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Superheterodyne radio receiver

US5832375A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 14, 1996
Grant dateNov 3, 1998
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Expiry dateNov 14, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03B21/02
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A satellite navigation receiver uses common dual-conversion superheterodyne and frequency synthesiser circuitry for receiving signals from both the GPS and the GLONASS satellite navigation systems. Successive first and second frequency down-converters in the receiver chain are fed by first and second local oscillator signals which are both variable in frequency such that the frequency of the first local oscillator signal is an integral multiple (preferably 8) of the second local oscillator signal. This relationship is provided by a binary divider (32) at least a portion of which may form part of a digital frequency synthesiser loop.

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