摘要:
A digital-to-analog conversion circuit includes first and second DACs. Switch circuitry couples a selected output of only one of the DACs to an output node at any given time. In one embodiment, a second output of the first DAC is coupled to the first output of the second DAC at a common node. The first output of the first DAC is coupled to a first switch node and a second output of the second DAC is coupled to a second switch node. A first switch couples the common node to the first switch node in response to a first switch signal. A second switch couples the common node to the second switch node in response to a second switch signal. The switch signals ensure that the common node is coupled through the first and second switches to only one of the first and second switch nodes at any given time.
摘要:
A circuit and method for detecting mobile ion contamination in a semiconductor device. The circuit uses two transistor structures on the same silicon chip as the circuit being tested to detect the presence (or absence) of mobile ions. The test includes imposing conditions on the silicon chip that may cause any mobile ions present therein to move within the structure. By measuring electrical parameters, such as a band gap voltage, across the transistors before and after the imposition of such conditions, a reliable indication of the presence or absence of mobile ions can be obtained.
摘要:
A technique includes receiving a signal spectrum that includes a plurality of channels within a first frequency range. The technique includes receiving a selection signal that identifies at least one desired channel to be tuned. The technique includes providing an oscillator that has a second frequency range that is substantially the same as the first frequency range and controlling the oscillators to generate one of a plurality of coarse-tune analog mixing signals. The signals substantially span across the second frequency range and each depends upon the location of the desired channel within the signal spectrum. The technique includes mixing the signal spectrum with the selected coarse-tune analog mixing signal to generate a coarsely tuned signal spectrum. The technique includes digitally processing the coarsely-tuned signal spectrum to fine tune the desired channel and to produce digital baseband signals for the desired channel.
摘要:
Integrated multiple tuner architectures and associated methods are disclosed that utilize frequency isolated local oscillators (LO). These architectures utilize dividers and multipliers within the signal paths for the local oscillator mixing signals to reduce interference among the multiple local oscillators operating on a single integrated circuit. A multiple tuner direct-down-conversion (DDC) receiver and a multiple tuner intermediate frequency (IF) receiver are provided as example embodiments. And an example integrated multi-tuner satellite receiver is also described.
摘要:
Timing correction is effected 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:
An integrated receiver decoder for receiving digitally modulated signals from a satellite is disclosed. The receiver includes a tuner, a demodulator, a low-noise block (LNB) controller, a voltage controller and a voltage selector implemented within a single monolithic integrated circuit device. The tuner amplifies and filters satellite signals received from a directional receiver antenna. The demodulator, which is coupled to the tuner, demodulates and decodes the received satellite signals. The LNB controller generates and detects a modulated tone to facilitate communications between the receiver and an LNB feed attached to the directional receiver antenna. The voltage selector directs the voltage controller to provide a control signal for controlling an external voltage regulator to generate a variable voltage to the LNB feed attached to the directional receiver antenna.
摘要:
A multi-protocol modulator capable of supporting two or more different modes of operation, each mode of operation corresponding to a different type of modulation, comprises an m-level phase shift keying (m-PSK) modulator which receives a serial input data stream and maps data contained therein into a constellation including m equidistant phases in accordance with a predetermined mapping scheme. The m-PSK modulator is shared by at least two different modulation protocols by allowing the mapping scheme to be selectively changed depending upon the modulation protocol used. The multi-protocol modulator further includes a phase rotator operatively coupled to the output of the m-PSK modulator. The phase rotator selectively rotates the phase of the m-PSK signal by a predetermined phase rotation value. The phase rotator is shared by the two or more modulation protocols by allowing the phase rotation value to be selectively modified depending upon the modulation protocol used. A phase rotated signal is then passed through a pulse shaping filter having a linearized Gaussian response.
摘要:
An RF upconverter (400, 500) includes an upconverter core (100), an electrical measurement circuit, and a summing device (406). The upconverter core (100) has an input terminal for receiving a first signal having predetermined spectral content at an input frequency and an output terminal for providing an output signal having substantially the predetermined spectral content at a higher frequency using a local oscillator signal having a carrier frequency. The electrical measurement circuit has an input terminal coupled to the output terminal of the upconverter core (100), and an output terminal for providing a first offset correction signal representative of a power of the output signal at the carrier frequency. The summing device (406) has a positive input terminal for receiving a first input signal, a negative input terminal coupled to the output terminal of the electrical measurement circuit, and an output terminal coupled to the input terminal of the upconverter core (100) for providing the first signal.
摘要:
A digital filter receives signals from each stage of a MASH delta-sigma modulator and filters noise components from the signals prior to combination as a single sequence of values decimation. Each stage of the MASH delta-sigma modulator provides an output sequence of one-bit, binary values, which are then filtered to remove high-order, out of band quantization noise. After filtering, the output sequences are then combined through a cascade-combiner, which may be similar to the pre-processing stage of a MASH delta-sigma modulator architecture. The digital filter processes signals of each stage separately. Consequently, the digital filter does not perform multiplication of two, multi-bit values. Multiplication of two values, the first of which is a one-bit, binary value, may be implemented with a multiplexer selecting either the second value or a zero value based on the first one-bit, binary value (i.e., logic 1 or 0, respectively). Duplicate FIR filters, or a single FIR filter with bit-interleaving by a multiplexer, master-slave delay chain and demultiplexer controlled by system clock transitions, may be used to process the sequences on a single bit basis, replacing multi-bit multipliers of the digital filter with multiplexers. Alternatively, the FIR filter may be implemented with a multiplexer, master-slave delay chain, ROM look-up table and demultiplexer if bit interleaving is employed.
摘要:
An integrated circuit includes a string of substantially similarly-shaped resistive cells, each cell having a first resistive portion and a second resistive portion, the string having an overall orientation and at least one cell, preferably substantially all cells, and more preferably all cells have their respective centerlines oriented at non-orthogonal angles, preferably about 45 degrees, relative to the overall orientation. The cells are contiguous such that a resistor is formed by the first resistive portion of one cell and the second resistive portion of an adjacent cell. The cells preferably have a substantially hexagonal shape and are arranged into substrings. If the string includes a folding point, substrings immediately adjacent to the folding point should include an odd number, preferably three, of cells, and substrings not adjacent to the folding point should comprise an even number, preferably two, of cells. Preferably, the hexagonally shaped cells include two longer sides and four shorter sides, each cell having a tap substantially centrally positioned along one of its longer sides, a resistor being formed between the taps of any two adjacent cells. The taps are preferably arranged to form a grid such that each tap is aligned with at least one other tap substantially parallel to the overall orientation and each tap is aligned with at least one other tap substantially perpendicular to the overall orientation. A converter, such as a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) or an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) includes such a resistor string.