Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for calibrating quadrature modulators
- Patent Title (中): 用于校正正交调制器的方法和系统
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Application No.: US12040712Application Date: 2008-02-29
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Publication No.: US07953379B2Publication Date: 2011-05-31
- Inventor: Angelo Poloni
- Applicant: Angelo Poloni
- Applicant Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics, S.r.l.
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics, S.r.l.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Agency: Graybeal Jackson LLP
- Agent Lisa K. Jorgenson; Kevin D. Jablonski
- Main IPC: H04B17/00
- IPC: H04B17/00 ; H04L27/36

Abstract:
A calibration method for reducing modulation errors in a telecommunication transmitter apparatus includes providing a plurality of pairs of test signals; the test signals of each pair are substantially in quadrature to each other, and the pairs of test signals are at least in part different with all the pairs of test signals that have a substantially equal energy. A plurality of modulated signals are generated, with each modulated signal that is generated by modulating a corresponding pair of test signals. A plurality of transformed signals are calculated, each one corresponding to the square of a corresponding modulated signal in the frequency domain. A plurality of partial error indicators are calculated, each one as a function of the modulus of a corresponding transformed signal. The partial error indicators are indicative of the modulation errors associated with the modulated signals. A compensation for counterbalancing the modulation errors is calculated according to a combination of the partial error indicators and an indication of the compensation is stored for the application of the compensation to each further pair of operative signals during operation of the telecommunication transmitter apparatus.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090221247A1 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CALIBRATING QUADRATURE MODULATORS Public/Granted day:2009-09-03
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