Receiver phase-noise mitigation
US6081228A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 15, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jun 27, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 15, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B2201/70715
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A Global Positioning System receiver incorporating a method of reducing the effect of common mode oscillator phase noise. Oscillator phase noise in the receiver is a basic limitation on narrowing the carrier tracking loop bandwidth and, therefore, on the achievable carrier-track C/No for a GPS receiver tracking a single satellite signal. However, when receiving several satellite signals, the receiver phase noise is common to all tracking loops and, in principle, can be removed by a common-mode rejection scheme. The phase noise contributed by the satellites is negligible in comparison with the phase noise contributed by the receiver's oscillator; hence, the common-mode rejection is improved by tracking multiple satellite signals.
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