摘要:
A beam scanning through a receiver is detected at the receiver deriving a threshold level from the peak of the received beam, the threshold being used to detect the received beam envelope as delayed by an analog delay circuit.
摘要:
A landing system antenna in which a plurality of antenna elements arranged in a circular pattern are sequentially energized to project a scanning planar beam with fine scanning control maintained by controlling the phase in a plurality of small steps.
摘要:
A microwave transmission system suitable for use as an aircraft landing system consists of a linear array of radiators each of which radiates the same carrier signal. The carrier signal is modulated with a triangular frequency constant amplitude modulation; the application of the modulation being progressively delayed for the different radiators in the linear array. This produces a radiated pattern consisting of frequency spokes; each spoke having a unique frequency and being radiated in a unique direction. By noting the frequency of a received signal an aircraft can determine its angular position relative to the transmitter.
摘要:
Precision guidance of aircraft throughout a great volume of positions, and with spectrum economy, is achieved with coordinated scanning of coarse and fine coverage localizer antennas and coarse and fine glide-path antennas. The scan coordination is predetermined for sequential traversals of the useful scan sectors, microwave transmission through the several antennas being effected in the sequence of the scans. Each such transmission includes modulation not only in accordance with the antenna scan angle but also with the direction of movement in the scan sector. The aircraft receiver means detects the aircraft position by the detected modulation and/or reception timing of each directionally transmitted beam. General position is determinable from reception of the wide-angle (coarse) scanning beams. Precise guidance in the vicinity of a predetermined lowangle glide path is derivable from the beams transmitted through the narrow scan antennas.
摘要:
A frequency tracker in which the input frequency to be tracked is first heterodyned by a pair of signals, in phase quadrature, at a first reference frequency thereby producing a pair of filtered signals, in phase quadrature, proportional to the difference in frequency between the input and reference frequency. The time derivative is taken of each of these filtered signals. The outputs of each of the differentiators are multiplied together with the filtered output of the opposite channel, with the multiplied outputs combined to form a signal proportional to the input power and the difference in frequency between the input and reference frequency. The combined outputs are integrated to provide an error signal, proportional to the frequency difference, which is periodically applied to the reference frequency oscillator to adjust its frequency so that it is more closely aligned with the input frequency.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for providing a position location based on transmission of substantially parallel, collimated, coherent signal beams from a reference position, the beams being rotated in fixed parallel relation to one another about the reference position. The determination of the distance of the receiving position from the reference position, or the determination of the azimuth of the receiving position from a predetermined reference direction through the reference position, or both, is determined according to incremental angular rotation of the beams independently of the angular velocity of rotation.