Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Frequency difference of arrival (FDOA) for geolocation
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Application No.: US13946217Application Date: 2013-07-19
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Publication No.: US09702960B2Publication Date: 2017-07-11
- Inventor: John T. Broad , Lee M. Savage
- Applicant: RAYTHEON COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US MA Waltham
- Assignee: Raytheon Company
- Current Assignee: Raytheon Company
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Waltham
- Agency: Burns & Levinson LLP
- Agent Joseph M. Maraia
- Main IPC: G01S3/50
- IPC: G01S3/50 ; G01S5/06 ; G01S5/12 ; G01S3/46 ; G01S7/02

Abstract:
A method for determining a FDOA of a pulsed waveform received by two sensors includes obtaining a respective plurality of in-phase and quadrature-phase (IQ) samples indicative of a pulse envelope of the received pulsed waveform. The method includes determining a TDOA responsive to a leading edge of a pulse of the pulsed waveform and obtaining a first cross correlation of IQ samples at a delay (dc) closest to the TDOA, and respective second and third cross correlations at least one additional delay (dc+1 and dc−1) on either side of the closest delay. The method includes refining the approximation of the TDOA according to an interpolation of amplitudes of the cross-correlation and determining a respective rate of change of cross-correlation phase (Δφ). The method includes approximating a straight line fit to the rates of change of cross-correlation phase (dΔφ/dt), the slope of the straight line representative of the FDOA.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140278214A1 FREQUENCY DIFFERENCE OF ARRIVAL (FDOA) FOR GEOLOCATION Public/Granted day:2014-09-18
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