摘要:
A vertical amplifier system for a multitrace oscilloscope including a first and a second variable gain amplifiers each connected to each channel of a multitrace oscilloscope. First, a first reference voltage is fed to the two variable gain amplifiers at the same time. The polarity of output of the second variable gain amplifier is inverted, and the inverted output is added to the output of the first variable gain amplifier by an adder. The added result is detected by a resistor. A CPU automatically controls a gain of at least one of the variable gain amplifiers while receiving the added result so that the added result becomes zero. Second, a second reference voltage (a ground level voltage, for example) is applied to both variable gain amplifiers, and an offset of at least one of the variable gain amplifiers is adjusted so that the added result detected by the resistor becomes zero. The input-output characteristics of both variable gain amplifiers are equalized with high accuracy.
摘要:
An arrangement for playing back data read out of data tracks on a recorded medium, in which a tracking circuit positions a beam of light on data tracks of the recorded medium. From a photodetector with a plurality of photodiodes, there are generated a data signal, a focusing-error signal, and a tracking-error signal. These signals result from the beam of light that is reflected by the recorded medium onto the photodetector. An offset-compensation voltage is applied to one input of a tracking control amplifier in the tracking circuit. The tracking error signal is generated from photovoltages of predetermined ones of photodiodes. The offset-compensation voltage is varied until one of the photovoltages is equal to the sum of the offset-compensation voltage and of another one of the photovoltages to maintain the operating point of the tracking circuit at an optimal midpoint.
摘要:
An improved instantaneous floating point (IFP) amplifier is provided having a plurality of cascaded amplifier stages, with each stage having a plurality of possible gains. The input sample signal is passed through each stage so that no stage is selectively bypassed.A bipolar, logarithmic amplifier is used for gain control. The gain control bits correspond to the industry standard gain control codes, thereby eliminating the need for bit mapping.The offset voltage control circuit is initialized during power-up by removing the IFP input signal and measuring the input referred offset at each gain setting. The measurements are stored. When a sample signal is received at the IFP amplifier input, the appropriate gain is applied to that signal along with the stored offset value corresponding to that gain.
摘要:
An electrocardiographic amplifier having an integrator in the feedback loop between the amplifier's input and output whose time constant is varied by the duty cycle of a series switch to vary the low frequency 3 dB roll-off point as a function of the detected low frequency noise in the amplifier output signal. A capacitor is switched in parallel with the inverting feedback resistor to lower the high frequency 3 dB roll-off point in response to detected high frequency noise.
摘要:
Disclosed is a dynamic compensation circuit for correcting the residual offset voltage encountered in an analog-to-digital conversion chain. Samples of an analog signal having an average value equal to 0 are provided to a first input of a comparator, the second input of which receives a reference signal generated through a D to A converter under control of a control logic circuit. A sample and hold circuit with the comparator causes a DC offset of the output signal level which is to be dynamically corrected by the compensating circuit of the invention. The DC offset causes the duty cycle to differ from one by an amount .DELTA.DC which will be the error curve signal of the compensation circuit. The compensating circuit reduces the .DELTA.DC to 0 by adding to the signal a DC voltage opposite to and of equal magnitude to the offset voltage level.
摘要:
Envelope tracking systems with modeling for power amplifier supply voltage filtering are provided herein. In certain embodiments, an envelope tracking system includes a supply voltage filter, a power amplifier that receives a power amplifier supply voltage through the supply voltage filter, and an envelope tracker that generates the power amplifier supply voltage. The power amplifier provides amplification to a radio frequency (RF) signal that is generated based on digital signal data, and the envelope tracker generates the power amplifier supply voltage based on an envelope signal corresponding to an envelope of the RF signal. The envelope tracking system further includes digital modeling circuitry that models the supply voltage filter and operates to digitally compensate the digital signal data for effects of the supply voltage filter, such as distortion.
摘要:
Envelope tracking systems with modeling for power amplifier supply voltage filtering are provided herein. In certain embodiments, an envelope tracking system includes a supply voltage filter, a power amplifier that receives a power amplifier supply voltage through the supply voltage filter, and an envelope tracker that generates the power amplifier supply voltage. The power amplifier provides amplification to a radio frequency (RF) signal that is generated based on digital signal data, and the envelope tracker generates the power amplifier supply voltage based on an envelope signal corresponding to an envelope of the RF signal. The envelope tracking system further includes digital modeling circuitry that models the supply voltage filter and operates to digitally compensate the digital signal data for effects of the supply voltage filter, such as distortion.
摘要:
A fast switching time is highly desired in the design of mobile handsets. The limiting factor in the switching time is the resistor through which bias is applied to amplifiers used within such handsets. Bypassing the bias resistor when amplifiers are transitioning is a way to improve switching time without compromising the RF performance. Methods and devices to generate short pulses without relying on a continuously running clock and used to bypass bias resistors are described.
摘要:
A RF-digital hybrid mode power amplifier system for achieving high efficiency and high linearity in wideband communication systems is disclosed. The present invention is based on the method of adaptive digital predistortion to linearize a power amplifier in the RF domain. The present disclosure enables a power amplifier system to be field reconfigurable and support multi-modulation schemes (modulation agnostic), multi-carriers and multi-channels. As a result, the digital hybrid mode power amplifier system is particularly suitable for wireless transmission systems, such as base-stations, repeaters, and indoor signal coverage systems, where baseband I-Q signal information is not readily available.
摘要:
An apparatus and method for DC offset compensation. An amplifier receives an input signal (AIN) and provides an amplified output signal (SOUT) and a feedback path provides DC offset compensation. The feedback path comprises at least one voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) and a counter. The VCO provides, over time, a first VCO output signal based on said amplified output signal and a second VCO output signal based on a reference signal (VREF). The counter generates first pulse counts based upon the first VCO output signal and second pulse counts based upon the second VCO output signal and provides a compensation signal based on a comparison of the first and second pulse counts. One voltage controlled oscillator may sequentially receive a signal based on said amplifier output signal and the reference signal from a multiplexer so as to sequentially produce the first and second VCO output signals.