Sampling threshold and gain for satellite navigation receiver

• Main Authors: JERRY EUGENE KNIGHT, CHARLES R. CAHN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 27.01.2011
• Subjects: ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; MEASURING; PHYSICS; RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; TESTING; TRANSMISSION

A satellite navigation device including a flexible radio frequency (RF) receiver is described. The receiver receives a signal that includes at least a first spread-spectrum signal from a first satellite. The receiver has a first channel that includes an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter to sample an...