GB2420058B - A radio beacon - Google Patents

A radio beacon

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Publication number
GB2420058B
GB2420058B GB0522567A GB0522567A GB2420058B GB 2420058 B GB2420058 B GB 2420058B GB 0522567 A GB0522567 A GB 0522567A GB 0522567 A GB0522567 A GB 0522567A GB 2420058 B GB2420058 B GB 2420058B
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United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
radio beacon
beacon
radio
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GB0522567A
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GB0522567D0 (en
GB2420058A (en
Inventor
Ashley Bennett
Craig Duncan
Sixiong Fan
Chris Maddox
Lance May
Vince Todd
Kevan Wilson-Elswood
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STANDARD COMM Pty Ltd
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STANDARD COMM Pty Ltd
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S1/00—Beacons or beacon systems transmitting signals having a characteristic or characteristics capable of being detected by non-directional receivers and defining directions, positions, or position lines fixed relatively to the beacon transmitters; Receivers co-operating therewith
    • G01S1/02—Beacons or beacon systems transmitting signals having a characteristic or characteristics capable of being detected by non-directional receivers and defining directions, positions, or position lines fixed relatively to the beacon transmitters; Receivers co-operating therewith using radio waves
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B29/00—Checking or monitoring of signalling or alarm systems; Prevention or correction of operating errors, e.g. preventing unauthorised operation
    • G08B29/18—Prevention or correction of operating errors
    • G08B29/20—Calibration, including self-calibrating arrangements
    • G08B29/24—Self-calibration, e.g. compensating for environmental drift or ageing of components
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S5/00—Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position line determinations; Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations
    • G01S5/02—Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position line determinations; Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations using radio waves
    • G01S5/0205—Details
    • G01S5/0226—Transmitters
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S5/00—Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position line determinations; Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations
    • G01S5/02—Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position line determinations; Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations using radio waves
    • G01S5/0205—Details
    • G01S5/0226—Transmitters
    • G01S5/0231—Emergency, distress or locator beacons
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B25/00—Alarm systems in which the location of the alarm condition is signalled to a central station, e.g. fire or police telegraphic systems
    • G08B25/01—Alarm systems in which the location of the alarm condition is signalled to a central station, e.g. fire or police telegraphic systems characterised by the transmission medium
    • G08B25/016—Personal emergency signalling and security systems
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03B—GENERATION OF OSCILLATIONS, DIRECTLY OR BY FREQUENCY-CHANGING, BY CIRCUITS EMPLOYING ACTIVE ELEMENTS WHICH OPERATE IN A NON-SWITCHING MANNER; GENERATION OF NOISE BY SUCH CIRCUITS
    • H03B5/00—Generation of oscillations using amplifier with regenerative feedback from output to input
    • H03B5/02—Details
    • H03B5/04—Modifications of generator to compensate for variations in physical values, e.g. power supply, load, temperature
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03L—AUTOMATIC CONTROL, STARTING, SYNCHRONISATION OR STABILISATION OF GENERATORS OF ELECTRONIC OSCILLATIONS OR PULSES
    • H03L1/00—Stabilisation of generator output against variations of physical values, e.g. power supply
    • H03L1/02—Stabilisation of generator output against variations of physical values, e.g. power supply against variations of temperature only
    • H03L1/022—Stabilisation of generator output against variations of physical values, e.g. power supply against variations of temperature only by indirect stabilisation, i.e. by generating an electrical correction signal which is a function of the temperature
    • H03L1/023—Stabilisation of generator output against variations of physical values, e.g. power supply against variations of temperature only by indirect stabilisation, i.e. by generating an electrical correction signal which is a function of the temperature by using voltage variable capacitance diodes
    • H03L1/025—Stabilisation of generator output against variations of physical values, e.g. power supply against variations of temperature only by indirect stabilisation, i.e. by generating an electrical correction signal which is a function of the temperature by using voltage variable capacitance diodes and a memory for digitally storing correction values
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03L—AUTOMATIC CONTROL, STARTING, SYNCHRONISATION OR STABILISATION OF GENERATORS OF ELECTRONIC OSCILLATIONS OR PULSES
    • H03L1/00—Stabilisation of generator output against variations of physical values, e.g. power supply
    • H03L1/02—Stabilisation of generator output against variations of physical values, e.g. power supply against variations of temperature only
    • H03L1/022—Stabilisation of generator output against variations of physical values, e.g. power supply against variations of temperature only by indirect stabilisation, i.e. by generating an electrical correction signal which is a function of the temperature
    • H03L1/027—Stabilisation of generator output against variations of physical values, e.g. power supply against variations of temperature only by indirect stabilisation, i.e. by generating an electrical correction signal which is a function of the temperature by using frequency conversion means which is variable with temperature, e.g. mixer, frequency divider, pulse add/substract logic circuit
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03L—AUTOMATIC CONTROL, STARTING, SYNCHRONISATION OR STABILISATION OF GENERATORS OF ELECTRONIC OSCILLATIONS OR PULSES
    • H03L1/00—Stabilisation of generator output against variations of physical values, e.g. power supply
    • H03L1/02—Stabilisation of generator output against variations of physical values, e.g. power supply against variations of temperature only
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03L—AUTOMATIC CONTROL, STARTING, SYNCHRONISATION OR STABILISATION OF GENERATORS OF ELECTRONIC OSCILLATIONS OR PULSES
    • H03L7/00—Automatic control of frequency or phase; Synchronisation
    • H03L7/06—Automatic control of frequency or phase; Synchronisation using a reference signal applied to a frequency- or phase-locked loop
    • H03L7/16—Indirect frequency synthesis, i.e. generating a desired one of a number of predetermined frequencies using a frequency- or phase-locked loop
    • H03L7/18—Indirect frequency synthesis, i.e. generating a desired one of a number of predetermined frequencies using a frequency- or phase-locked loop using a frequency divider or counter in the loop

