摘要:
A power amplifier includes a carrier amplifier path and a peaking amplifier path. The carrier amplifier path includes a carrier amplifier (208), and an impedance transforming network (214). The peaking amplifier path includes a peaking amplifier (210), an impedance transforming network (216), and a phase delay quarter wave element (226). The arrangement forms an inverted Doherty combiner where as the nominal impedance at a summing node (230) increases with increased conduction from the peaking amplifier, the load impedance at the output of the carrier amplifier decreases so as to maintain the carrier amplifier at a saturation point as the input signal (232) increases, and results in a reduction of the number of phase delay elements needed over a conventional Doherty approach. In a preferred embodiment the carrier and peaking amplifiers consist of cascaded stages, and are disposed on a common integrated circuit die (304). The impedance transforming networks and phase delay element are disposed on a common substrate (306), as is an input splitter network (308).
摘要:
A receiver (300) includes input (I.sub.in), output (V.sub.out), forward path with filter (104, and 108), and feedback path with error amplifier (112) coupled into the forward path. Coupled to the feedback path is an error signal storage device (408, 508). A control circuit (320) responsive to input signal amplitude couples to the storage device (408, 508) and retrieves stored error signal information for use by the feedback path. During calibration, a forward path stage is stimulated with a plurality of signals of known amplitude to generate outputs (V.sub.out). The outputs are compared to a reference to generate error signals. Error signal values are stored in memory as a function of input signal amplitude. A plurality of error signal values are stored. During operation, stage input signals are detected and compared with the plurality of signals of known amplitude. Upon detection of a match, the error signal value associated with the signal of interest is retrieved from memory and employed during DC offset compensation.
摘要:
A receiver (10) is provided where an information signal (11) is received (12) and examined to determine (20) its signal strength. When the signal strength is at least equal to a threshold, an unmodulated signal (40) is added to the received signal to improve the sensitivity of the receiver.
摘要:
An integrated switch (100) includes a first input port (102), a second input port (112) and an output port (106). The integrated switch (100) comprises a first electronically-tunable integrated capacitor (104) having a control line (108) for selectively coupling the first input port (102) to the output port (106). The switch (100) also includes a second electronically-tunable integrated capacitor (110) having a control line (108) for selectively coupling the second input port (112) to the output port (106).
摘要:
An antenna (10) capable of receiving signals of various frequencies includes a series of superconducting antenna segments and decouplers disposed between each adjacent pair of antenna segments for selectively decoupling at least one antenna segment from the antenna (10) in response to the frequency of the signal received.
摘要:
A Ga As FET oscillator includes an FET having gate-drain and source connections. A tuned circuit is connected to the FET gate. Bias voltage is supplied to the FET. A parallel-connected resistor and capacitor is connected to the FET source. A Schottky diode is connected across the FET gate-source junction and the parallel connected resistor and capacitor, with its anode connected to the FET gate and its cathode connected to the resistor and capacitor. The Schottky diode limits the positive voltage across the gate-source junction of the Ga As FET to prevent gate-source current flow.
摘要:
A multi-antenna device (200) comprising a set of antennas (210-214), a set of receivers (220-224), a multiplexer (270), a baseband filter (242), an analog-to-digital converter (244), and a de-multiplexer (272). The receivers (220-224) can be linked to the antennas (210-214) in a one-to-one manner. The multiplexer (270) can generate a composite analog signal from a set of different analog signals, one received from different ones of the antennas (210-214). The baseband filter (242) can filter the composite analog signal. The analog-to-digital converter (244) can convert the composite analog signal after being filtered by the baseband filter into a composite digital signal. The de-multiplexer (272) can generate a set of different digital signals from the composite digital signal. Each of the different digital signals can correspond to one of the different analog signals in a one-to-one manner.
摘要:
A method and frequency converter for a radio rapid frequency signal scanning and including a local oscillator signal synthesis source (112) producing a local oscillator signal (502) with local oscillator bursts (210). The local oscillator bursts (210) contain pulse width modulated RF frequency pulses (602). Each local oscillator burst having, for a pre-determined duration, RF frequency pulses within an effective amplitude above a pre-determined threshold (260). Each local oscillator burst (210) having also has effective amplitude pulse shaping envelope (504) that reduces at least one frequency domain component magnitude (310) of the local oscillator signal (300). A radio frequency mixer (110) receives an RF signal input (104) and the local oscillator signal to produce an output signal (160) at a frequency related to a combination of a frequency of the RF signal input and a frequency of the local oscillator signal.
摘要:
A system and method for clock data recovery for programming direct digital synthesizers is disclosed. A counter is used to calculate a coarse measurement of the clock frequency of a received digital signal, and a tap delay line is used to calculate a fine measurement of the clock frequency of the received digital signal. The coarse and fine measurements are used to calculate a value for programming a direct digital synthesizer to produce a clock signal that is an approximate replica of the clock frequency of the received digital signal.
摘要:
A delay-locked loop 300 that includes: an adjustable frequency source (320) for generating a clock signal (322) having an adjustable frequency; an adjustment and tap selection controller (310) for determining a first frequency as a function of a second frequency and for causing the frequency source to adjust the frequency of the clock signal to substantially the first frequency, the second frequency being the desired frequency of a first output signal; a delay line (330) configured to receive the clock signal for generating a plurality of phase-shifted clock signals; and a first selection circuit (370) for receiving the plurality of phase-shifted clock signals and for selecting, one at a time and under the control of the adjustment and tap selection controller, a first sequence of the phase-shifted clock signals for generating the first output signal having substantially the second frequency.