Multi-channel reception system including a superheterodyne-type receiver associated with spectral analysers with instantaneous bandwidth

Abstract

A reception system including a receiver of superheterodyne type coupled to a processing means, the receiver including N antennas. Said receiver includes: N translation means, each being able to frequency translate signals delivered by the antenna considered, from a frequency sub-band of the span of interest to a restricted frequency band, and to frequency multiplex the signals belonging to said frequency sub-band; N first intermediate frequency bandpass filters, of bandwidth equal to said restricted frequency band, respectively coupled at the output of each translation means, and able to filter the translated and multiplexed signals; a coupling means able to sum the N filtered signals so as to deliver the set of summed signals via N outputs. The processing means includes N other translation means coupled to N other intermediate frequency bandpass filters of frequency bandwidth equal to L, themselves coupled to N spectral analyzers, all having the same restricted analysis frequency band of width L, each other translation means of rank i, i being an integer varying from 1 to N, being able to transpose the signals delivered by the coupling means with the aid of a translation signal having a frequency adapted to each other translation means, in such a way that the other intermediate frequency bandpass filter connected at the output of said other translation means, is able to filter the ith sub-band of the total frequency band of width L·N, to which the signals summed by the coupling means belong.