Apparatus and method for timed ultra-wideband data
AssigneeRockwell Collins, Inc.
InventorLuca Manica
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Abstract
A communication system comprising: a pulse generation system comprising one or more pulse repetition frequency (PRF) oscillators and one or more pulse generators, wherein each PRF oscillator is connected to a pulse generator, and wherein each pulse generator is configured to generate a pulse; and three or more transmitters 310a-N, wherein each transmitter is connected to the pulse generation system and wherein the pulse generation system is configured to send a pulse to each transmitter, each transmitter comprising: a pulse delay block configured to introduce a time delay to the pulse sent to the transmitter; and an antenna 314a-N.
Claims17
A communication system comprising:
- a pulse generation system configured to generate three or more pulses, the pulse generation system comprising one or more pulse repetition frequency (PRF) oscillators and one or more pulse generators, wherein each PRF oscillator is connected to a pulse generator configured to generate at least one pulse of the three or more pulses, and wherein each pulse generator is connected to a modulator, wherein the modulator is configured to one of amplify or attenuate the at least one pulse generated by the pulse generator based on a signal to be transmitted;
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- three or more transmitters, wherein each transmitter is connected to the pulse generation system and wherein the pulse generation system is configured to send the at least one pulse to each transmitter, each transmitter comprising:
- a pulse delay block configured to introduce a time delay to the at least one pulse sent to the transmitter;
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- an antenna configured to transmit the at least one pulse sent to the transmitter,
- wherein the signal to be transmitted is split across each antenna of the three or more transmitters, wherein the at least one pulse sent to each transmitter represents a portion of the signal to be transmitted.
A method of communication comprising:
- generating, using a pulse generation system, three or more pulses, wherein the pulse generation system comprises one or more pulse repetition frequency (PRF) oscillators and one or more pulse generators, wherein each PRF oscillator is connected to a pulse generator configured to generate at least one pulse of the three one or more pulses, and wherein each pulse generator is connected to a modulator;
- encoding, using the modulator, each of the three or more pulses with data by one of amplifying or attenuating the three or more pulses based on a signal to be transmitted, wherein each of the three or more encoded pulses represents a portion of the signal to be transmitted;
- sending the three or more encoded pulses to three or more transmitters, wherein each transmitter receives one of the three or more encoded pulses, and wherein each transmitter comprises:
- a pulse delay block configured to introduce a time delay to the encoded pulse sent to the transmitter;
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- an antenna configured to transmit the encoded pulse sent to the transmitter;
- wherein the signal to be transmitted is split across each antenna of the three or more transmitters;
- introducing, using the pulse delay block, a time delay to each encoded pulse in each transmitter;
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- transmitting, via the antenna, each encoded pulse.
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