Patent classifications
G01S3/04
Multi-channel active array system and method for obtaining positional information of an object
An antenna arrangement (1) comprising an antenna array is disclosed. The antenna array comprises N antenna elements (2) (N being an integer ?3). Moreover, each antenna element is connected to an electronics module (3) out of P electronics modules, P being an integer such that 3?P?N, where each electronics module is configured to generate an output signal indicative of a signal received by a corresponding one or more antenna elements. The antenna arrangement further comprises control circuitry (10) connected to the antenna array. The control circuitry is configured to receive each output signal, compute a sum of cross-correlations between each output signal and a set of other output signals originating from other corresponding antenna elements, and determine at least one angle of a direction of arrival of the electromagnetic waves relative to the antenna array based on the computed sum.
ANGLE OF ARRIVAL OF PERSONAL AREA NETWORK DEVICES USING A SWITCHED BEAM ANTENNA
A method and apparatus for measuring the angle of arrival AOA of Classic Bluetooth Basic Rate (BR) packets, using a switched beam antenna SBA is described. Paging packets are transmitted and wide antenna beams, quadrants, are selected in turn until the paging response is received. After transmitting the synchronization packet and the temporary connection is established, narrow antenna beams are selected, in sequences and the average signal strength for each beam is recorded, for each sequence. The beam with the highest signal strength is returned as the AOA. Based upon which beam recorded the highest signal strength, the next sequence of antenna beams is selected.
LIGHTWEIGHT CALIBRATION METHOD FOR DIRECTION FINDING
A direction finding system can be configurable to: (i) access a baseline neural network initially configured to imitate behavior of a two-argument arctangent function; (ii) apply transfer learning to the baseline neural network to generate a calibrated neural network, wherein the transfer learning calibrates the baseline neural network to perform Watson-Watt direction finding without utilizing a lookup table for error correction; (iii) access measurement data acquired via the direction finding sensor array; (iv) generate preprocessed data by applying one or more preprocessing operations to the measurement data; (v) utilize the preprocessed data as input to the calibrated neural network; and (vi) output angle of arrival data, the angle of arrival data comprising output of the calibrated neural network.
System and method for a digitally beamformed phased array feed
Systems and methods are provided for a digital beamformed phased array feed. The system may include a radome configured to allow electromagnetic waves to propagate; a multi-band software defined antenna array tile; a power and clock management subsystem configured to manage power and time of operation; a thermal management subsystem configured to dissipate heat generated by the multi-band software defined antenna array tile; and an enclosure assembly. The multi-band software defined antenna array tile may include a plurality of coupled dipole array antenna elements; a plurality of frequency converters; and a plurality of digital beamformers.
System and method for a digitally beamformed phased array feed
Systems and methods are provided for a digital beamformed phased array feed. The system may include a radome configured to allow electromagnetic waves to propagate; a multi-band software defined antenna array tile; a power and clock management subsystem configured to manage power and time of operation; a thermal management subsystem configured to dissipate heat generated by the multi-band software defined antenna array tile; and an enclosure assembly. The multi-band software defined antenna array tile may include a plurality of coupled dipole array antenna elements; a plurality of frequency converters; and a plurality of digital beamformers.
Techniques to disambiguate angle of arrival
In some aspects, a mobile device may receive, from a transmitting device, the signal by a plurality of antennas. The mobile device may measure one or more phase differences among the signal received at the plurality of antennas. The mobile device may determine a first set of possible values for the angle of arrival that are consistent with the one or more phase differences. The mobile device may measure one or more signal values using one or more sensors of the mobile device. The mobile device may for each of the first set of possible values, determining a confidence score based on the one or more signal values. The mobile device may select, based on the confidence scores, one of the first set of possible values as the angle of arrival.
Multifunction channelizer/DDC architecture for a digital receiver/exciter
A digital receiver includes a digital synthesizer that generates a local oscillating (LO) signal at a selected frequency, and a signal mixer that receives an input signal and generates a mixed output signal in response to shifting a phase of the input signal based on the frequency of the LO signal. A multi-mode dynamic channelizer is selectively operable in a first mode and a second mode. The first mode generates a plurality of individual channels having a channel size defined by a bandwidth and a gain, and the second mode generates a parallelization of a selected channel. In response to operating in the second mode, the multi-mode dynamic channelizer adjusts at least one of the bandwidth and the gain of the selected channel based on the mixed output signal to change the channel size of the selected channel.
ESTIMATING A SOURCE LOCATION OF A PROJECTILE
According to examples of the presently disclosed subject matter, there is provided a system for estimating a source location of a projectile, comprising an optics an optics subsystem, a radar subsystem and a processor. The processor is adapted to use range and velocity measurements obtained from data provided by the radar subsystem, a source direction and an event start time obtained from data provided by the optical subsystem and a predefined kinematic model for the projectile for estimating a range to a source location of the projectile.
ESTIMATING A SOURCE LOCATION OF A PROJECTILE
According to examples of the presently disclosed subject matter, there is provided a system for estimating a source location of a projectile, comprising an optics an optics subsystem, a radar subsystem and a processor. The processor is adapted to use range and velocity measurements obtained from data provided by the radar subsystem, a source direction and an event start time obtained from data provided by the optical subsystem and a predefined kinematic model for the projectile for estimating a range to a source location of the projectile.
METHOD FOR DETERMINING FEATURES OF AN ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE
The invention relates to a method for determining features of an electromagnetic wave received by a reception system (22), the reception system (22) comprising at least two reception channels (13), each reception channel (13) comprising an antenna (21) and a reception chain (14), each reception chain (14) being capable of delivering a value representative of the power delivered by the corresponding antenna (21) after reception of the wave by the reception system (22), the features comprising at least the direction of arrival of the received wave, the method comprising a step of providing a measurement vector,
the method further comprising the following steps:
comparing the measurement vector to calibration vectors, and
determining features of the received wave from the result of the comparison.