Filtering out a jammer signal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9453916-B2
Application number	US-201213728525-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 27, 2012
Priority date	Dec 27, 2012
Publication date	Sep 27, 2016
Grant date	Sep 27, 2016

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.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

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.

Assignees

• Trimble Navigation Ltd

Inventors

• Riley Stuart
• Krantz Eric

Classifications

• G01S19/36

  relating to the receiver frond end · CPC title

• H04B2001/1054

  by changing bandwidth · CPC title

• H04B1/109

  by improving strong signal performance of the receiver when strong unwanted signals are present at the receiver input · CPC title

• H04B2001/1045

  Adjacent-channel interference · CPC title

• G01S19/21 Primary

  Interference related issues {; Issues related to cross-correlation, spoofing or other methods of denial of service} · CPC title