SATELLITE RECEIVER SYSTEM HAVING DOPPLER FREQUENCY SHIFT TRACKING

摘要

A satellite receiver system (400) provides acquisition and frequency tracking of a Doppler-shifted radio signal received from an orbiting satellite. The satellite receiver system (400) includes a Costas phase-lock loop (100) that receives the radio signal and provides an error signal at an error signal output (134) for controlling a conversion frequency generated by a voltage controlled oscillator (200). The voltage controlled oscillator (200) is coupled to the Costas phase-lock loop (100) and generates the conversion frequency for down-converting the radio signal in the Costas phase-lock loop (100). The satellite receiver system (400) further includes a Doppler frequency acquisition and tracking element (300) coupled to the voltage controlled oscillator (200). The Doppler frequency acquisition and tracking element (300) adjusts the conversion frequency to compensate for a Doppler frequency shift occuring in the radio signal due to orbital motion of the orbiting satellite.