Patent ID: 9551792
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: G01S

Claim:
1. A global positioning system (GPS) receiver comprising: a first antenna and a second antenna, the first and second antennas configured to receive a radio frequency (RF) signal carrying a GPS source signal; a first radio circuit coupled with the first antenna and configured to down-convert the RF signal to a first signal; a second radio circuit coupled with the second antenna and configured to down-convert the RF signal to a second signal; and a signal processing section coupled with the first and second signals; wherein the GPS source signal includes a C/A code; wherein the signal processor section includes: a local code generator that generates a local code and an acquisition block configured to generate a coarse C/A code in response to the C/A code and the local code; a carrier tracking block coupled with the first and second signals and configured to generate a first tracked carrier signal and a second tracked carrier signal; and a summing block configured to combine the first tracked carrier signal and a second tracked carrier signal to generate a combined tracked carrier signal.