the Civil Air Patrol and
used his own aircraft to conduct CAP search and rescue missions.
All Welcome!
You do not have to be a member of the IEEE or the
Civil Air Patrol to attend. The North
Jersey Section of the IEEE will sponsor a free buffet starting at 6:00 PM. Come and
bring your friends.