Invention Grant
- Patent Title: AM transmitter and modulation method using same
- Patent Title (中): AM发射机和调制方法使用相同
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Application No.: US12130709Application Date: 2008-05-30
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Publication No.: US08554160B2Publication Date: 2013-10-08
- Inventor: Shin-ichi Matsuo , Hirokazu Iwata , Fuminori Kinugawa
- Applicant: Shin-ichi Matsuo , Hirokazu Iwata , Fuminori Kinugawa
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: ICOM Incorporated
- Current Assignee: ICOM Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Baker & McKenzie LLP
- Priority: JP2007-284132 20071031
- Main IPC: H03C1/52
- IPC: H03C1/52 ; H01Q11/12 ; H04B1/04

Abstract:
An AM (Amplitude-Modulated) transmitter capable of improving modulation distortion is provided. An adder adds a modulation signal to a pre-set power reference signal. An APC (Automatic Power Control) amplifier compares a level of a detecting signal outputted by the LPF (Low Pass Filter) with a level of an adder signal. The APC amplifier, based on the comparison result, generates a gain controlling signal that makes a difference between a level of the detecting signal and level of the signal approach zero and feeds the gain controlling signal to a power amplifier. The power amplifier modulates the signal outputted from the amplifier by the gain controlling signal and power-amplifies the modulated signal according to a level of the gain controlling signal. Since the APC amplifier feeds the gain controlling signal to the power amplifier, a modulation degree does not depend on a nonlinear distortion characteristic of the power amplifier.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090111396A1 AM TRANSMITTER AND MODULATION METHOD USING SAME Public/Granted day:2009-04-30
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