Signal detecting frequency counter

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2005-11-23

2009-06-16

Nguyen, Simon D (Department: 2618)

Telecommunications

Receiver or analog modulated signal frequency converter

C455S067110, C455S158300, C455S161200, C455S224000, C455S226100

Reexamination Certificate

active

07548735

ABSTRACT:
The invention provides an apparatus and a method for determining the frequency of a radio frequency signal. The coherency of a received signal is determined and only the frequency of a coherent signal is determined. Zero amplitude transitions of coherent signals are counted in respective time periods. If the counts in each time period agree within a quantization error, the accumulated counts for a fixed time period are employed to determine a frequency. The frequency determining apparatus and method are particularly useful with a frequency agile radio receiver for detecting the presence of radio frequency signals from nearby mobile and stationary transmitters. Upon determination of the frequency of the nearby transmitter, the channel of transmission can be determined from a memory within the receiver and the receiver can be tuned to monitor the transmission. Additional tests to verify the frequency determination may be applied using squelch and window detector circuits of the radio receiver.

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