Ultra-wideband receiver
AssigneeThe Regents of the University of California
InventorThomas E. McEwan
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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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A single ended ultra-wideband (UWB) receiver, comprising:
- a self-regulating amplifier which maintains a predetermined average output voltage;
- an input channel connected to one input of the amplifier;
- strobing means connected to the input channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.