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Method and apparatus for measuring synthetic reception pattern of adaptive array antenna

US9658340B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 26, 2014
Grant dateMay 23, 2017
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Expiry dateOct 15, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01S19/21
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method and apparatus for measuring the synthetic reception pattern of an adaptive array antenna, which are divided into a hardware apparatus and a measurement method. The hardware apparatus includes a wavefront simulator, a GNSS simulator, an external controller, a signal measurement unit, and a GNSS receiver. The measurement method using the hardware apparatus includes setting a direction of arrival of jamming and calculating a weight vector, fixing weight vectors at the calculated weight vector and collecting outputs of an array antenna system for all test signals, and displaying the collected data on a grid of a 2D plane. In accordance with the present invention, a weight vector calculated under a specific jamming situation is maintained for all test signals, so that the synthetic reception pattern of the array antenna system can be measured.

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