Global positioning system digital receiver
CA 2053408 A1 · Owner: Kennedy, Howard L. · Inventors: King, Michael Thomas; Kennedy, Howard L.
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Abstract of the Disclosure, A digital global positioning system (GPS) receiver for receiving a plurality of coded satellite signals. The plurality of satellite signals is transmitted by a corresponding plurality of satellites. Since these satellites are moving rapidly with respect to the receiver, Doppler shifting of the signals is exhibited. The signals are converted from analog to digital at intermediate frequency levels. The signals are then separated simultaneously into a plurality of digital signals corresponding to I and Q channel information for each transmitting satellite. A processor then converts these I and Q channel information signals to pseudo-range and broadcast data for …
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- Filed October 11, 1991. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 11, 2011.
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