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WO2018109495A1
WO2018109495A1 PCT/GB2017/053767 GB2017053767W WO2018109495A1 WO 2018109495 A1 WO2018109495 A1 WO 2018109495A1 GB 2017053767 W GB2017053767 W GB 2017053767W WO 2018109495 A1 WO2018109495 A1 WO 2018109495A1
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Stephen James Nightingale
Giles Edward Charles CAPPS
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Chelton Limited
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B1/00—Details of transmission systems, not covered by a single one of groups H04B3/00 - H04B13/00; Details of transmission systems not characterised by the medium used for transmission
    • H04B1/38—Transceivers, i.e. devices in which transmitter and receiver form a structural unit and in which at least one part is used for functions of transmitting and receiving
    • H04B1/40—Circuits
    • H04B1/50—Circuits using different frequencies for the two directions of communication
    • H04B1/52—Hybrid arrangements, i.e. arrangements for transition from single-path two-direction transmission to single-direction transmission on each of two paths or vice versa
    • H04B1/525—Hybrid arrangements, i.e. arrangements for transition from single-path two-direction transmission to single-direction transmission on each of two paths or vice versa with means for reducing leakage of transmitter signal into the receiver

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  • the present invention relates to an RF interference cancellation system for a fixed or mobile radio.
  • RF transmitters and receivers where the associated antennas are in close proximity.
  • the antennas are omni-directional as the direction in which the signal is being transmitted to or received from is unknown.
  • the close proximity and omni- directional properties of the antennas inevitably mean that there can be significant levels of mutual coupling between them, eg, at 30MHz, the coupling can be 15dB or stronger on typical mobile platforms. Therefore, a 50W transmitter could be coupling 1 .6W into a receiver leading to significant desensitisation, total blocking or even damage.
  • Such systems are effective when working to cancel interference from a narrow band signal, such as from a communications radio, with the signal power over a narrow frequency range controlling the circuit providing cancellation and defining frequencies at which maximum cancellation occurs.
  • a narrow band signal such as from a communications radio
  • the radio signal power may be spread over several 10s of megaHertz and the circuit minimises the total power over that frequency range. Whilst this has some benefit, it can hinder quite significantly reliable wanted communication and is not particularly useful in providing an appropriately high level of cancellation at a specific frequency or narrower range of frequencies, such as those that will be used by a narrow band communications radio.
  • the present invention seeks therefore to improve RF interference cancellation systems, particularly when trying to deal with compensation for broadband interference signals.
  • a radio interference cancellation system comprising a sample coupler arranged to be connected, in use, to a transmit antenna acting as a source for radio interference;
  • a residue coupler arranged to be connected, in use, between a receiving antenna and a radio receiver
  • a pair of narrow band filters associated with the outputs of the sample coupler and residue coupler respectively, for filtering the output of the sample coupler and the residue coupler and feeding the filtered output to a correlator; a correlator for receiving the respective filtered signals and outputting a signal to a vector modulator;
  • a vector modulator for receiving the output of the correlator and modulating the received signal from the sample coupler to provide a cancellation signal
  • a cancellation coupler for receiving the cancellation signal and applying it to the path between the receive antenna and the residual coupler, such that, in use, a cancellation signal is applied to the signal received by the receive antenna and passed to the radio receiver to minimise the interference effects of any unwanted RF signal coupling in a frequency range defined by the bandwidth of the narrow band filters.
  • cancellation can be provided within a narrow frequency range at which narrow band radio communication is required to ensure optimum operation of a radio and remote communication even when significant broadband interference is present.
  • the present invention may further include a filter positioned between the output of the cancellation circuit and the receiving radio to reduce the potential for saturation of the radio or for it to be driven into a distortion mode.
  • a filter may either be at a fixed frequency, or can be tuneable so as to set its frequency at the point of maximum cancellation by a controller. This reduces the potential for saturation, and in the latter case the received frequency can then be set to any desired frequency and the centre frequency of the filter will track the frequency of maximum cancellation to improve further the operation of the radio.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic circuit diagram showing a prior art interference cancellation circuit
  • Figure 2 is a schematic circuit diagram showing a first example interference cancellation circuit according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic circuit diagram showing a further example circuit according to the present invention.
  • a known RF cancellation circuit is shown.
  • This circuit is a single channel narrow band RF interference cancellation circuit which is configured to remove narrow band interference coupled from a transmitter 1 to a receiver 2.
  • This circuit operates by taking a sample of the interfering signal from the transmitter 1 via a directional coupler 3 inserted between the transmitter 1 and its antenna 4.
  • the sampled signal is passed through a cancellation module 5 which comprises a vector modulator 6 which adjusts the amplitude and phase of the sampled signal.
  • the output of the vector modulator 6 is injected into a cancellation coupler 7 inserted between a receiving antenna 8 and the receiver 2.
  • a residue coupler 9 is inserted between the cancellation coupler and the receiver 2 to monitor the residual signal after cancellation.
