Two stage radio frequency interference cancellation system and method
First Claim
1. A method to detect a radio frequency signal-of-interest in an input signal, that also includes at least one interference signal, comprising:
- (a) generating a digital reference signal corresponding to the at least one interference signal in at least a waveform, a magnitude and a delay;
(b) converting the digital reference signal to a corresponding analog coarse cancellation signal;
(c) combining the input signal with the analog coarse cancellation signal in a coarse combiner to generate a coarse residue signal, wherein the interference signal is substantially cancelled and the signal-of-interest is substantially maintained;
(d) generating a fine cancellation signal, corresponding to a residual interference signal in the coarse residue in at least a waveform, a magnitude and a delay;
(e) combining the coarse residue signal with the fine cancellation signal in a fine combiner, to generate a fine residue signal, wherein the residual interference signal is substantially cancelled and the signal of interest is substantially maintained; and
(f) digitizing the fine residue signal and detecting the signal-of-interest.
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Abstract
A radio frequency receiver subject to a large in-band interferor employs active cancellation with coarse and fine cancellation signals, each with a respective radio frequency combiner, in order to increase the effective dynamic range of the receiver for weak signals of interest. One or both can be digitally synthesized. This is particularly applicable for co-site interference, whereby the interfering transmit signal is directly accessible. A similar system and method may also be applied to external interferors such as those produced by deliberate or unintentional jamming signals, or by strong multipath signals. An adaptive algorithm may be used for dynamic delay and gain matching. In a preferred embodiment, a hybrid technology hybrid temperature system incorporates both superconducting and semiconducting components to achieve enhanced broadband performance.
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33 Claims
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1. A method to detect a radio frequency signal-of-interest in an input signal, that also includes at least one interference signal, comprising:
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(a) generating a digital reference signal corresponding to the at least one interference signal in at least a waveform, a magnitude and a delay; (b) converting the digital reference signal to a corresponding analog coarse cancellation signal; (c) combining the input signal with the analog coarse cancellation signal in a coarse combiner to generate a coarse residue signal, wherein the interference signal is substantially cancelled and the signal-of-interest is substantially maintained; (d) generating a fine cancellation signal, corresponding to a residual interference signal in the coarse residue in at least a waveform, a magnitude and a delay; (e) combining the coarse residue signal with the fine cancellation signal in a fine combiner, to generate a fine residue signal, wherein the residual interference signal is substantially cancelled and the signal of interest is substantially maintained; and (f) digitizing the fine residue signal and detecting the signal-of-interest. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system adapted to detect a radio frequency signal-of-interest in an input signal, that also includes at least one interference signal, comprising:
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(a) a coarse cancellation signal generator, producing a digital reference signal corresponding to the at least one interference signal in at least a waveform, a magnitude and a delay, which is converted to a corresponding analog coarse cancellation signal; (b) a coarse combiner, adapted to combine the input signal with the analog coarse cancellation signal to generate a coarse residue signal, wherein the interference signal is substantially cancelled and the signal-of-interest is substantially maintained; (d) a fine cancellation signal generator, producing a fine cancellation signal corresponding to a residual interference signal in the coarse residue in at least a waveform, a magnitude and a delay; (e) a fine combiner, adapted to combine the coarse residue signal with the fine cancellation signal, to generate a fine residue signal, wherein the residual interference signal is substantially cancelled and the signal of interest is substantially maintained; and (f) a digitizer adapted to digitize the fine residue signal from which the signal-of-interest is detectable. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A receiver, comprising:
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(a) an input adapted to receive an analog signal; (b) a first combiner adapted to combine the analog signal with a first signal to produce a first combined signal with a reduced power of at least one interferor present in the analog signal; (c) an overload protection device adapted to selectively block the first combined signal if it represents an overload condition, to produce an overload protected signal; (d) a second combiner adapted to combine the overload protected signal, received by the second combiner substantially without introduction of intermodulation product of the analog signal and the first signal, with a second signal to produce a second combined signal; and (e) a saturable detector, adapted to detect information within the second combined signal. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33)
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