Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Incident and reflected signal phase difference detection
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Application No.: US12422070Application Date: 2009-04-10
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Publication No.: US08170509B2Publication Date: 2012-05-01
- Inventor: George B. Norris , Joseph Staudinger
- Applicant: George B. Norris , Joseph Staudinger
- Applicant Address: US TX Austin
- Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- Agency: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, PC
- Main IPC: H03C1/52
- IPC: H03C1/52

Abstract:
Embodiments include methods and apparatus for detecting a phase angle between an incident signal and a reflected signal. The apparatus comprises a plurality of phase shifters and additional circuitry. The plurality of phase shifters is adapted to apply first phase shifts to a representation of the incident signal and to apply second phase shifts to a representation of the reflected signal. The additional circuitry, which is operatively coupled to the plurality of phase shifters, is adapted to produce a first indication of a location of a relative phase difference between the incident signal and the reflected signal within a first region of a first reference circle, and to produce a second indication of the location of the relative phase difference within a second region of a second reference circle, wherein the second reference circle is rotated with respect to the first reference circle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100261442A1 INCIDENT AND REFLECTED SIGNAL PHASE DIFFERENCE DETECTION Public/Granted day:2010-10-14
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