Technology Description
This technology provides a scalable and reconfigurable receiver architecture for receiving code modulated signals at the receiver. Multiple switches operate at RF frequency, creating a n-path receiver that selects desired code for reception while rejecting others. This can improve performance of a receiver by enabling it to tolerate higher power interferers.
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Background of Invention
RF communication at moderate frequencies (MHz to a few GHz) has a problem of undesired transmitter signals interfering with desired receiver signals in overlapping frequency ranges. This is especially problematic with many users utilizing a wireless network with limited bandwidth. Emerging 5G applications rely on dense spectrum reuse to increase network capacity, leading to increased in-band or co-channel interference. Digital beamforming (DBF) in phased/MIMO arrays which enable spatial filtering is desirable for reconfigurable, concurrent multiple beams. However, the absence of analog spatial filtering results in high ADC dynamic range requirements to tolerate ci-co-channel interference/jammers. This has led to interest in development of notched-arrays with spatio-spectral notching of jammers/interferers in RF/analog prior to the ADC and DBF.
Status
Provisional patent filed; available