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US Patent No. 6,400,754 -- Spread Spectrum Localizers

To develop these localizers which determine separation distances from each other using pseudo-random electromagnetic noise pulses (i.e., non-sinusoid based radio communications), the inventors had to develop innovative hardware, software and algorithms. The initial application eventually issued as five separate patents. A mathematical aspect of the invention is what is termed a "pseudo-autocorrelation function" (depicted on the Work Samples page) which is used to determine the time of reception of noise pulses with great accuracy.

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ABSTRACT

A network of localizers determines relative locations in three-dimensional space to within 1 cm by measuring propagation times of pseudorandom sequences of electromagnetic impulses. The propagation time is determined from a correlator which provides an analog pseudo-autocorrelation function sampled at discrete time bins. The correlator has a number of integrators, each integrator providing a signal proportional to the time integral of the product of the expected pulse sequence delayed by one of the discrete time bins, and the non-delayed received antenna signal. Using pattern recognition the arrival time of the received signal can be determined to within a time much smaller than the separation between bins. Because operation of standard CMOS circuitry generates noise over a large frequency range, only low-noise circuitry operates during transmission and reception. A stage in the low-frequency clock uses low-noise circuitry during transmissions and receptions, and standard circuitry at other times.