Tracking receiver, antenna apparatus, and tracking method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11143734-B2
Application number	US-201917049213-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 19, 2019
Priority date	Apr 27, 2018
Publication date	Oct 12, 2021
Grant date	Oct 12, 2021

Abstract

A tracking receiver includes: a complex sum signal generator to generate a complex sum signal; a complex difference signal generator to generate a complex difference signal; a first correction coefficient storage to store a first correction coefficient represented by a complex number; complex difference signal correcting circuitry to calculate a corrected complex difference signal by correcting the complex difference signal based on the complex sum signal and the first correction coefficient; and an orientation direction error calculator to calculate an orientation direction error based on the corrected complex difference signal and the complex sum signal, the orientation direction error being a difference between an arrival direction and an orientation direction, the arrival direction being a direction from which the radio wave comes and arrives, the orientation direction being a direction in which the antenna is orientated.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A tracking receiver comprising:
a complex sum signal generator to generate a complex sum signal by performing quadrature detection to a sum signal outputted from an antenna to receive a radio wave from a radio wave source and then converting a resultant of performing quadrature detection into a digital value, or by converting the sum signal into a digital value and then performing quadrature detection;
a complex difference signal generator to generate a complex difference signal by performing quadrature detection to a difference signal outputted from the antenna and then converting a resultant of performing quadrature detection into a digital value, or by converting the difference signal into a digital value and then performing quadrature detection;
a first correction coefficient storage to store a first correction coefficient represented by a complex number, the first correction coefficient being used when a leakage of the sum signal into the difference signal is estimated and corrected;
complex difference signal correcting circuitry to calculate a corrected complex difference signal by correcting the complex difference signal based on the complex sum signal and the first correction coefficient; and
an orientation direction error calculator to calculate an orientation direction error based on the corrected complex difference signal and the complex sum signal, the orientation direction error being a difference between an arrival direction and an orientation direction, the arrival direction being a direction from which the radio wave comes and arrives, the orientation direction being a direction in which the antenna is orientated.

2. The tracking receiver according to claim 1 , wherein the complex difference signal correcting circuitry calculates the corrected complex difference signal by subtracting an estimated leakage sum signal from the complex difference signal, the estimated leakage sum signal being a value obtained by multiplying the complex sum signal by the first correction coefficient.

3. The tracking receiver according to claim 1 , wherein the complex difference signal correcting circuitry calculates the corrected complex difference signal by subtracting an estimated leakage sum signal from the complex difference signal, and adding an estimated leakage difference signal, the estimated leakage sum signal being a value obtained by multiplying the complex sum signal by the first correction coefficient, the estimated leakage difference signal being a value obtained by multiplying the complex difference signal by the first correction coefficient.

4. The tracking receiver according to claim 1 , further comprising complex sum signal correcting circuitry to calculate a corrected complex sum signal by correcting the complex sum signal based on the complex difference signal and the first correction coefficient, wherein
the orientation direction error calculator calculates the orientation direction error based on the corrected complex difference signal and the corrected complex sum signal.

5. The tracking receiver according to claim 4 , wherein
the complex difference signal correcting circuitry calculates the corrected complex difference signal by subtracting an estimated leakage sum signal from the complex difference signal, the estimated leakage sum signal being a value obtained by multiplying the complex sum signal by the first correction coefficient, and
the complex sum signal correcting circuitry calculates the corrected complex sum signal by adding the estimated leakage sum signal to the complex sum signal.

6. The tracking receiver according to claim 4 , wherein
the complex difference signal correcting circuitry calculates the corrected complex difference signal by subtracting an estimated leakage sum signal from the complex difference signal, and adding an estimated leakage difference signal, the estimated leakage sum signal being a value obtained by multiplying the complex sum signal by the first correction coefficient, the estimated leakage difference signal being a value obtained by multiplying the complex difference signal by the first correction coefficient, and
the complex sum signal correcting circuitry calculates the corrected complex sum signal by adding the estimated leakage sum signal to the complex sum signal, and subtracting the estimated leakage difference signal.

7. The tracking receiver according to claim 1 , further comprising a second correction coefficient storage to store a second correction coefficient represented by a complex number, the second correction coefficient being used when a leakage of the difference signal into the sum signal is estimated and corrected, wherein
the complex difference signal correcting circuitry calculates the corrected complex difference signal by correcting the complex difference signal based on the complex sum signal, the first correction coefficient, and the second correction coefficient.

8. The tracking receiver according to claim 7 , wherein the complex difference signal correcting circuitry calculates the corrected complex difference signal by subtracting an estimated leakage sum signal from the complex difference signal, and adding an estimated leakage difference signal, the estimated leakage sum signal being a value obtained by multiplying the complex sum signal by the first correction coefficient, the estimated leakage difference signal being a value obtained by multiplying the complex difference signal by the second correction coefficient.

9. The tracking receiver according to claim 7 , further comprising complex sum signal correcting circuitry to calculate a corrected complex sum signal by correcting the complex sum signal based on the complex difference signal, the first correction coefficient, and the second correction coefficient, wherein
the orientation direction error calculator calculates the orientation direction error based on the corrected complex difference signal and the corrected complex sum signal.

10. The tracking receiver according to claim 9 , wherein
the complex difference signal correcting circuitry calculates the corrected complex difference signal by subtracting an estimated leakage sum signal from the complex difference signal, and adding an estimated leakage difference signal, the estimated leakage sum signal being a value obtained by multiplying the complex sum signal by the first correction coefficient, the estimated leakage difference signal being a value obtained by multiplying the complex difference signal by the second correction coefficient, and
the complex sum signal correcting circuitry calculates the corrected complex sum signal by adding the estimated leakage sum signal to the complex sum signal, and subtracting the estimated leakage difference signal.

11. The tracking receiver according to claim 1 , wherein the first correction coefficient is a value determined based on the complex difference signal and the complex sum signal generated in a state where the sum signal is inputted without inputting the difference signal.

12. The tracking receiver according to claim 7 , wherein the first correction coefficient and the second correction coefficient are values determined based on the complex difference signal and the complex sum signal generated in a state where the sum signal is inputted without inputting the difference signal, and the complex difference signal and the complex sum signal generated in a state where the difference signal is inputted without inputting the sum signal.

13. An antenna apparatus comprising:
an antenna to receive a radio wave from a radio wave source;
an antenna pedestal to support the antenna so that

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Shoji Takanori
• Komai Kenji

Classifications

• G01S3/325 Primary

  Automatic tracking systems · CPC title

• G01S3/023

  Monitoring or calibrating · CPC title

• G01S3/42 Primary

  the desired condition being maintained automatically · CPC title

• G01S13/68

  for angle tracking only · CPC title