摘要:
A wireless communication link between two communication devices is established. A communication signal for contacting a second communication device is emitted from a first communication device. The communication signal is a first type of wireless data communication. Communications that are configured to transmit and receive data according to a second type of data communication are activated in the first communication device. Upon receipt of the communication signal, communications that are able to transmit and receive data according to the second type of data communication are activated in the second communication device, and the communication link according to the second type of data communication is established.
摘要:
A circuit arrangement for determining a frequency drift in a phase locked loop includes a type I phase locked loop having a phase comparator, a charge pump, a loop filter, an oscillator and also a frequency divider in a feedback path of the control loop. A device is coupled to the phase locked loop for the purpose of determining a pulse length of the actuating voltage signal at at least two different times during an operation of the control loop. Furthermore, a computing unit is connected to an output of the device. It is designed for forming a difference between the pulse lengths at the at least two different times, as a result of which a phase and frequency drift of an output signal of the control loop can be determined.
摘要:
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method and apparatus are provided herein for reducing the power consumption of a transmission chain while maintaining an acceptable figure of merit (e.g., linearity). In one embodiment, an adaptive biasing element is configured to perform adaptive biasing to reduce current consumption of a transmission chain by adjusting the operating point of one or more transmission chain elements (e.g., power amplifier, mixer, etc.). However, since adaptive biasing may reduce the linearity of a transmitted signal, its use is limited by the degradation of figure of merit caused by the introduced non-linearities. Accordingly, a pre-distortion element may be configured to perform adaptive digital pre-distortion (DPD) on a transmission chain input signal to account for non-linearities generated through the adaptive biasing, therefore allowing the adaptive biasing to further reduce the current consumption while maintaining an acceptable figure of merit.
摘要:
A power control system includes a reference path filter used to suppress high frequencies in an input signal and generate a filtered envelope signal, a reference path amplifier to scale the filtered input signal based on a gain signal and generate a reference signal, a signal path amplifier to amplify an RF modulated signal and generate a signal path output signal scaled by a gain of an actuator signal, and a power detector to detect a power associated with the signal path output signal. The system includes an ADC to receive, pre-filter and convert the detected envelope signal into a measurement signal, and a comparator block to receive the reference signal and the measurement signal, and generate an error signal based on the difference, and a controller to generate the actuator signal for controlling the gain of the signal path amplifier based on the error signal.
摘要:
A circuit arrangement includes a phase locked loop, having a phase detector on whose output side a phase signal can be tapped off and whose output side is coupled to a charge pump. Furthermore, the phase locked loop includes an oscillator whose input side is coupled to the charge pump and which is coupled at one output for emission of an oscillator signal to a first input of the phase detector. The circuit arrangement further includes a counter whose input side is supplied with an input signal which can be derived from the phase signal, and which is coupled to the output of the oscillator. The counter emits an output signal from the counter as a function of a value which represents a pulse length of the phase signal.
摘要:
An apparatus for providing a linearity information associated with an amplifier includes an operating state determinator and an evaluator. The operating state determinator is configured to obtain information describing a gain of the amplifier for at least one bias condition of the amplifier. The evaluator is configured to obtain the linearity information based on both the information describing the gain of the amplifier and information about the at least one bias condition of the amplifier using a gain-bias characteristic of the amplifier. A bias circuit including the apparatus for providing the linearity information is also disclosed. A corresponding method for providing the linearity information includes: using the information describing the gain of the amplifier and the information about the at least one bias condition with the gain-bias characteristics to determine a relation of a current operating point described by the information with respect to the gain-bias characteristic; and deriving the linearity information from said relation.
摘要:
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method and apparatus are provided herein for reducing the power consumption of a transmission chain while maintaining an acceptable figure of merit (e.g., linearity). In one embodiment, an adaptive biasing element is configured to perform adaptive biasing to reduce current consumption of a transmission chain by adjusting the operating point of one or more transmission chain elements (e.g., power amplifier, mixer, etc.). However, since adaptive biasing may reduce the linearity of a transmitted signal, its use is limited by the degradation of figure of merit caused by the introduced non-linearities. Accordingly, a pre-distortion element may be configured to perform adaptive digital pre-distortion (DPD) on a transmission chain input signal to account for non-linearities generated through the adaptive biasing, therefore allowing the adaptive biasing to further reduce the current consumption while maintaining an acceptable figure of merit.
摘要:
An apparatus for providing a linearity information associated with an amplifier includes an operating state determinator and an evaluator. The operating state determinator is configured to obtain information describing a gain of the amplifier for at least one bias condition of the amplifier. The evaluator is configured to obtain the linearity information based on both the information describing the gain of the amplifier and information about the at least one bias condition of the amplifier using a gain-bias characteristic of the amplifier. A bias circuit including the apparatus for providing the linearity information is also disclosed. A corresponding method for providing the linearity information includes: using the information describing the gain of the amplifier and the information about the at least one bias condition with the gain-bias characteristics to determine a relation of a current operating point described by the information with respect to the gain-bias characteristic; and deriving the linearity information from said relation.