摘要:
A method of tuning the frequency of a generated signal to form an output signal including: forming the generated signal at a signal generator; comparing a feedback signal with a reference signal and generating a control signal in dependence on that comparison, wherein the feedback signal is generated using the output signal; and generating the output signal by performing a frequency-dividing operation in dependence on the generated signal and a dividing factor, wherein the dividing factor is determined in dependence on the control signal.
摘要:
A circuit for modulating an input signal including a dither signal generator configured to generate a first dither signal having a maximum amplitude, a deamplifier configured to reduce the amplitude of said input signal so as to generate a deamplified input signal having a maximum amplitude that is comparable to the maximum amplitude of the dither signal, and a summer configured to sum the dither signal with the deamplified input signal.
摘要:
An integrated circuit comprising: a first core circuit configured to operate at a first clock rate for carrying out a first range of tasks; and a second core circuit configured to operate in a first mode and a second mode, the second core circuit being configured to operate at a second clock rate for carrying out a second range of tasks in the second mode and being configured to operate in the second mode when the first core circuit carries out the first range of tasks, the second clock rate being greater than the first clock rate.
摘要:
A differential electronic amplifier including: a first switch connected between a first reference voltage and a first node; a second switch connected between a second reference voltage and a second node; a resonant differential load connected between the first and second nodes and having a centre point connected to a third reference voltage; an output stage constituted by a first side of a transformer; a load impedance connected to a second side of the transformer; a first capacitive element connected between the first side of the transformer and the first node; and a second capacitive element connected between the first side of the transformer and the second node; wherein all inductive elements connected in series between the first and second capacitive elements are inductively coupled to the second side of the transformer.
摘要:
A method of calculating a transmission delay value for data transmitted from a first device to a second device across a communications link. The method involves calculating a plurality of measured values representing the transmission delay measured by the second device over time; detecting a minimum boundary of the measured values; and deriving the transmission delay value from the minimum boundary. The transmission delay value may be used to synchronize the clock signal of the second device to the clock signal of the first device.
摘要:
A signal receiver capable of operating in two modes: a normal mode for reception and decoding of signals and a detection mode for detecting the presence of signals, the signal receiver having: a functional unit that can operate in two manners: a first manner having relatively low power consumption and relatively poor accuracy and a second manner having relatively high power consumption and relatively high accuracy, and a controller for causing the functional unit to operate in the first manner when the receiver is in its detection mode and in the second manner when the receiver is in its normal mode.
摘要:
Under bump passive structures, such as capacitors and inductors, may be formed using the post-processing layers in wafer level packaging. In an embodiment, a packaged semiconductor device is described which includes an under-bump capacitor formed in semiconductor device post-processing layers. As part of the post-processing a first dielectric layer is deposited on the active face of a semiconductor die and then in sequence a first metal layer, second dielectric layer and second metal layer are deposited. The under-bump capacitor is formed from a lower plate in the first metal layer and an upper plate in the second metal layer, the plates being separated by the second dielectric layer. In order to increase capacitance, the capacitor may be formed over one or more openings in the first dielectric layer, such that the layers forming the capacitor are no longer planar but follow the underlying topology.
摘要:
A station for accessing the resources of an access point in a wireless network, the station including a transmitter that is arranged to formulate probe requests and a transmit chain that is arranged to transmit probe requests on multiple channels of the access point simultaneously, wherein the probe requests are configured to elicit responses from the access point. Also disclosed is a station for accessing the resources of an access point in a wireless network, wherein the network includes a plurality of channels at different frequencies and the station includes a receiver and a receive chain arranged to deliver to the receiver a signal that has been acquired wirelessly from the network and which spans a plurality of the channels, wherein the receiver is arranged to produce a first spectrogram of the signal and to make a determination, by comparing the first spectrogram with one or more earlier spectrograms of the signal, of whether there is communication starting in the network in a channel covered by the signal.
摘要:
An interconnection medium for connecting circuitry, including a ground plane; a first balanced antenna located in a first plane, the first plane being parallel to the ground plane; a second balanced antenna located in a second plane, the second plane being parallel to the first plane; wherein the first balanced antenna and the second balanced antenna are configured such that the magnetic field radiated by the first balanced antenna is orthogonal to the magnetic field radiated by the second balanced antenna, and the electrical field radiated by the first balanced antenna is orthogonal to the electric field radiated by the second balanced antenna.
摘要:
A method and apparatus are provided for estimating the noise spectrum of an audio signal occupying a certain frequency range. The amplitude of the audio signal is measured at only a subset of the frequency range having a low expected signal to noise ratio at the time of measuring such that the measured amplitude is indicative of noise amplitude at that subset of the frequency range. A predefined noise spectral shape is then adapted by fitting to the noise amplitude so as to form the estimated noise spectrum. The noise spectrum so estimated is used to remove interference noise from the audio signal.