Low power RF receiver with redistribution of synchronisation tasks
First Claim
1. A low power RF receiver including an antenna for receiving radiofrequency signals originating from satellites, a reception and shaping stage for the radio-frequency signals provided by the antenna, a correlation stage formed of several channels which each include a correlator, said correlation stage receiving intermediate signals shaped by the reception stage, a microprocessor connected to the correlation stage and intended to calculate X, Y and Z position, velocity and time data as a function of data extracted, after correlation, from the radio-frequency signals transmitted by the satellites, wherein, in each channel, a controller, including a digital signal processing algorithm, is associated with the correlator to allow all the synchronisation tasks to be performed autonomously for acquiring and tracking a satellite when the channel is set in operation, and wherein at least a set of data input and output registers is placed at the interface between the correlation stage and the microprocessor in order to receive data transmitted by the microprocessor to the correlation stage and data supplied from the correlation stage, said data passing through the set of registers being formed of signals of a frequency lower than or equal to the frequency of the message signals, so that the microprocessor can perform the tasks of calculating the position, velocity and time without any intervention as regards the synchronisation and correlation tasks.
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Abstract
The low power RF receiver (1) includes an antenna (2), a reception and shaping stage (3) for the radio-frequency signals provided by the antenna, a 12 channel correlation stage (7) receiving intermediate signals (IF) shaped by the reception stage (3), a microprocessor (12) connected to the correlation stage for calculating X, Y and Z position, velocity and time data as a function of data provided by the radio-frequency signals, such as GPS signals, transmitted by the satellites. Each channel includes a correlator (8) associated with a controller (9), which also includes a digital signal processing algorithm to allow all the synchronisation tasks for acquiring and tracking a satellite to be performed autonomously when the channel (7′) is set in operation, and to lock onto the satellite. Buffer registers (11) are placed at the interface between the correlation stage (7) and the microprocessor (12) for the mutual transfer of data.
The low power RF receiver may be mounted in the case of a watch and powered by the energy accumulator or battery of said watch.
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12 Claims
- 1. A low power RF receiver including an antenna for receiving radiofrequency signals originating from satellites, a reception and shaping stage for the radio-frequency signals provided by the antenna, a correlation stage formed of several channels which each include a correlator, said correlation stage receiving intermediate signals shaped by the reception stage, a microprocessor connected to the correlation stage and intended to calculate X, Y and Z position, velocity and time data as a function of data extracted, after correlation, from the radio-frequency signals transmitted by the satellites, wherein, in each channel, a controller, including a digital signal processing algorithm, is associated with the correlator to allow all the synchronisation tasks to be performed autonomously for acquiring and tracking a satellite when the channel is set in operation, and wherein at least a set of data input and output registers is placed at the interface between the correlation stage and the microprocessor in order to receive data transmitted by the microprocessor to the correlation stage and data supplied from the correlation stage, said data passing through the set of registers being formed of signals of a frequency lower than or equal to the frequency of the message signals, so that the microprocessor can perform the tasks of calculating the position, velocity and time without any intervention as regards the synchronisation and correlation tasks.
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