DEVICE FOR DETERMINING BEARING ANGLE AND RANGE TO SIGNAL SOURCE Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC G01V1/16 G01W1/00 

FIELD: measuring equipment.

SUBSTANCE: device for determining bearing angle and range to the signal source comprises of a personal electronic computer (PC), as well as the first and second identical channels, each of which includes a block of magnetic antennas and the first amplifier and the first filter connected in series. The device further comprises of a time standard system unit and a subscriber communication unit connected to the PC, series-connected temperature receivers, the first and the second amplifier units, the first and the second filter units, the first threshold unit and the first AND circuit, the first timer, the first AND circuit, a counter unit, series-connected radiation receiver, the second amplifier, the first threshold element and an OR circuit, as well as the first clock generator, the first block of analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), and the first and second signal simulator. Each channel contains the series-connected light sensor unit, the third amplifier unit, the third filter unit, the fourth amplifier unit, the second threshold unit and the second OR circuit, the series-connected fifth amplifier unit, the fourth filter unit, the sixth amplifier unit, the third threshold unit, and the third OR circuit, the series-connected first D/A converter (DAC) unit and the first calibrator unit, the series-connected second DAC unit and the second calibrator unit, the series-connected first DAC, first calibrator and a seismometer, the series-connected third amplifier, the second filter, the second threshold element and the second AND circuit, the series-connected second timer, the third AND circuit and the first timer, the series-connected second DAC second calibrator, the series-connected microbarometer, the fourth amplifier, the third filter, the fifth amplifier, the fourth filter, the third threshold element and the fourth AND circuit, the series-connected third timer, the fifth AND circuit and the second timer, and the first and second ADC, the second and third ADC units, the fourth and fifth timers, the second clock generator. The magnetic antenna unit is made in the form of three mutually perpendicular magnetic antennas, the light sensor unit is made in the form of three mutually perpendicular opposite pairs of light sensors, the temperature receiver unit is made in the form of 2n(≥n2) heat-insulated temperature receivers, placed at regular intervals along the circumference in a horizontal plane. The threshold units and the second and third threshold elements are controlled by a threshold, the amplifiers and amplifier units are provided with phase, bandwidth and sensitivity control, the timers are designed to control the duration of the output signal, and the filters and filter units are configured with bandwidth control.

EFFECT: provision for bearing angle of several types of signal sources, reduction of the error when using the device at short distances and increase in the interference immunity of the device.

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