IP Library Granted Patent US 8,374,564
Granted Patent B2
US 8,374,564 · App. 13/196,800 · Granted Feb 12, 2013

Signal filtering system and related methods

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Patent No.
US 8,374,564
App. No.
13/196,800
Granted
Feb 12, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A burst demodulator and method of obtaining a signal of interest from many signals of interest within a composite signal. Implementations may include receiving a composite signal, centering a replica of the interfering signal relative to the composite signal, reducing the composite signal to the bandwidth of a desired signal of interest, and canceling the remaining portion of the interfering signal.

Claims (9)

1. A method of obtaining a signal of interest from a plurality of signals of interest comprised in a composite signal:

receiving a composite signal containing an interfering signal and a plurality of signals of interest;

centering a replica of the interfering signal relative to the composite signal by frequency translating the replica of the interfering signal using a complex rotator;

reducing the composite signal to at least the bandwidth of a desired one of the plurality of signals of interest using a downlink bandwidth filter to form a filtered composite signal comprising the desired one of the plurality of signals of interest and a remaining portion of the interfering signal within the bandwidth of the desired one of the plurality of signals of interest;

reducing the bandwidth of the replica of the interfering signal to at least the bandwidth of the desired one of the plurality of signals of interest using an uplink bandwidth filter to form a filtered replica of the interfering signal; and

canceling the remaining portion of the interfering signal using the filtered replica of the interfering signal to produce the desired one of the plurality of signals of interest.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising repeating centering the replica of the interfering signal relative to the composite signal, reducing the composite signal, reducing the bandwidth of the replica of the interfering signal, and canceling the remaining portion of the interfering signal for each one of the plurality of the signals of interest included in the composite signal.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising sending each one of the plurality of signals of interest to a corresponding one of a plurality of demodulators.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising digitally down converting a bandlimited intermediate frequency signal with a digital down conversion module to form a downlink baseband signal prior to receiving a baseband signal comprising the composite signal.

Assignments (5)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS AT REEL 037993/FRAME 0001 Recorded Jun 19, 2024
From: CITIBANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP.; COMTECH EF DATA CORP.; COMTECH MOBILE DATACOM LLC; COMTECH SATELLITE NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; COMTECH SYSTEMS, INC.; COMTECH XICOM TECHNOLOGY, INC.; MAPLE ACQUISITION LLC; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC.
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SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 18, 2024
From: COMTECH SATELLITE NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: TCW ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC, AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 067756/0148 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 23, 2024
From: COMTECH EF DATA CORP.; COMTECH XICOM TECHNOLOGY, INC.; COMTECH SATELLITE NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: COMTECH SATELLITE NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Mar 3, 2016
From: COMTECH EF DATA CORP.; COMTECH XICOM TECHNOLOGY, INC.; COMTECH MOBILE DATACOM CORPORATION; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC.
To: CITIBANK N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 037993/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 2, 2011
From: MILLER, RICHARD M.; MAMARIL, CRIS M.
To: COMTECH EF DATA CORP.
Reel/Frame 026690/0254 →