Abstract:
A power control module receives a dynamic power control signal and generates a differential bias signal proportional to the dynamic power control signal. An analog multiplexer receives a digital amplitude signal including n bits and receives the differential bias signal. The analog multiplexer multiplexes the digital amplitude signal with the differential bias signal in parallel and generates a first differential signal. A driver module receives the first differential signal and a second differential signal. The driver module generates a first drive signal proportional to the dynamic power control signal when a bit in said digital amplitude signal is a logic one and the driver module generates a second drive signal proportional to the second differential signal when a bit in said digital amplitude signal is a logic zero.
Abstract:
A dual-band full duplex mobile radio (20, 80) is provided that includes a transmit portion (94) including a dual-band filter (30) and a receive portion (102) including a dual-band filter (28). The dual-band full duplex mobile radio (20, 80) further includes a circulator (110) connecting the transmit portion (94) and the receive portion (102) and configured to provide transmit and receive switching.
Abstract:
An apparatus for frequency down-converting a radio frequency (RF) signal to baseband and an apparatus for frequency up-converting a baseband signal to radio frequency (RF) in two steps using the two quadrature components of a single local oscillator. For the down converter (200), the RF signal is mixed with both components of the local oscillator signal (LO) in a sub-harmonic mixer (204) to produce an intermediate frequency (IF) output signal having a frequency component at twice the local oscillator frequency minus the RF frequency, i.e., (2xLO)-RF = IF. The IF signal is next split into two and supplied to a quadrature mixer (206) that mixes the IF signal with the I component of the same local oscillator signal and separately mixes the IF signal with the Q component of the same local oscillator signal to produce an output signal comprising an I component and a separate Q component at baseband. In the up-converter (600), the baseband signal is split into two parts in quadrature with each other and supplied to a quadrature mixer (601) that mixes the one component of the baseband signal with the I component of a local oscillator signal at frequency F LO and separately mixes the other baseband component with the Q component of the same local oscillator to produce an intermediate frequency signal centered at the local oscillator frequency and comprising two components, namely, an I component and a Q component. Next, the intemiediate frequency signal is mixed with both components of the same local oscillator signal in a sub-harmonic mixer (605) to produce a radio frequency output signal having a frequency component at three times the local oscillator frequency minus the baseband frequency.
Abstract:
Apparatus and method to reduce signal amplitude peak-to-average ratio (PAR) in a wireless communications system are described. The apparatus may include a signal conditioning module (112) to receive a baseband signal. The signal conditioning module (112) may split the baseband signal along multiple paths (114,116), delay one or more of the paths, and combine the multiple paths (114,116) to form a conditioned signal (132) having lower signal amplitude PAR than the baseband signal.
Abstract:
An apparatus and method for characterizing an amplifier (PA) transmitting a band limited signal using a sample of the input signal to the amplifier (PA) and a sample of the output signal from the amplifier, where the output signal is subsampled. The sub-sampling frequency is chosen such that images of the band limited signal do not overlap. The input signal and the output signal in a polar format are processed to determine characteristics such AM/AM and AM/PM conversion nonlinearities.
Abstract:
An apparatus including a phase locked loop circuit (1000) having a plurality of partial cascode circuits (206, 914, 924). The plurality of partial cascode circuits (206, 914, 924) may be arranged to reduce phase noise from a ground power supply voltage and a power supply voltage.
Abstract:
The method includes forming an n-type channel portion (28) in a substrate (20) and forming a p-type channel portion (34) in the substrate (20). A boundary (75) of the n-type channel portion (28) and a boundary (73) of the p-type channel portion (34) define an intrinsic region (72) in the substrate (20).
Abstract:
A dual field plate MESFET (90) and method of forming a MESFET. The MESFET (90) includes a gate electrode (100) and a drain electrode (96), with the gate electrode (100) and drain electrode (96) formed on a substrate (105). The MESFET further includes a gate side field plate (110) at the gate electrode (100) and a drain side field plate (112) in proximity to the drain electrode (96) and extending over a burnout improvement region in the substrate (105).