Elta Systems Ltd.

Aharon Razon

Moshe Fireaizen

A direction finder antenna system and method are described. The direction finder antenna system comprises a rotatable platform comprising at least two antenna units at selected distance between them, a motor configured for moving the rotatable platform at a motion pattern, and a signal collection circuit configured for receiving data on signal portions collected by said at least two antenna units with respect to different angular positions of said at least two antenna units. The signal collection circuit generates output data indicative of direction of origin of collected signal.

Direction finder antenna system

A method of estimating the location of a signal source comprises, by a processing unit:

Systems and methods for locating a signal source

A method utilizes signals received from the signal source by receivers during respective time intervals and data about a change in positions of the receivers during these time intervals. The method includes applying first processing to each of the signals received by each respective receiver to determine an accumulated phase in the signal during a respective time interval. Applying second processing to determine differential phases differences between the accumulated phases of the signals received by two or more pairs of the receivers. The phases differences are indicative of the difference between the changes of the distances of the respective receivers from the signal source during the respective time intervals. The method includes applying a third processing for determining the location of the signal source such that the relative changes between the positions of the respective receivers relative to the determined location correspond to the distance differences of the phase differences.

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Tel Aviv, Israel

Aharon Razon