摘要:
A method and apparatus for imparting a positive phase slope (i.e., a negative group delay) to a narrowband signals is disclosed which adjuststhe phases of the various frequency components of a signal in a manner opposite to that of a delay line. The invention also permits the amount of phase slope to be adjusted, electronically, without the need for electro-mechanical apparatus or the interchange of cables. Furthermore, embodiments of the present invention are advantageous in that at the center of the operating band they maintain the phase of the delayed signal. These results are obtained in an illustrative embodiment of the present invention which divides the signal to be delayed into two signals which traverse different signal paths (715, 719) and are recombined in a signal combiner (729). The first signal path advantageously comprises a gain control block (717). The second signal path advantageously comprises a second gain control block (725) and a fixed line delay (719) which is not found in the first signal path. The amount of phase slope imparted to the signal can be adjusted by varying the gain (or attenuation) of the respective gain control blocks (717, 725).
摘要:
Apparatus for controlling a system including a linear amplifier (109) processing a plurality of carrier signals (111-114) of a multi channel carrier system alters the phases (by 131-134) of one or more sources of the multi-channel signals in response to a detected peak envelope power (in 153) or of a peak to average power (in 152) ratio at regular scheduled intervals. This reduces the peak envelope power to average envelope power ratio and enables the reduction in the power rating required by the amplifiers handling the multi-channel signal.
摘要:
Apparatus for controlling a system including a linear amplifier (109) processing a plurality of carrier signals (111-114) of a multi channel carrier system alters the phases (by 131-134) of one or more sources of the multi-channel signals in response to a detected peak envelope power (in 153) or of a peak to average power (in 152) ratio at regular scheduled intervals. This reduces the peak envelope power to average envelope power ratio and enables the reduction in the power rating required by the amplifiers handling the multi-channel signal.
摘要:
In a preferred embodiment, a low distortion power sharing amplifier network capable of amplifying a plurality of input signals includes a plurality of amplifiers, each for amplifying an approximately equal amount of RF signal power. The power sharing arrangement prevents any one of the amplifiers in the network from operating too deep into saturation even when the plurality of input signals vary widely in power. Distortion is reduced by coupling at least one feed-forward loop to the amplifier network.
摘要:
A DC coupled amplifier (207) fed by an RF detector (205) has greater dynamic range capabilities than techniques in the prior art. An illustrative embodiment of the present invention advantageously comprises a low-offset voltage, low-offset current differential amplifier (207) fed by an RF detector (205) having a fifth lead (223) from the reference voltage node (231) within the RF detector.