Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Synchronizing receivers in a signal acquisition system
- Patent Title (中): 在信号采集系统中同步接收器
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Application No.: US13528081Application Date: 2012-06-20
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Publication No.: US08798207B2Publication Date: 2014-08-05
- Inventor: Daniel S. Wertz , Andrew J. Hinde , Johnathan R. W. Ammerman
- Applicant: Daniel S. Wertz , Andrew J. Hinde , Johnathan R. W. Ammerman
- Applicant Address: US TX Austin
- Assignee: National Instruments Corporation
- Current Assignee: National Instruments Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- Agency: Meyertons Hood Kivlin Koweer & Goetzel, P.C.
- Agent Jeffrey C. Hood; Mark K. Brightwell
- Main IPC: H04L7/04
- IPC: H04L7/04

Abstract:
A system and method for synchronizing a plurality of receivers. A tone from a signal generator is swept over a frequency band. A power splitter splits the tone into a plurality of resultant tones that are supplied to the respective receivers. For each receiver, a relative frequency response (including amplitude and phase responses) is measured between the receiver and a master receiver. A linear approximation to the phase response is computed. A digital filter is custom designed for the receiver to compensate for non-uniformity of the amplitude response and for deviations of the phase from the linear approximation. After applying the digital filter, further adjustments are made to remove the time delay corresponding to the linear approximation, e.g., by appropriately configuring a fractional resampler, by adjusting a numerically-controlled oscillator, and/or, by adjusting sample clock phase.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130343490A1 Synchronizing Receivers in a Signal Acquisition System Public/Granted day:2013-12-26
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