摘要:
A frequency switching method is used to make switching among a plurality of frequency signal sources each providing a specific frequency range covering multiple bands. The method includes steps of providing a target frequency data; selecting one of the frequency signal sources to output a first clock signal; generating a first frequency data according to the clock signal of the first frequency to compare with the target frequency data; outputting a second clock signal with the highest band of another one of the frequency signal sources possessing a frequency range higher than that of the selected frequency signal source when the target frequency data is greater than the first frequency data; and outputting the second clock signal with the lowest band of the selected frequency signal source when the target frequency data is smaller than the first frequency data.
摘要:
A circuit provides a reduced harmonic content output signal OUTA and/or OUTB that is modulated according to an input signal 231. The circuit has an oscillator circuit 210 and a harmonic rejection mixer (HRM) 230. The oscillator circuit 210 includes at least one “circuit portion” (FIG. 2A) configured to receive first and second orthogonal oscillator input signals (two of I, I−, Q, Q−) having respective first and second phases, and to provide an arbitrarily large number of oscillator output signals (φM) having respective mutually distinct phases that are interpolated between the first and second phases. Harmonic rejection mixer 230 is configured to use the input signal to modulate a combination of the oscillator output signals, the oscillator output signals being respectively weighted so as to provide an emulated sinusoidal signal constituting the reduced harmonic content output signal.
摘要:
A current-domain transmitter is configured to receive an input signal and provide a transmitted signal. The transmitter has a plurality of elements, operatively arranged between the input signal and the transmitted signal and configured to represent the input signal with respective electric currents whose respective current magnitudes are each substantially proportional to the input signal. The elements may include a current-steering digital-to-analog converter (DAC), a current mode filter (such as an LPF), a current mode mixer, and/or a current mode amplifier.
摘要:
According to one embodiment of the invention, an amplifier includes a gate bias circuit operable to generate a gate bias voltage and a common gate amplifier that includes a transistor having a gate biased by an output of the gate bias circuit and also having a source connected to an inductor for providing a path to ground for direct current flowing through the transistor. According to another embodiment of the invention, a method for amplifying a signal by an amplifier includes generating a gate bias voltage indicative of a difference between a reference voltage and an output voltage of the amplifier, biasing the gate of the common-gate amplifier with the gate bias voltage, and blocking, by a passive device, alternating current signals from flowing from the source of the transistor to ground.
摘要:
An arrangement provides a reduced harmonic content output signal that represents a value of a digital input signal. The arrangement includes plural storage devices 301 . . . configured to sample and store the digital input signal at different respective phases of a clock signal. The arrangement also has plural current steering digital-to-analog converters (DACs) 311 . . . configured to receive respective stored digital signals from respective ones of the plural storage devices, and to provide respective currents that represent the received stored digital signals. The arrangement also includes a combining arrangement configured to combine the currents from respective ones of the plural current steering DACs, so as to provide the reduced harmonic content output signal that represents the value of the digital input signal.
摘要:
The circuit with adaptive amplifier output common mode voltage adjustment includes: a differential pre-amplifier; a re-generated comparator having a differential input coupled to a differential output of the pre-amplifier; and a replica comparator coupled to a common mode node of the pre-amplifier for adjusting a common mode of the pre-amplifier. The replica comparator provides a trip-point reference to set the output common mode of the pre-amplifier. This sets the output common mode of the pre-amplifier to the most sensitive region of the re-generated comparator.
摘要:
A high-speed signal level detector employs the high gain and high bandwidth of an inverter to perform a comparison. The high-speed signal level detector is capable of achieving the desired high-speed level detection without demanding the substantial power consumption required when using either the averaging technique or a high bandwidth op-amp type comparator.
摘要:
A hybrid Nyquist thermometer and sigma delta digital to analog converter is presented. The digital input signal is divided into most significant bits and least significant bits. The most significant bits are converted to a thermometer code. A thermometer element array is controlled by the thermometer code. A fractional value is calculated from the least significant bits and used to dither the first unexercised array element in order to get finer resolution with guaranteed monotonicity.
摘要:
A circuit provides a reduced harmonic content output signal OUTA and/or OUTB that is modulated according to an input signal 231. The circuit has an oscillator circuit 210 and a harmonic rejection mixer (HRM) 230. The oscillator circuit 210 includes at least one “circuit portion” (FIG. 2A) configured to receive first and second orthogonal oscillator input signals (two of I, I-, Q, Q-) having respective first and second phases, and to provide an arbitrarily large number of oscillator output signals (φM) having respective mutually distinct phases that are interpolated between the first and second phases. Harmonic rejection mixer 230 is configured to use the input signal to modulate a combination of the oscillator output signals, the oscillator output signals being respectively weighted so as to provide an emulated sinusoidal signal constituting the reduced harmonic content output signal.
摘要:
A current-domain transmitter is configured to receive an input signal and provide a transmitted signal. The transmitter has a plurality of elements, operatively arranged between the input signal and the transmitted signal and configured to represent the input signal with respective electric currents whose respective current magnitudes are each substantially proportional to the input signal. The elements may include a current-steering digital-to-analog converter (DAC), a current mode filter (such as an LPF), a current mode mixer, and/or a current mode amplifier.