Antenna beam forming for tracking a transmitter signal

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PATENT NO 9612337
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13483893

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Receiver using antenna beam forming for tracking a transmitter signal and method for tracking the transmitter signal. The receiver includes a beam forming network comprising at least one beam forming channel for weighting each of N signals received from an N-element antenna array with an assigned weighting factor for forming a beam for tracking a transmitter signal of a certain transmitter, and a calibrator structured and arranged to calibrate the weighting factor (Wi) assigned to a signal (i) selected from the N signals by determining an average phase difference (ΔΦ) between consecutive samples of the selected signal and consecutive samples of a reference signal and structured and arranged to adapt the weighting factor (Wi) of the selected signal depending on the determined average phase difference (ΔΦ), where (i) is a number between 1 and N.

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  • ASTRIUM GMBH

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Floch, Jean-Jacques Munich, DE 15 85

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