DIVERSITY MODULE BETWEEN GPS ANTENNAS, WITH RECEIVER PROTECTION AND INTEGRATED ALARM SIGNAL

• US 20080224927A1
• Filed: 02/05/2008
• Published: 09/18/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Espedito Alves De Abreu
• Original Assignee: Espedito Alves De Abreu
• Inventors: DE ABREU, ESPEDITO ALVES
• Application Number:
  US12/026,095
• Publication Number:
  US 20080224927A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 342/357.12
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/20 Integrity monitoring, fault detection or fault isolation of space segment
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/36 relating to the receiver frond end

Abstract

The present Invention is about the Diversity Module Between GPS Antennas, with Receiver Protection and Integrated Alarm Signal (1), characterized by comprising a GPS receiver (2) and antennas (3), emphasizing that the combined signals of antennas 1 and 2 (3) transmit the signals to the two receivers (2), which receives the signals from four satellites (5) and (6). In a second situation, if the GPS antenna (3) fails, the test is not lost because the signal is simultaneously received by two GPS antennas (3). In another situation, if one of the GPS antennas (3) fails, a failure signal is automatically sent to the failure management (7) indicating that antenna (3) and not the GPS receiver (2), so the controller does not switch to backup. In a fourth situation, the failed antennas (3) are detected and sent through signals to a microwave (8) or optic fiber radio, which transmits it up to the failure management (7) network that, after being viewed moves a technician to the location to repair the detected failures,

Claims

1. ) “

DIVERSITY MODULE BETWEEN GPS ANTENNAS, WITH RECEIVER PROTECTION AND INTEGRATED ALARM SIGNAL”

(1) made up of a GPS receiver (2) and antennas (3), characterized by adding up the signals received from the antennas (3) and simultaneously transmitting the combined signals to the other two receivers (2).

2. ) “

DIVERSITY MODULE BETWEEN GPS ANTENNAS, WITH RECEIVER PROTECTION AND INTEGRATED ALARM SIGNAL”

(1), characterized according to claim 1, by being made up of a system (1) that works using two receivers (2) and two antennas (3), with the aim of protecting the system GPS receivers (2) and eliminating its obstruction problems, emphasizing that it has an alarm for possible failures that may occur, as well as aids the switching between both receivers (2) if one of them develops a fault.

3. ) “

DIVERSITY MODULE BETWEEN GPS ANTENNAS, WITH RECEIVER PROTECTION AND INTEGRATED ALARM SIGNAL”

(1), characterized according to claim 1 because the system protects the receivers (2) in the case of a short circuit of one of the antennas (3), working with one or two receivers (2) with the advantage of using the receiver'"'"'s (2) power to work because it is connected in series to the antenna (3) that is connected next to the receiver (2).

4. ) “

DIVERSITY MODULE BETWEEN GPS ANTENNAS, WITH RECEIVER PROTECTION AND INTEGRATED ALARM SIGNAL”

(1), characterized according to claim 1 because it offers the advantage of another antenna (3) transmitting signals to the satellite (5) and (6) receiver (2) without loss of synchronism in the event where an antenna (3) fails, therefore, the receivers always receive the signals from the satellites (5) and (6).

5. ) “

DIVERSITY MODULE BETWEEN GPS ANTENNAS, WITH RECEIVER PROTECTION AND INTEGRATED ALARM SIGNAL”

(1), characterized according to claim 1 because the use of this system allows the increase of the viewing angle of satellites (5) and (6) in space since the receivers (2) use two antennas (3) instead of one.