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Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 06, 2012
Applicant:

Patrick C. Fenton, Calgary, CA;

Inventor:

Patrick C. Fenton, Calgary, CA;

Assignee:

NovAtel Inc., Calgary, CA;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/36 (2006.01); G01S 19/21 (2010.01); H01Q 17/00 (2006.01); H04K 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 19/21 (2013.01); H01Q 17/008 (2013.01); H04K 3/228 (2013.01); H04K 3/90 (2013.01); H04K 2203/32 (2013.01);
Abstract

An anti-jamming subsystem for jamming signals originating along the horizon includes a two-dimensional horizontal array of antennas that effectively has a horizontal circular reception pattern for receiving signals originating along the horizon and a antenna that has a half hemispherical reception pattern and an upward looking view of the sky. The subsystem utilizes associated phase information to actively combine the signals received by the respective antennas in the array, to produce one or more anti-jamming signals with narrow beams in the directions of the jammers. The subsystem combines the anti-jamming signals with the signals received by the reference antenna, to produce signals for further processing in which the interference from the jamming signals originating along the horizon is minimized without adversely affecting the signals received by the reference antenna from at least higher elevation satellites.


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