摘要:
A power amplifier overcurrent protection circuit is provided. The overcurrent protection circuit protects a power amplifier that receives a bias current from a bias circuit and amplifies an input radio frequency (RF) signal. The current protection circuit includes an envelope detector configured to detect an envelope for a first voltage corresponding to an input radio frequency (RF) signal, a first transistor configured to receive a value of the envelope through a control terminal of the first transistor and turn on based on the value of the envelope to sink a current from a first node of a bias circuit, and a second transistor connected between a power source and the first transistor and including a control terminal connected to the first node of the bias circuit.
摘要:
An isolated driver device comprises a first semiconductor die and a second semiconductor die galvanically isolated from each other. The second semiconductor die includes a signal modulator circuit configured to modulate a carrier signal to produce a modulated signal encoding information. A galvanically isolated communication channel implemented in the first semiconductor die and the second semiconductor die is configured to transmit the modulated signal from the second semiconductor die to the first semiconductor die. The second semiconductor die includes: a fault detection circuit configured to detect electrical faults in the second semiconductor die; a logic circuit coupled to the fault detection circuit and configured to assert a modulation bypass signal in response to a fault being detected by the fault detection circuit; and modulation masking circuitry configured to force the modulated signal to a steady value over a plurality of periods of the carrier signal in response to the modulation bypass signal being asserted. The first semiconductor die includes a respective logic circuit sensitive to the modulated signal and configured to detect a condition where the modulated signal has a steady value over a plurality of periods of the carrier signal, and to assert a fault detection signal in response to the condition being detected.
摘要:
In accordance with one or more embodiments, a communication device includes a dual-band antenna array configured to communicate RF signals in an RF band and to communicate MMW signals in a MMW frequency band with a remote device. At least one transceiver is configured to generate the RF signals conveying a command to the remote device to transmit probe signals in the MMW frequency band, to receive the probe signals via the dual-band antenna in the MMW frequency band, and is initialized with first antenna beam steering parameters to facilitate a first antenna beam of the dual-band antenna array for the operation in the MMW frequency band. A controller is configured to generate the first antenna beam steering parameters based on the probe signals and to generate the control signal to switch the dual-band antenna array to the operation in the MMW frequency band after transmission of the RF signals.
摘要:
A circuit includes a first device between a first input node and an internal node, a second device between a second input node and the internal node, a third device between the internal node and ground, a fourth device between the internal node and an output node, and a fifth device between the output node and ground. The second and third devices generate a direct current (DC) voltage on the internal node by dividing a bias voltage on the second input node. The fourth device generates, from the DC voltage, a first component of an output voltage on the output node. The first and third devices generate a modulation signal on the internal node by dividing a radio frequency (RF) signal on the first input node. The fifth device rectifies the modulation signal to generate a second output voltage component.
摘要:
An active antenna test system comprising an active antenna unit comprising: a test signal generator arranged to generate at least a first test signal and at least one second test signal; a plurality of transmitter modules operably coupled to the test signal generator wherein the plurality of transmitter modules are arranged to simultaneously process the first test signal and at least one second test signal to produce at least one radio frequency test signal therefrom; and at least one receiver module arranged to process one or more signals falling in at least one spectral band determined to be susceptible to intermodulation distortion products caused by the at least one radio frequency test signal being generated from the first test signal and at least one second test signal; and an intermodulation determination module operably coupled to the at least one receiver module and arranged to determine a first received intermodulation performance. A first transmitter module of the plurality of transmitter modules is operably uncoupled from the test signal generator and at least a first test signal and at least one second test signal re-applied to the remaining transmitter modules, such that the intermodulation determination module determines a second received intermodulation performance in order to determine an intermodulation distortion contribution of the first transmitter module therefrom.
摘要:
An RF redundancy switch for selecting and outputting an output signal from a plurality of source signals. The RF redundancy switch selects the output signal from the input RF signals based on measurement of at least one signal validity criteria for the plurality of source signals, by application of a signal selection function thereto. The output signal is switched any time that the RF redundancy switch, using the signal selection function, determines that a different source signal should become the output signal. The RF redundancy switch allows a user to set the signal selection function by an interface. A method of intelligent RF redundancy switching between a plurality of RF input signals is also disclosed.
摘要:
Techniques for dynamic power control of a radio of a utility data collection device (e.g., utility meter configured for wireless communications) are described that utilize a detection scheme applied to a Front End Module (FEM) in the utility data collection device. A utility data collection device measures a Voltage Standing Wave Ratio (VSWR) presented to the FEM during transmission. The result of this measurement allows the utility data collection device to dynamically control the input power to a FEM transmit portion. Utilizing these techniques, the utility data collection device can adjust to environmental changes and conditions experienced in the field.
摘要:
A standing wave detection method, a standing wave detection apparatus, and a base station are disclosed. The method includes collecting, a feedback signal from a feedback path of a base station which uses a baseband multi-tone signal as a transmission signal; performing calibration on the feedback signal by using stored calibration data to obtain a reflected signal in the feedback signal; and obtaining a standing wave detection value according to the transmission signal and the reflected signal that is in the feedback signal.
摘要:
From an antenna provided in a transmitter for transmitting a radio signal, the radio signal is transmitted in such a manner of: detecting transmission power of a transmission signal outputted to the antenna; detecting reflection power of a reflection signal reflected from the antenna; integrating the difference between the transmission power and the reflection power at a timing of transmitting a preamble signal of the radio signal; comparing the difference value obtained by the integration with a predetermined threshold value, and outputting an alarm in the case where the result of the comparison is that the difference value obtained by the integration is smaller than the threshold value.
摘要:
Disclosed is an electronic device capable of controlling a power supply interrupt according to the state of water leakage. A portable telephone (1) is equipped with a water leakage detection unit (60) that detects a physical quantity which changes according to the state of water leakage and a CPU (49) that interrupts a power supply in response to the detection result from the water leakage detection unit (60). When the electrostatic capacity detected by the water leakage detection unit (60) is greater than or equal to a threshold value A and less than a threshold value B, the CPU (49) continues to interrupt the power supply until a time T1 elapses, and when the electrostatic capacity detected by the water leakage detection unit (60) is equal to or greater than the threshold value B, said CPU continues to interrupt the power supply until a time T2 which is longer than the time T1 elapses.