METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC INSPECTION OF RADIO-FREQUENCY EMISSION SOURCES Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: radio engineering, applicable for determination of the bearing and frequency of the source of radio signals in the systems of automatic detection of radio emissions.

SUBSTANCE: the method is based on reception of the signal of the source of radio emission by two antennas, whose focal axes are shifted relative to each other approximately by the width of the directional pattern, measurement of the frequency and amplitudes of the received signals and approximate estimation of the bearing of the radio signal by comparison of the amplitudes of the signals received by the antennas, the centers of aperture of the antennas are spaced at a distance exceeding the wavelength of the signal under inspection, approximate estimation of the bearing of the radio signal source is effected by subtraction of the ratio of the difference of the amplitudes of the signals received by the antennas to their sum simultaneously with measurement of the frequency and amplitudes of the signals received by the antennas, the phase shift between them is measured, several values of the bearing of the source of radio signals are calculated according to the measured difference of phases, they are compared with their approximate estimation of the bearing, the value of the bearing is selected from those calculated according to the difference of the phases, the closest to that determined by the ratio of the difference of the amplitudes to their sums, and taken as a bearing to the source of radio signal.

EFFECT: enhanced efficiency of direction finding and simplified realization due to the reduced number of antennas and receiving channels.

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