Reducing noise and distortion in a receiver system
    33.
    发明授权
    Reducing noise and distortion in a receiver system 有权
    降低接收机系统的噪声和失真

    公开(公告)号:US07177613B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-02-13

    申请号:US10711680

    申请日:2004-09-30

    Abstract: A receiver, implemented with low noise and low distortion, to process an input signal containing signals of interest and unwanted interference signal. In an embodiment, the receiver contains a mixer which generates an intermediate signal in the form of an electric current, and a filter which filters the unwanted interference signals from the intermediate signal. The intermediate signal is centered around a lower frequency compared to a carrier frequency of the input signal. Due to the current mode interface between the mixer and the filter circuit, low noise and low distortion may be attained.

    Abstract translation: 以低噪声和低失真实现的接收机,用于处理包含感兴趣信号和不想要的干扰信号的输入信号。 在一个实施例中,接收机包含以电流形式产生中间信号的混频器和从中间信号滤除不想要的干扰信号的滤波器。 与输入信号的载波频率相比,中间信号以较低的频率为中心。 由于混频器和滤波器电路之间的电流模式接口,可以获得低噪声和低失真。

    Filter circuit providing low distortion and enhanced flexibility to obtain variable gain amplification
    34.
    发明授权
    Filter circuit providing low distortion and enhanced flexibility to obtain variable gain amplification 有权
    滤波电路提供低失真和增强的灵活性,以获得可变增益放大

    公开(公告)号:US07138873B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-11-21

    申请号:US10904578

    申请日:2004-11-17

    CPC classification number: H03F1/34 H03G3/3052 H03G5/24 H03H11/126 H03H11/1291

    Abstract: A low distortion filter circuit implementing variable gain amplification (VGA). An aspect of the present invention increases the degrees of freedom (number of components which can be independently programmed/changed to corresponding desired values) to achieve a desired combination of D.C. gain and filter characteristics (e.g., corner frequency, Q-factor, notch frequency, etc.). Such additional degrees of freedom are attained by including additional components in either on input block or a feedback block (implemented with reference to an operational amplifier), and by redesigning the other block using principles such as admittance concellation to remove the effects of such additional components. The blocks are designed such that a terminal of the programmable components is connected to a fixed/constant voltage (e.g., ground). Embodiments implementing bi-quad single amplifier with and without notch are disclosed.

    Abstract translation: 实现可变增益放大(VGA)的低失真滤波电路。 本发明的一个方面增加了自由度(可以被独立地编程/改变为相应的期望值的分量的数量),以实现期望的DC增益和滤波器特性的组合(例如,转角频率,Q因子,陷波频率 等)。 通过将附加组件包括在输入块或反馈块(参考运算放大器实现)中并且通过使用诸如导纳协调之类的原理重新设计其他块来消除这些附加组件的影响来实现这样的附加自由度 。 这些块被设计成使得可编程组件的端子连接到固定/恒定电压(例如,接地)。 公开了实现具有和没有陷波的双二极管单放大器的实施例。

    Device and method of digital gain programming using sigma-delta modulator

    公开(公告)号:US06804291B1

    公开(公告)日:2004-10-12

    申请号:US09510085

    申请日:2000-02-22

    CPC classification number: H03M7/3015 H03M7/3026 H03M7/304

    Abstract: A sigma delta modulator (350) can be utilized in the Digital-to-Analog (DAC) portion (144) of a modem (120) to achieve a desired level of gain programming. A set of step coefficients (GP2, GP4) are utilized to determined the step size and thereby the overall gain of the modulator (350). A feedback path is provided and configured to deliver the output of the modulator to a gain control block (355) which provides control and stability across the entire transmission bandwidth. A multilevel digital output (320) is provided which represents levels of signal in the digital domain and reduces the number of discrete components required to achieve a particular amount of gain.

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