Ultra-wideband receiver
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1. An ultra-wideband (UWB) receiver, comprising:
- a differencing amplifier having a pair of inputs;
an input channel connected to one input of the amplifier;
a second input channel connected to the other input of the amplifier;
strobing means connected to both input channels to simultaneously strobe both channels.
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Abstract
An ultra-wideband (UWB) receiver utilizes a strobed input line with a sampler connected to an amplifier. In a differential configuration, ±UWB inputs are connected to separate antennas or to two halves of a dipole antenna. The two input lines include samplers which are commonly strobed by a gating pulse with a very low duty cycle. In a single ended configuration, only a single strobed input line and sampler is utilized. The samplers integrate, or average, up to 10,000 pulses to achieve high sensitivity and good rejection of uncorrelated signals.
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1. An ultra-wideband (UWB) receiver, comprising:
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a differencing amplifier having a pair of inputs; an input channel connected to one input of the amplifier; a second input channel connected to the other input of the amplifier; strobing means connected to both input channels to simultaneously strobe both channels. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An ultra-wideband (UWB) receiver, comprising:
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a differencing amplifier; at least one input channel connected to one input of the amplifier; strobing means connected to each input channel; wherein each input channel includes an integrating capacitor and a frequency isolating resistor connected in series. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A differential ultra-wideband (UWB) receiver, comprising:
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a positive UWB input line, a first integrating single ended sampler connected to the positive UWB input line; a negative UWB input line; a second integrating single ended sampler connected to the negative UWB input line; a differential amplifier having its negative input connected to the output of the first sampler and its positive input connected to the output of the second sampler; a single ended gate pulse generator connected to both samplers to provide a common gating pulse. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A multi-input UWB receiver, comprising:
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two or more input lines; a plurality of differencing amplifiers, each having a positive and negative input, each amplifier being connected at its positive input to a corresponding input line; a plurality of antennas, one connected to the input of each input line; a gate pulse line connected to each input line to simultaneously strobe each input line; a baseband summation line, connected directly to the negative input of one of the amplifiers and to the negative input of the other amplifiers through an impedance. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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