Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Spectral stitching method to increase instantaneous bandwidth in vector signal generators
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Application No.: US14611700Application Date: 2015-02-02
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Publication No.: US09609653B2Publication Date: 2017-03-28
- Inventor: Stephen L. Dark , Daniel J. Baker , Johnathan R. W. Ammerman
- Applicant: NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US TX Austin
- Assignee: NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- Agency: Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.
- Agent Jeffrey C. Hood; Matthew C. Washburn
- Main IPC: H04B1/12
- IPC: H04B1/12 ; H04W72/04 ; H04B1/00 ; H03M1/12 ; G01R13/02 ; G01R23/165

Abstract:
Embodiments are described of devices and methods for processing a signal using a plurality of vector signal generators (VSGs). A digital signal may be provided to a plurality of signal paths, each of which may process a respective frequency band of the signal, the respective frequency bands having regions of overlap. The gain and phase of each signal path may be adjusted such that continuity of phase and magnitude are preserved through the regions of overlap. The adjustment of gain and phase may be accomplished by a complex multiply with a complex calibration constant. The calibration constant may be determined for each signal path by comparing the gain and phase of one or more calibration tones generated within each region of overlap. Each signal path may comprise a VSG to convert the respective signal to an analog signal, which may be combined to obtain a composite signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160113013A1 Spectral Stitching Method to Increase Instantaneous Bandwidth in Vector Signal Generators Public/Granted day:2016-04-21
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