Vehicle location unit

• US 5,689,820 A
• Filed: 11/05/1996
• Issued: 11/18/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Telematics Wireless, Ltd (Singapore Technologies Engineering Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tadiran, Ltd.
• Inventors: Nahear, Shemon, Caspi, Chaim
• Primary Examiner(s): Eisenzopf, Reinhard J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): BANKS HAROLD, MARSHA DENISE
• Application Number:
  US08/743,923
• Time in Patent Office: 378 Days
• Field of Search: 455/33.1, 455/74, 455/86, 455/66, 455/67.1, 455/89, 455/76, 455/38.1, 455/38.3, 331/176, 333/30 R, 340/989, 340/988, 340/992, 375/200-203, 375/67, 342/389, 342/450, 342/451, 342/457, 342/463
• US Class Current: 455/86
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 1/026 of associated receivers
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/76 wherein pulse-type signals are transmitted
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/78 discriminating between different kinds of targets, e.g. IFF-radar, i.e. identification of friend or foe G01S13/75, G01S13/79 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0009 Transmission of position information to remote stations involving assistance data G01S5/0236
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/06 Position of source determined by co-ordinating a plurality of position lines defined by path-difference measurements G01S5/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 7/28 Details of pulse systems
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 7/4008 of transmitters
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/16 Frequency regulation arrangements

Abstract

A Vehicle Location Unit (VLU) device includes in functional relationship an RF receiver, a transmitter, a receive/transmit switch, a microcontroller to control the receiving/transmitting path, a digital Large Scale Integration (LSI), having a digital signal processing device, a crystal oscillator, and a filtering device for an outcoming signal.

Claims

1. A Vehicle Location Unit (VLU) device having means for transmitting a signal, means for receiving a signal, a microcontroller for controlling a transmitting/receiving path, and conventional circuit elements comprising memory means, power supply means, the device comprising:

a digital Large Scale Integration (LSI) including;

timing and control means for providing a timing and control signal to each transmission/reception phase of operation of the VLU;

a signal processor being connected to the receiving means and the timing and control means, the signal processor receiving a signal from the receiving means;

a PN generator being connected to the timing and control means, the PN generator generating a required bit pattern to a digital shaper; and

said digital shaper having a first input which is connected to the timing and control means and a second input based on said required bit pattern, which is connected to the PN generator, the digital shaper outputting a shaping control signal to an analog LSI; and

said analog LSI including;

a Digital Temperature Compensated Crystal Oscillator (DTCXO) for sensing a temperature and translating the sensed temperature into digital data which are read by the microcontroller; and

a transversal filter converting said shaping control signal into an analog-shaped data, the transversal filter having an output which is connected to the transmitting means.

2. A Vehicle Location Unit (VLU) device according to claim 1, wherein the DTCXO comprises a temperature sensing means coupled to A/D converting means, and a Voltage Controlled Crystal Oscillator (VCXO) coupled to D/A converting means, and means for reading compensation values for the VCXO from a data bus which contains prestored compensation values.

3. A Vehicle Location Unit (VLU) device having means for transmitting a signal, means for receiving a signal, and conventional circuit elements comprising memory means, power supply means, the device comprising:

a digital Large Scale Integration (LSI) being connected to the receiving means; and

an analog LSI comprising;

a Digital Temperature Compensated Crystal Oscillator (DTCXO) being coupled to the digital LSI, the DTCXO sensing a temperature and translating the sensed temperature into digital data, and the DTCXO sending a control signal to the digital LSI; and

a transversal filter converting a data bit stream into an analog-shaped data, the transversal filter having an output which is connected to the transmitter means.

4. A Vehicle Location Unit (VLU) device comprising means for transmitting a signal, means for receiving a signal, and conventional circuit elements comprising memory means, and power supply means, the device comprising:

a digital Large Scale Integration (LSI) including;

a signal processor connecting to the receiving means and receiving a signal therefrom;

a PN generator;

timing and control means connected to said processor and said generator for initializing and stopping the transmission/reception phases of operation of the device;

a digital shaper receiving the data generated by said generator;

the device further comprising;

a Digital Temperature Compensated Crystal Oscillator (DTCXO) being coupled to the digital LSI, the DTCXO sensing a temperature and translating the sensed temperature into digital data, and the DTCXO sending a control signal to the digital LSI; and

a transversal filter converting a data bit stream into an analog-shaped data, the transversal filter having an output connected to said transmitting means.

5. A Vehicle Location Unit ((VLU) device according to claim 4, wherein the DTCXO comprises temperature sensing means coupled to A/D converting means, and a Voltage Controlled Crystal Oscillator (VCXO) coupled to D/A converting means, and means for reading compensation values for the VCXO from a data bus which contains prestored compensation values.

6. A Vehicle Location Unit (VLU) device according to claim 4, wherein the DTCXO and the transversal filter are comprised in an analog LSI.

7. A Vehicle Location Unit (VLU) device according to claim 4, further comprising an ECM generator.

8. A Vehicle Location Unit (VLU) device, according to claim 7, wherein the ECM generator has an input connected to the timing and control means and an output connected to the digital shaper.