Elta Systems Ltd.

Moshe Fireaizen

Moshe Nahaman

Aharon Razon

Ofer Shariv

David Karasik

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 positioning system and method for determination of location data of an object are described. The positioning system includes one or more transmitting units configured to transmit a multi-frequency signal that comprises at least two different signal frequency components. The positioning system also includes a receiver system mounted on the object, and configured to receive the multi-frequency signals from the transmitting units, and to determine phases of each signal frequency component of the multi-frequency signal. The positioning system also includes a processing system configured to receive the phases of each signal frequency component of the multi-frequency signal, and to determine a distance between the transmitting units and the object, and the location data of the object.

System and method for positioning and navigation of an object

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 of communicating information from a sensor concerning a received signal, comprising: responsive to receiving by at least one detecting sensor, during a defined time interval, data indicative of an entire data of a frequency band received by it during the defined time interval, comprising at least one signal emitted at least one emitter, and to detecting of the emitted signal by the at least one detecting sensor, sending from the sensor assistance information corresponding to the detected emitted signal during the defined time interval, to at least one non-detecting sensor. This information can be utilized by the non-detecting sensor to perform an action with respect to data indicative of an entire data of the frequency band received by the non-detecting sensor during a corresponding defined time interval, the action corresponding to at least one emitted signal received by the non-detecting sensor during the corresponding defined time interval.

Signal detection by means of supplemental information

A transponder system is presented, comprising first and second antenna arrays each comprising a plurality of antenna elements arranged in a predetermined geometry. The antenna elements of the first antenna array are respectively interconnected with corresponding antenna elements of the second antenna array by respective connection lines thereby forming plurality of receiving-transmitting pairs of antenna elements. A receiving-transmitting pair is configured to receive an input electro-magnetic signal by one antenna element thereof and transmit a corresponding output signal by the other antenna element, thereby enabling collective collection of a signal waveform and transmission of a corresponding output signal waveform. The first and second antenna arrays are rotatable with respect to one another about at least one predetermined rotation axis, thereby enabling variation of direction of propagation of the output signal waveform with respect to direction of propagation of the collected signal waveform.

Rotatable transponder system

A method of communicating information from a sensor concerning a received signal, comprising: responsive to receiving by at least one detecting sensor, during a defined time interval data indicative of an entire data of a frequency band received by it during the defined time interval, comprising at least one signal emitted at least one emitter, and to detecting of the emitted signal by the at least one detecting sensor, sending from the sensor assistance information corresponding to the detected emitted signal during the defined time interval, to at least one non-detecting sensor. This information can be utilized by the non-detecting sensor to perform an action with respect to data indicative of an entire data of the frequency band received by the non-detecting sensor during a corresponding defined time interval, the action corresponding to at least one emitted signal received by the non-detecting sensor during the corresponding defined time interval.

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.

Systems and method for locating a signal source

The present invention relates to a digital retro-directive system and method thereof for receiving incoming signals from a transmitting source by means of at least two antennas and transmitting outgoing signals back, substantially, simultaneously, towards said transmitting source through said at least two antennas irrespective of the location of one antenna with respect to another and without calculating phase differences between said outgoing signals.

Digital retro-directive communication system and method thereof

A transponder system including first and second arrays of receiving and transmitting antenna elements arranged in spaced apart relationship with a predetermined spacing. The antenna elements of the first array are connected, via respective transmission modules, to respective antenna elements of the second array in accordance with their positions in the arrays thus forming receiving and transmitting pairs of antenna elements. The transmission modules include: a sampler adapted for digitizing signals received by the receiving antenna element of the corresponding pair, a memory for storing a digital representation of the received signals, and a signal generation module operable for generating from the digital representation a signal to be transmitted by the transmitting antenna element of the corresponding pair with a predetermined temporal delay to thereby provide a predetermined angular shift between a waveform of the received input signal and a waveform of the collective output signal.

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Halamish, Israel

Moshe Fireaizen