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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2010
John W. Rockway, San Diego, CA (US);
Karl Moeller, San Diego, CA (US);
Jeffrey L. Young, Moscow, ID (US);
John W. Rockway, San Diego, CA (US);
Karl Moeller, San Diego, CA (US);
Jeffrey L. Young, Moscow, ID (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A circulator-enabled signals suppressor (CENSOR) for reducing co-site interference comprising: a first circulator comprising first, second, and third ports, wherein the first port is disposed to receive an incoming signal from an antenna, wherein the incoming signal comprises a desired signal and an interference signal; a first reflective, tunable bandpass filter-bank operatively coupled to the second port, disposed to reflect a reflected signal back into the second port and also to produce a filtered signal, wherein the reflected signal comprises the desired signal and a reflected portion of the interference signal, and the filtered signal comprises a majority portion of the interference signal; and a receiver operatively coupled to the third port and disposed to receive the reflected signal.