Unisys Corporation

Jeffery Mac Thornock

Patrick J Smith

Scott R Bullock

A narrowband parameter estimator circuit is described which can be used to estimate the frequency and the relative power of narrowband interference tones which reside in a wideband information signal. A two-weight adaptive filter with a phase/frequency-lock loop circuit works in conjunction with a stepped synthesizer to lock onto the individual narrowband interference tones. A lock-detect circuit signals a digital logic unit to record the frequency of the stepped synthesizer and to measure the power in the adaptive filter output signal. This same output signal is used to cancel the unwanted tone in the wideband information signal being transmitted.

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Layton, UT, United States of America

Jeffery Mac Thornock