Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an enhanced input buffer amplifier which is suitable for electric circuits, such as system on chip (SoC) devices and which is not sensitive to DC level variations in the input signal. SOLUTION: The input buffer amplifier has a single ended input part and a differential output part. The input terminal is connected to a first differential stage 2 having two transistors T 1 and T 2 , and to a second differential stage 3 having two transistors T 3 and T 4 . The first and second differential stages 2 and 3 are further connected to first and second loads, for example, with current mirrors 10 and 20 connected so as to provide a differential output at output terminals OUT P and OUT N . The input signal is connected to a bias circuit 4 and its reference voltage Vref tracks the DC level of the input signal. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
The invention relates to a two-point modulator (1) comprising a PLL circuit (2). Said two-point modulator (1) comprises a first circuit branch for injecting an analog modulation signal (17) into a first point of the PLL circuit (2), and a second circuit branch for injecting a digital modulation signal (16) into a second point of the PLL circuit (2). The second circuit branch controls a frequency distributor (9) in the feedback branch of the PLL circuit (2) and contains a digital filter (10) having a rectangular impulse response.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a circuit configuration for providing a complex value local oscillator signal. Said configuration comprises two dual mixers (M1, M1', M2, M2') that are controlled on their input pairs by a signal processing circuit (1) by means of a reference signal supplied to an input (E, E') in such a manner that on the dual mixers adapted for frequency conversion, on the output side (A, A') thereof, an inphase and a quadrature component are provided and have an exact phase shift of 90 DEG relative each other and jointly form a complex value local oscillator signal. The circuit configuration is preferably used in a receiver for controlling a downlink frequency converter (12). The aforementioned principle allows reduction of the dependence of the frequency shift of 90 DEG on work tolerances, a reduced frequency dependence of the phase shift and a substantially reduced current consumption of a mobile radio receiver.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a demodulator and a demodulation method. The aim of the invention is to enable a reliable demodulation in the event of an overlap of the intermediate frequency range and the signal data frequency range. To this end, a rapidly oscillating output signal (14) is generated from the in-phase signal (11) and the quadrature signal (12), the sign of said output signal varying according to the product of the sign of the in-phase signal and of the quadrature signal. Either an XOR gate (13) or a multiplier stage can be used in order to produce one such output signal.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a transmitter system, especially for cellular telephony, which modulates a modulation signal (cos omega mt, sin omega mt) onto a low-frequency carrier signal (cos 1/3 omega t, sin 1/3 omega t) using two intermediate-frequency rejecting mixers (5, 6), and which translates the signal (cos 1/3 omega t+ omega mt, sin 1/3 omega t+ omega mt) thereby obtained and present on the outputs of the modulators (5, 6) as a complex signal due to the circuitry of the inventive transmitter system into a desired transmission frequency by means of a frequency translator (4). The invention combines the advantages of vector modulation at a relatively low frequency with the advantages of an intermediate-frequency rejection mixing during modulation.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a frequency converting circuit arrangement (14) supplying a complex-valued output signal at the output (2) thereof. Said circuit comprises two frequency mixers (3, 4) which are respectively triggered by an input signal and a feedback signal which represents the frequency-divided output signal and is divided into an in-phase component and a quadrature component. The inventive frequency converting circuit (14) makes it possible to supply in a frequency-precise manner that is independent of production tolerance a signal with one output frequency, said signal being supplied as an IQ signal and being decoupled frequency-wise from the input signal, wherefore said frequency converting circuit (14) is particularly suitable for mobile radio transceivers.
Abstract:
A traveling wave amplifier comprises a first normally off MOS transistor having a drain, source and gate terminal. The drain terminal is connected to a node of a drain line, which is connected to a first supply voltage potential via a connecting resistor. The gate terminal is connected to a node of a gate line, onto which an input signal is coupled. The source terminal is coupled to a second supply voltage potential via a first resistor. The traveling wave amplifier also comprises at least one second normally off MOS transistor. In addition, the traveling wave amplifier further comprises a normally off bias MOS transistor. The normally off bias MOS transistor forms a current mirror with at least one of the second normally off MOS transistors. An output signal of the traveling wave amplifier is tapped off on the drain line.