摘要:
A transmit portion of a WB-CDMA transceiver generates one or more spread data streams having values represented by a single bit, allowing for filtering of spread and combined data streams with a root raised cosine (RRC) filter employing single-bit multipliers. The RRC filter is a digital filter that i) employs multiplication of two values in which the length of at least one value is one bit; ii) is preferably implemented with muxs or a simple logic operator; and iii) may employ upsampling and modulation encoding of filter coefficients to reduce the coefficient length to, for example, one bit. The RRC filter may be an FIR filter having either one-bit or multi-bit coefficients, and apply RRC filtering to a spread user stream either before or after the spread user streams are combined. For some implementations, RRC filters are employed to filter each spread user stream prior to combining several processed user steams. For other implementations, the multi-bit valued data stream representing the combined user streams is upsampled to form an upsampled data stream of single-bit values, and RRC filtering is then applied to the upsampled data stream. Alternatively, implementations may use upsampled RRC filter coefficients that allow RRC filtering on the combined spread user streams represented as a sequence of multi-bit values.
摘要:
An apparatus includes a first integrated circuit (IC) that includes a first radio-frequency (RF) circuit to process RF signals, a first antenna port to couple to one or more antennas, and a first switch integrated in the first IC and coupled to the first antenna port. The apparatus further includes a second IC that includes a second RF circuit to process RF signals, a second antenna port to couple to the one or more antennas, and a second switch integrated in the second IC and coupled to the second antenna port.
摘要:
A signal processor for a radio frequency (RF) receiver includes a plurality of distributed signal processing elements, in which a first one receives an input signal and a last one provides an output signal, and a plurality of gain elements interspersed between pairs of said plurality of distributed signal processing elements. The signal processor also includes a like plurality of peak detectors coupled to outputs of corresponding ones of said plurality of gain elements, and an automatic gain controller having inputs coupled to outputs of each of the peak detectors, and outputs coupled to each of the plurality of gain elements. The automatic gain controller independently controls each of the plurality of gain elements to form a like plurality of independent automatic gain control (AGC) loops.
摘要:
A receiver (100) includes a first element (110) with a signal input, a control input, a signal output, and gain steps of a first magnitude, a signal processing circuit (120-168) with a signal input coupled to the first element, and a signal output, a second element (180) that has a signal input coupled to signal processing circuit, a control input, a signal output, and gain steps of a second magnitude smaller than the first magnitude, and a controller (180) that has a control output coupled to the first element (110), a control output coupled to the second element (180), and that adjusts receiver (100) gain by changing the first element (110) gain by a first magnitude, changing the second element (180) gain by substantially an inverse first magnitude, and subsequently changing the gain of the second element (180) by steps of the second magnitude to achieve a desired gain.
摘要:
A low-noise amplifier includes first and second transconductance paths and first and second variable capacitive dividers. The first transconductance path has a first terminal for receiving a first input signal, a control terminal, and a second terminal for providing a first output signal. The second transconductance path has a first terminal for receiving a second input signal, a control terminal, and a second terminal for providing a second output signal. The first variable capacitive divider has a first terminal for receiving the first input signal, a second terminal coupled to a reference voltage terminal, and an intermediate terminal coupled to the control terminal of the second transconductance path. The second variable capacitive divider has a first terminal for receiving the second input signal, a second terminal coupled to the reference voltage terminal, and an intermediate terminal coupled to the control terminal of the first transconductance path.
摘要:
A signal processor for a radio frequency (RF) receiver includes a plurality of distributed signal processing elements, in which a first one receives an input signal and a last one provides an output signal, and a plurality of gain elements interspersed between pairs of said plurality of distributed signal processing elements. The signal processor also includes a like plurality of peak detectors coupled to outputs of corresponding ones of said plurality of gain elements, and an automatic gain controller having inputs coupled to outputs of each of the peak detectors, and outputs coupled to each of the plurality of gain elements. The automatic gain controller independently controls each of the plurality of gain elements to form a like plurality of independent automatic gain control (AGC) loops.
摘要:
Timing correction is affected for mismatch between channels in an I/Q demodulator. The respective demodulated I-channel and Q-channel are correlated and integrated so generate a timing control signal that is applied to a variable delay element. The variable delay element inserts a variable time delay in an ADC clock signal that is applied to either the I-channel ADC or the Q-channel ADC.
摘要:
Multi-tuner receiver architectures and associated methods are disclosed that provide initial analog coarse tuning of desired channels within a received signal spectrum, such as transponder channels within a set-top box signal spectrum for satellite communications. These multi-tuner satellite receiver architectures provide significant advantages over prior direct down-conversion (DDC) architectures and low intermediate-frequency (IF) architectures, particularly where two tuners are desired on the same integrated circuit. Rather than using a low-IF frequency or directly converting the desired channel frequency to DC, initial coarse tuning provided by analog coarse tuning circuitry allows for a conversion to a frequency range around DC. This coarse tuning circuitry can be implemented, for example, using a large-step local oscillator (LO) that provides a coarse tune analog mixing signal. Once mixed down, the desired channel may then be fine-tuned through digital processing, such as through the use of a wide-band analog-to-digital converter (ADC) or a narrow-band tunable bandpass ADC.
摘要:
A signal processing system includes a main digital-to-analog converter (DAC) for receiving a digital baseband signal and converting the digital signal into an analog signal. Also included in the system is a connection circuit for receiving the analog signal, and output terminal, and an analog filter coupled between the connection circuit and the output terminal for filtering the analog signal. The system includes a calibration circuit coupled between the connection circuit and the output terminal for setting an offset voltage level. The calibration circuit includes (a) an approximation circuit coupled to the output terminal and operable during a calibration mode to determine the offset voltage level and store the offset voltage level as a digital offset signal and (b) an offset DAC coupled between the connection circuit and the approximation circuit for converting the digital offset signal into the offset voltage level. The connection circuit, which is a node, subtracts the offset voltage level from the analog signal.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for generating two disparate frequency reference signals using a single phase locked loop. The circuit includes a local oscillator for generating a reference signal and a phase comparator for comparing the reference signal with a feedback signal. The output of the phase comparator is converted to a first one of the desired output frequencies by a voltage controlled oscillator. That signal is also fed to a variable frequency divider circuit under control of a &Sgr;/&Dgr; converter which generates a lower frequency signal without creating a secondary frequency tone. The lower frequency signal is the second of the output frequencies. This signal also is fed back to the second input of the phase comparator through a fixed frequency divider.