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Radar, Positioning & Navigation (AREA)
  • Remote Sensing (AREA)
  • Computer Security & Cryptography (AREA)
  • Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
  • Business, Economics & Management (AREA)
  • Emergency Management (AREA)
  • Transmitters (AREA)
GB0522567A 2003-04-08 2004-04-07 A radio beacon Expired - Fee Related GB2420058B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
AU2003901650A AU2003901650A0 (en) 2003-04-08 2003-04-08 A radio beacon
PCT/AU2004/000450 WO2004091090A1 (en) 2003-04-08 2004-04-07 A radio beacon

Publications (3)

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GB0522567D0 GB0522567D0 (en) 2005-12-14
GB2420058A GB2420058A (en) 2006-05-10
GB2420058B true GB2420058B (en) 2007-04-11

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GB (1) GB2420058B (en)
WO (1) WO2004091090A1 (en)

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US7695335B2 (en) 2005-06-06 2010-04-13 Logeon Spec Ops, Inc. Marine locator device
FR2931949A1 (en) * 2008-06-03 2009-12-04 Tes Electronic Solutions Autonomous radio beacon for locating position of e.g. ship, has transmission paths comprising printed circuit board provided with microcontroller and frequency synthesizer, and amplifiers respectively connected to helical antennas by paths

Citations (4)

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US3992692A (en) * 1975-07-23 1976-11-16 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy Programmable underwater acoustic beacon
US5497402A (en) * 1993-12-17 1996-03-05 Electronics And Telecommunications Research Institute Automatic frequency control device for satellite communications ground system
EP0484158B1 (en) * 1990-10-31 1996-04-17 Nec Corporation Radio transceiver having PLL synthesizer
US6501340B1 (en) * 2002-02-11 2002-12-31 Acr Electronics, Inc. Oscillator with frequency stabilizing circuit and method of constructing same

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3992692A (en) * 1975-07-23 1976-11-16 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy Programmable underwater acoustic beacon
EP0484158B1 (en) * 1990-10-31 1996-04-17 Nec Corporation Radio transceiver having PLL synthesizer
US5497402A (en) * 1993-12-17 1996-03-05 Electronics And Telecommunications Research Institute Automatic frequency control device for satellite communications ground system
US6501340B1 (en) * 2002-02-11 2002-12-31 Acr Electronics, Inc. Oscillator with frequency stabilizing circuit and method of constructing same

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GB2420058A (en) 2006-05-10
AU2003901650A0 (en) 2003-05-01
WO2004091090A1 (en) 2004-10-21

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