Patents Represented by Attorney Donald D. Singer
  • Patent number: 5099194
    Abstract: This proposed approach to extending the frequency range uses non-uniform sampling to gain the advantages of a high sampling rate with only a modest increase in the number of samples. The basic idea is to use two sets of uniform samples with slightly different sampling frequency. Each set of samples is Fourier transformed independently and the frequency of the lowest aliases determined. It is shown that knowledge of these two alias frequencies permits unambiguous determination of the signal frequency over a range far exceeding the Nyquist frequency, except at a discrete set of points. It is further shown that one additional set of samples is sufficient to resolve all these discrete degeneracies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1992
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Richard B. Sanderson, James B. Y. Tsui