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- Patent Title: Binary phase shift keying (BPSK) on orthogonal carriers for multi-channel IM-CW CO2 absorption or Lidar/Radar/Sonar mapping applications
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Application No.: US14817843Application Date: 2015-08-04
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Publication No.: US10527717B2Publication Date: 2020-01-07
- Inventor: Joel F. Campbell , Bing Lin , Amin R. Nehrir
- Applicant: U.S.A. as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Applicant Address: US DC Washington
- Assignee: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF NASA
- Current Assignee: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF NASA
- Current Assignee Address: US DC Washington
- Agent M. Bruce Harper; Jonathan B. Soike; Robin W. Edwards
- Main IPC: G01S13/32
- IPC: G01S13/32 ; G01S17/32 ; G01S17/95 ; G01S13/95 ; G01S15/32

Abstract:
Systems, methods, and devices of the present invention use a single Pseudo Noise (PN) code to modulate multiple orthogonal carriers by Binary Phase Shift Keying (BPSK) modulation. The various embodiments enable closely spaced carriers to be modulated with the same periodic PN sequence using BPSK modulation. In this manner, even though the carriers may almost entirely share bandwidth, orthogonality of the carriers may not be lost, enabling the various embodiments to be used with limited bandwidth Intensity Modulated Continuous Wave (IM-CW) Light detection and ranging (Lidar), Radio detection and ranging (Radar), or Sound Navigation and Ranging (Sonar) systems. Additionally, by using orthogonal carriers the various embodiments enable measurements to be made simultaneously, thereby reducing the error compared to systems that require sequential measurements, such as pulsed Lidar systems.
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