Filtering out a jammer signal

• US 9,453,916 B2
• Filed: 12/27/2012
• Issued: 09/27/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Trimble Navigation Limited (Trimble Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Trimble Navigation Limited (Trimble Inc.)
• Inventors: Riley, Stuart, Krantz, Eric
• Primary Examiner(s): Issing, Gregory C
• Application Number:
  US13/728,525
• Publication Number:
  US 20140184443A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,370 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/21 Interference related issues ; Issues related to cross-correlation, spoofing or other methods of denial of service
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/36 relating to the receiver frond end
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/1027 assessing signal quality or detecting noise/interference for the received signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/109 by improving strong signal performance of the receiver when strong unwanted signals are present at the receiver input
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/18 Input circuits, e.g. for coupling to an antenna or a transmission line coupling networks between antennas or lines and receivers independent of the nature of the receiver H03H
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2001/1045 Adjacent-channel interference
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2001/1054 by changing bandwidth

Abstract

A low noise amplifier (LNA) assembly comprising a filter circuit for receiving signals from a Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) band and a Radio Navigation Satellite Service (RNSS) band; and an alternative filter circuit configured to filter out a jammer signal.

Claims

1. An antenna sub-assembly comprising:

an antenna configured to receive position signals from a mobile satellite service (MSS) band and a Radio Navigation Satellite Service (RNSS) band;

a jammer detector for detecting a jammer signal, the jammer signal being a terrestrial signal from the MSS band; and

a low noise amplifier (LNA) assembly comprising a filter circuit configured to receive the position signals from the MSS band and the RNSS band, the filter circuit comprising a first stage, an amplifier, and a second stage, each of which being connected in series with each other;

wherein the first stage of the filter circuit comprises;

a first filter having an input and an output;

a second filter having an input and an output;

a first switch configured to switch between the input of the first filter and the input of the second filter; and

a second switch configured to switch between the output of the first filter and the output of the second filter;

wherein the second stage of the filter circuit comprises;

a third filter having an input and an output;

a fourth filter having an input and an output;

a third switch configured to switch between the input of the third filter and the input of the fourth filter; and

a fourth switch configured to switch between the output of the third filter and the output of the fourth filter;

wherein the second filter and the fourth filter are configured to filtering out the jammer signal in response to detection of the jammer signal and wherein the first filter and the third filter are not configured to filter out the jammer signal;

wherein the first filter and the third filter have larger bandwidths than the second filter and the fourth filter;

wherein the first switch, the second switch, the third switch, and the fourth switch are configured to simultaneously switch in response to detection of the jammer signal, such that the first filter and the third filter are coupled together when the jammer signal is not detected, and the second filter and the fourth filter are coupled together when the jammer signal is detected.

2. The antenna sub-assembly of claim 1, further comprising:

a switch controller for controlling the first switch, the second switch, the third switch, and the fourth switch.

3. The antenna sub-assembly of claim 1, wherein the antenna subassembly is utilized by a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver.