Abstract:
A communication device (200) capable of operating in a communication system (100) having a control system which generates information signals with redundant information is disclosed. The communication device comprises: a receiver (214) for receiving the information signals; a circuit which can determine the signal quality of the received information signals (234); and a controller (226) which decodes the received information signals, and further compares the signal quality of the information signals with a predetermined value, and decides if the received signal quality is at least equal to the predetermined value in order to only decode a portion of the information signal. Upon the communication device decoding a portion of the information signal, the communication device (200) is placed in a battery saving mode in order to conserve battery life.
Abstract:
The transmit power of a subscriber unit (106) operating in a communication system (100) is adjusted by a value which corresponds to the measured noise characteristic of a received signal at a receiving site (104).
Abstract:
A communication device (200) capable of operating in a communication system (100) having a control system which generates information signals with redundant information is disclosed. The communication device comprises: a receiver (214) for receiving the information signals; a circuit which can determine the signal quality of the received information signals (234); and a controller (226) which decodes the received information signals, and further compares the signal quality of the information signals with a predetermined value, and decides if the received signal quality is at least equal to the predetermined value in order to only decode a portion of the information signal. Upon the communication device decoding a portion of the information signal, the communication device (200) is placed in a battery saving mode in order to conserve battery life.
Abstract:
Improvement of quantization errors that arise in a delay line with finite resolution. A direct digital synthesizer (DDS), which contains numerically controlled oscillator (NCO) and a digital-to-phase converter (DPC), is placed in the feedback loop of a phase locked loop (PLL). The DDS is used as a fractional divider of the voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) frequency, such that the reference frequenc of the DDS is made variable. Alignment of the edges provided by the DDS delay line (607, 617) may then be adjusted. Mismatch errors in the DDS delay line are reduced by utilizing independently tunable delay elements (685, 690).
Abstract:
A modulated signal, having a varying magnitude signal envelope, is conditioned, such as to facilitate amplification (500). Minimum values are determined values for portions of the signal envelope (520, 530), and a window expansion function applied to scale each portion of the signal envelope having a minimum value below a particular threshold, such that each scaled portion has a new minimum value of at least the particular threshold (535, 540, 550, 555).
Abstract:
A delay locked loop frequency synthesizer in several embodiments uses a primary delay line element (24) and one or more secondary delay elements (162 164, 270, 310). In one embodiment, a main delay line (24) is used to coarsely select a frequency output while a secondary delay element (162 164, 270, 310), either passive or active, is used to increase the resolution of the primary delay line (24). In the passive embodiment, a coarse and fine frequency selection is possible by selecting components from the output taps of the main delay line (24) as a driving signal for the passive secondary delay element (310) to provide the coarse adjustment and selecting an output from the secondary delay element (310) to provide the fine selection.
Abstract:
Pulsewidth-modulated amplifier (100) includes a controller (102) which provides for a set of compensated signals (114, 158 and 160). The compensated signals are used for driving a speaker (136). Controller (100) includes a storage area for storing distortion characteristics for the amplifier for a predetermined operational frequency range. The compensated drive signals (114, 158 and 160) help compensate for the electrical non-linear distortions that occur in amplifier (100) and thereby help reduce the output distortion of amplifier (100).
Abstract:
Pulsewidth-modulated amplifier (100) includes a controller (102) which provides for a set of compensated signals (114, 158 and 160). The compensated signals are used for driving a speaker (136). Controller (100) includes a storage area for storing distortion characteristics for the amplifier for a predetermined operational frequency range. The compensated drive signals (114, 158 and 160) help compensate for the electrical non-linear distortions that occur in amplifier (100) and thereby help reduce the output distortion of amplifier (100).
Abstract:
A high efficiency amplitude/phase modulation amplifier circuit (100) includes a first (102) and a second (106) high efficiency amplifier. These amplifiers (102 and 106) amplify two constant amplitude/phase modulated signals. A combiner (104) combines the output signals from the amplifiers (102 and 106) to produce a combined signal to a load (108). Two shunt elements (202 and 204) are included to prevent the reactive components of the combined signal from reaching the amplifiers (102 and 106). With no reactive components reflected back, the amplifiers (102 and 106) can remain non-linear even though they are used to amplify an amplitude/phase modulated signal which includes Amplitude Modulation (AM) components.
Abstract:
On règle la puissance de transmission d'une unité d'abonné (106) fonctionnant dans un système de communication (100) au moyen d'une valeur correspondant à la mesure du bruit caractéristique d'un signal reçu à un site de réception (104).