Abstract:
An impulse generator including first and second differentiators coupled in parallel to each other, for generating impulses by differentiating a clock signal, and first and second switches for transiting on and off the first and second differentiators respectively to selectively output the impulses generated by the first and second differentiators, and varying polarity of the impulses by changing a direction of a current flowing through load. Accordingly, the negative and positive impulses are selectively output according to the circuit state, reliability of the impulses is improved, and power consumption is reduced.
Abstract:
An apparatus and a method for detecting imbalances between an I-channel signal and a Q-channel signal in order to suppress a spurious signal in a direct conversion digital quadrature transmission system is disclosed. The apparatus includes: a compensation signal generating unit for generating a first and a second compensation signals based on a digital I-channel and a digital Q-channel signals; a baseband signal generating unit for generating an I-channel and a Q-channel baseband signals by converting a radio frequency signal into a low frequency signal; and a detecting unit for detecting a phase imbalance and an amplitude imbalance between the digital I-channel and the digital Q-channel signals by using a correlation between the first and the second compensation signals with the I-channel and the Q-channel baseband signals.