  • Residue coupler 9 drives a negative feedback loop 10 to adjust the vector modulator 6 to minimise the residual power, therefore maximising the cancellation of the transmitted interfering signal.
  • the negative feedback loop 10 is represented by the loop in the figure and generally comprises, in sequence, the residual coupler 9, an amplifier 1 1 , correlator 12, low pass filter 13 and further amplifier 14.
  • the signal power over a narrow frequency range controls the circuit and defines the frequency at which maximum cancellation occurs.
  • this circuit has many benefits, it does not operate well when dealing with a broad band signal, in terms of providing a high level of cancellation at a specific frequency or in a narrow frequency range such as those required by a narrow band communications radio.
  • Figure 2 shows a first example of the present invention that seeks to improve the prior art circuit shown in figure 1 .
  • components that correspond generally to those in the prior art of figure 1 are numbered identically.
  • narrowband digital filters are implemented within the digital signal processing block 23 on the residue and sample inputs to the correlator 12. These filters ensure that the controlling signal provided from the correlator 12 to the vector modulator 6 maximises the cancellation at the centre frequency of the matched narrowband digital filters. It will be appreciated by a person skilled in the art that if a digital approach is taken, then anti-aliasing filters are necessary and provided as the filters 20, 21 with their characteristics being defined by the sampling frequency used to sample the correlator input waveforms. In this case a pair of analogue to digital convenors 22 feed the digital processing block 23 which outputs to a digital to analogue convenor 24.
  • the invention could also be implemented as an equivalent analogue technique in which case the ADC and DAC components are not present. Employment of a digital approach allows however for exact matching of the filter characteristics which improves the level of cancellation over a narrow band. It will also be appreciated by a person skilled in the art that additional cancellation circuits can be provided to insert further cancellation frequencies, in the form of additional "notches" in the frequency characteristics of the system. In such a circumstance N-way splitters 24 and N-way combiners 25 are provided to take signals received from a number of sources to combine cancellation and residual signals.
  • the power in any interfering signal, together with any coupling between the source and the radio antennas, is sufficiently weak that the received power does not overdrive the front end of the radio 2 and cause compression and harmonic and intermodulation distortion.
  • a typical antenna coupling figure would be weaker than 35dB.
  • radio desensitisation occurs at the level of "noise like" interfering power in the receiver channel. In such a situation radio sensitivity can be restored by producing a narrow band null in the manner described with respect to the module and system of figure 2.
  • the cancellation module and system of figure 2 will reduce interfering noise over the receive channel frequency, but the total received power either side of the receive frequency may well be sufficient to drive the radio 2 into saturation, because of the relatively wideband front end of the receiving radio 2. This occurs when the antenna coupling between the source and the radio antennas is relatively strong, perhaps in the region of 20dB or stronger.
  • This scenario can be overcome by attempting to remit interference over a wider bandwidth in the configuration of figure 2.
  • an alternative approach is shown in figure 3, in which a narrowband band pass filter is provided between the output of the cancellation module 5 and the input to the radio 2.
  • components that are equivalent to those in earlier figures are numbered with the same numbering.
  • a filter preferably a tuneable bandpass filter 30, is positioned adjacent to coupler 9 and the radio receiver 2 and in the path of the receive antenna 8 of the system of figure 3.
  • the filter 30 may be set to filter at a fixed frequency or programmed by a controller 31 for operation at the same frequency as the cancellation module 5. With this configuration it is possible to vary the frequency at which narrow band compensation is provided dependent upon the receive channel. However, by also providing additional filtering at a wider range given by filter 30 around that central selected narrow band, it is possible to reduce the power received by the radio receiver 2 at either side of the receiving channel frequency to reduce the likelihood of the receiving radio 2 being driven into saturation and distortion.

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La présente invention concerne un système d'annulation d'interférence radio. Le système comprend un coupleur d'échantillon disposé de sorte à être connecté, lors de l'utilisation, à une antenne d'émission agissant comme source d'interférence radio; un coupleur de résidu disposé de sorte à être connecté, lors de l'utilisation, entre une antenne de réception et un récepteur radio; une paire de filtres à bande étroite, les filtres à bande étroite étant respectivement associés aux sorties du coupleur d'échantillon et du coupleur de résidu, permettant de filtrer la sortie du coupleur d'échantillon et du coupleur de résidu et d'alimenter la sortie filtrée vers un corrélateur; un corrélateur permettant de recevoir les signaux filtrés respectifs et d'émettre un signal à un modulateur de vecteur; un modulateur de vecteur permettant de recevoir le signal de sortie du corrélateur et de moduler le signal reçu en provenance du coupleur d'échantillon afin de fournir un signal d'annulation; un coupleur d'annulation permettant de recevoir le signal d'annulation et de l'appliquer au trajet entre l'antenne de réception et le coupleur résiduel, de sorte que, lors de l'utilisation, un signal d'annulation est appliqué au signal reçu par l'antenne de réception et est transmis au récepteur radio afin de réduire au minimum les effets d'interférence de tout couplage de signal RF indésirable dans une plage de fréquences définie par la largeur de bande des filtres à bande étroite.
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