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Title: Robust power detector for wideband signals among many single tone signals

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1492818

Various technologies for isolating a signal of interest from signals received contemporaneously by an antenna are described herein. A time period for which a signal of interest is present in a second signal can be identified based upon ratios of values of the second signal to the mean value of the second signal. When the ratio of the value of the second signal at a particular time to the mean of the second signal exceeds a threshold value, the signal of interest is considered to be present in the second signal.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
Assignee:
National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, NM)
Patent Number(s):
10,171,189
Application Number:
15/862,316
OSTI ID:
1492818
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2018 Jan 04
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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