GREGORY JOHN BOEGNER, JR
Pilots at Fox Chaser Ln, White Hall, MD
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Maryland C1069500
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Airmen
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4420 Fox Chaser Ln, White Hall, MD 21161
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Radiation-Hardened Fast Acquisition/Weak Signal Tracking System And Method
US Patent:
7548199, Jun 16, 2009
Filed:
Sep 20, 2005
Appl. No.:
11/239458
Inventors:
Luke Winternitz - Greenbelt MD, US
Gregory J. Boegner - White Hall MD, US
Steve Sirotzky - Arlington VA, US
Gregory J. Boegner - White Hall MD, US
Steve Sirotzky - Arlington VA, US
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Washington DC
International Classification:
G01S 5/14
US Classification:
34235715
Abstract:
A global positioning system (GPS) receiver and method of acquiring and tracking GPS signals comprises an antenna adapted to receive GPS signals; an analog radio frequency device operatively connected to the antenna and adapted to convert the GPS signals from an analog format to a digital format; a plurality of GPS signal tracking correlators operatively connected to the analog RF device; a GPS signal acquisition component operatively connected to the analog RF device and the plurality of GPS signal tracking correlators, wherein the GPS signal acquisition component is adapted to calculate a maximum vector on a databit correlation grid; and a microprocessor operatively connected to the plurality of GPS signal tracking correlators and the GPS signal acquisition component, wherein the microprocessor is adapted to compare the maximum vector with a predetermined correlation threshold to allow the GPS signal to be fully acquired and tracked.