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Apparatus and method for attenuating interfering signals
Assignee: Motorola Solutions Inc
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Filing: 1981-01-05
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Granted: 1983-11-15
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Expires: 2001-01-05
Abstract
Abstract A method and apparatus for attenuating an interfering signal corrupting a desired Loran C signal is provided. An interfering signal sample is determined which occurs at the peak of the autocorrelation function of the interfering signal such that the period of the interferer is known. The sample occurring at the peak of the autocorrelation function is added to or subtracted from the desired Loran C signal sample taken at a predetermined reference point during the pulses thereof such that the interfering signal is cancelled or substantially attenuated.
Inventors
- 👤 Steven C. Jasper
- 👤 Robert V. Janc
- 👤 David S. Robins
- 👤 Michael H. Retzer
Bibliographic Details
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2026-10-25 21:50
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01S; G01S1/00; G01S1/02; G01S1/08; G01S1/20; G01S1/24; G01S1/245; H; H04; H04B; H04B1/00; H04B1/06; H04B1/10; H04B1/12; H04B1/123
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
140 words
An apparatus for substantially cancelling an undesired signal interfering with a Loran C signal comprising: receiving means for receiving signals which include a Loran C signal and an undesired interfering signal; sampling means, coupled to said receiving means, for sampling the pulses of said Loran C Signal at a PTR thereof and for sampling said interfering signals at selected points in time; autocorrelation function determining means, coupled to said sampling means, for determining a peak of the autocorrelation function of the interfering signal with respect to the PTR samples of the Loran C pulses, said selected points in time being defined to occur substantially at said peak, and combining means, coupled to said sampling means for combining the samples of said interfering signals with the corresponding samples of said Loran C signals so as to substantially cancel said interfering signal.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
140 words
An apparatus for substantially cancelling an undesired signal interfering with a Loran C signal comprising: receiving means for receiving signals which include a Loran C signal and an undesired interfering signal; sampling means, coupled to said receiving means, for sampling the pulses of said Loran C Signal at a PTR thereof and for sampling said interfering signals at selected points in time; autocorrelation function determining means, coupled to said sampling means, for determining a peak of the autocorrelation function of the interfering signal with respect to the PTR samples of the Loran C pulses, said selected points in time being defined to occur substantially at said peak, and combining means, coupled to said sampling means for combining the samples of said interfering signals with the corresponding samples of said Loran C signals so as to substantially cancel said interfering signal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
46 words
The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said receiving means includes a hard limiter for converting positive polarity undesired signals and Loran C signals to signals having +1 relative values and for converting negative polarity undesired signals and Loran C signals to signals having -1 relative values.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
178 words
A method for cancelling an undesired signal interfering with a desired Loran C signal including a plurality of Loran C radio frequency pulses comprising the steps of: (a) receiving signals which include a Loran C signal and an undesired signal interfering therewith; (b) sampling said Loran C signal substantially at a PTR of the pulses thereof to form a plurality of PTR samples; (c) sampling said undesired signal at least once for each Loran C pulse at a time adjacent to, but not during, each Loran C pulse to form a plurality of undesired signals sample sets; (d) determining a time at which a peak of the autocorrelation function of the undesired signal with respect to the PTR samples occurs; (e) selecting the samples of said sets which occur the closest to said time at which a peak of the autocorrelation function of the undesired signal with respect to the PTR samples occurs, and (f) combining the undesired signal samples selected in step (e) together with the corresponding PTR samples such that the undesired signal is substantially cancelled.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
178 words
A method for cancelling an undesired signal interfering with a desired Loran C signal including a plurality of Loran C radio frequency pulses comprising the steps of: (a) receiving signals which include a Loran C signal and an undesired signal interfering therewith; (b) sampling said Loran C signal substantially at a PTR of the pulses thereof to form a plurality of PTR samples; (c) sampling said undesired signal at least once for each Loran C pulse at a time adjacent to, but not during, each Loran C pulse to form a plurality of undesired signals sample sets; (d) determining a time at which a peak of the autocorrelation function of the undesired signal with respect to the PTR samples occurs; (e) selecting the samples of said sets which occur the closest to said time at which a peak of the autocorrelation function of the undesired signal with respect to the PTR samples occurs, and (f) combining the undesired signal samples selected in step (e) together with the corresponding PTR samples such that the undesired signal is substantially cancelled.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 3 including the step of hard limiting said first and second signals prior to sampling said first and second signals.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
169 words
A method of cancelling an undesired signal interfering with a desired Loran C signal including a plurality of Loran C radio frequency pulses comprising the steps of: (a) receiving the signals which include the said undesired signal and said Loran C signal; (b) sampling said Loran C signal substantially at a PTR of the pulses thereof to form a plurality of samples S(t); (c) sampling said interfering signal at a plurality of sampling times T prior to each of said Loran C pulses to form a plurality of samples S(t-T) for each Loran C pulse; (d) determining the autocorrelation function values of said S(t-T) samples with respect to the corresponding S(t) sample; (e) varying the sampling time T until a selected S(t-T) sample occurs at a peak of the autocorrelation function of the undesired signal with respect to the S(t) samples; and (f) combining the S(t-T) samples occurring at a peak of the autocorrelation function to the corresponding S(t) samples such that the undesired interfering signal is substantially cancelled.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
169 words
A method of cancelling an undesired signal interfering with a desired Loran C signal including a plurality of Loran C radio frequency pulses comprising the steps of: (a) receiving the signals which include the said undesired signal and said Loran C signal; (b) sampling said Loran C signal substantially at a PTR of the pulses thereof to form a plurality of samples S(t); (c) sampling said interfering signal at a plurality of sampling times T prior to each of said Loran C pulses to form a plurality of samples S(t-T) for each Loran C pulse; (d) determining the autocorrelation function values of said S(t-T) samples with respect to the corresponding S(t) sample; (e) varying the sampling time T until a selected S(t-T) sample occurs at a peak of the autocorrelation function of the undesired signal with respect to the S(t) samples; and (f) combining the S(t-T) samples occurring at a peak of the autocorrelation function to the corresponding S(t) samples such that the undesired interfering signal is substantially cancelled.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 5 wherein said undesired signal and said Loran C signal are hard limited prior to sampling said undesired signal and said Loran C signal.
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