Digital architecture for radio-frequency apparatus and associated methods
    6.
    发明授权
    Digital architecture for radio-frequency apparatus and associated methods 有权
    射频设备数字架构及相关方法

    公开(公告)号:US08224259B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-07-17

    申请号:US12715361

    申请日:2010-03-01

    Abstract: A radio-frequency (RF) receiver includes a receiver analog circuitry and a receiver digital circuitry. The receiver analog circuitry resides within a first integrated circuit and the receiver digital circuitry resides within a second integrated circuit. The second integrated circuit couples to the first integrated circuit via a one-bit digital interface. The receiver analog circuitry receives an RF signal and processes the received RF signal to generate a digital signal. The receiver analog circuitry provides the digital signal to the receiver digital circuitry. The receiver digital circuitry includes a digital down-converter circuitry that mixes the digital signal with an intermediate frequency (IF) local oscillator (LO) signal to generate a digital down-converted signal. The receiver digital circuitry also includes a digital filter circuitry that filters the digital down-converted signal to generate a filtered digital signal.

    Abstract translation: 射频(RF)接收机包括接收机模拟电路和接收机数字电路。 接收器模拟电路驻留在第一集成电路内,并且接收器数字电路位于第二集成电路内。 第二集成电路通过一位数字接口耦合到第一集成电路。 接收机模拟电路接收RF信号并处理所接收的RF信号以产生数字信号。 接收机模拟电路将数字信号提供给接收机数字电路。 接收机数字电路包括数字下变频器电路,其将数字信号与中频(IF)本地振荡器(LO)信号混合以产生数字下变频信号。 接收机数字电路还包括数字滤波器电路,其对数字下变频信号进行滤波以产生经滤波的数字信号。

    Partitioning of radio-frequency apparatus
    7.
    发明授权
    Partitioning of radio-frequency apparatus 有权
    射频设备分区

    公开(公告)号:US07242912B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-07-10

    申请号:US10631166

    申请日:2003-07-31

    Abstract: Components of a radio-frequency (RF) apparatus including transceiver circuitry and frequency modification circuitry of a crystal oscillator circuit that generates a reference signal with adjustable frequency may be partitioned in a variety of ways, for example, as one or more separate integrated circuits. The frequency modification circuitry may be implemented as part of a crystal oscillator circuit that includes digitally controlled crystal oscillator (“DCXO”) circuitry and a crystal. The frequency modification circuitry may include at least one variable capacitance device and may be employed to generate a reference signal with adjustable frequency. The adjustable reference signal may be provided to other components of the RF apparatus and/or the RF apparatus may be configured to provide the adjustable reference signal to baseband processor circuitry. Automatic frequency control (AFC) circuitry may be integrated with other components of RF circuitry and may generate frequency control signals for the frequency modification circuitry based on, for example, a signal received from a temperature sensor. Digital-to-analog converter (DAC) circuitry may be integrated with other components of RF circuitry to enable all-digital frequency control communications from baseband processor circuitry to RF circuitry.

    Abstract translation: 包括生成具有可变频率的参考信号的晶体振荡器电路的收发器电路和频率修改电路的射频(RF)设备的组件可以以各种方式被划分,例如作为一个或多个单独的集成电路。 频率修改电路可以被实现为包括数字控制的晶体振荡器(“DCXO”)电路和晶体的晶体振荡器电路的一部分。 频率修改电路可以包括至少一个可变电容器件,并且可以用于产生具有可调频率的参考信号。 可调参考信号可以被提供给RF装置的其他部件,和/或RF装置可以被配置为向基带处理器电路提供可调参考信号。 自动频率控制(AFC)电路可以与RF电路的其它组件集成,并且可以基于例如从温度传感器接收的信号来生成用于频率修改电路的频率控制信号。 数模转换器(DAC)电路可以与RF电路的其他部件集成,以实现从基带处理器电路到RF电路的全数字频率控制通信。

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