Abstract:
A blank for forming a one-piece picture frame with picture includes a blank body having front and rear surfaces, a central rectangular picture portion formed thereon with a picture on the front surface. The blank further includes four wing portions extending from the four margins of the rectangular picture portion and the four wing portions are foldable into four rectangular tubular frame sections. Twelve locking mechanisms are used to lock the four frame sections in a folded position. A method of forming the picture frame with picture is also disclosed.
Abstract:
A digital control loop within power switchers and the like includes a sliding error sampler pulse width modulation timing variably setting a number of clock cycles relative to a digital pulse width modulator output trailing edge for loading control variables for a filter. A computation time for the proportional-integral-derivative filter is predicted based on an average for previous digital pulse width modulator outputs, computed within the integral path for the previous loop iteration. A margin is added to accommodate transient conditions accelerating the trailing edge of the digital pulse width modulator output, either fixed or variable depending on the previous iteration pulse width.
Abstract:
Adjustable gain circuits (AGCs) within serial filter stages are initialized to maximum gain. The output of each AGC is then sampled and converted to digital representation for use by control logic in setting the gain for the respective AGC. The gain adjustment decision for each AGC is performed in one shot, sequentially backwards from the last AGC, such that gain may be adapted simply and quickly within a number of cycles equal to the number of AGCs. Performance is enhanced by a fast-adapting cell in which capacitances are switched into the input path and feedback loop of an amplifier to reduce direct current gain within the transfer function through charge sharing dividing down the output voltage.
Abstract:
A DLL circuit for a semiconductor memory apparatus includes a delay line having a coarse delay chain, which has a plurality of coarse delayers connected in series and is inputted with a reference clock signal, and a plurality of fine delayers which receive output clock signals of the respective coarse delayers, and a delay control section for comparing phases of an output clock signal of a final coarse delayer among the coarse delayers with the reference clock signal and generating coarse control signals for controlling the coarse delayers and for comparing phases of an output clock signal of a fine delayer inputted with the output clock signals of the final coarse delayer, as a fine feedback clock signal, with the reference clock signal and generating fine control signals for controlling the fine delayers.
Abstract:
Rejection of local oscillator alias response is provided in a mixing circuit by (1) a switching mixer producing an output that changes at least twice between two states (e.g., high-low-high or low-high-low) during each local oscillator period, and (2) a charge integrator integrating current output from the switching mixer over the local oscillator period. The switching mixer and charge integrator produce a sampled data format, double sideband signal with serial cancellation of the switching mixer's alias responses. An extension unit connected in series with the switching mixer and charge integrator, and implementing a transform function computing a difference between consecutive samples, produces a cascading effect with the switching mixer and charge integrator, optionally producing additional nulls suppressing alias response at frequencies near the local oscillator frequency. A harmonic gating circuit between the switching mixer and charge integrator, controlled at a multiple of the local oscillator frequency, suppresses harmonic responses of the switching mixer.
Abstract:
A radio frequency (RF) receiver comprising: 1) a local oscillator (LO) circuit capable of receiving a local oscillator (LO) reference signal having frequency, LO, and a double sideband (DSB) clock signal having a frequency, DSB, and generating therefrom an in-phase product signal of the LO reference signal and the DSB clock signal in which a polarity of the LO reference signal is reversed at the DSB frequency of the DSB clock signal; and 2) a first radio frequency (RF) mixer having a first input port capable of receiving the in-phase product signal from the LO circuit and a second input port capable of receiving a modulated radio frequency (RF) signal, wherein the first RF mixer generates a first downconverted output signal.
Abstract:
A RF down/up-conversion circuit comprising: 1) a local oscillator chopping circuit comprising: a) a frequency divider circuit for receiving a first local oscillator (LO) signal having a frequency of LO and generating a frequency-divided second local oscillator (LO) signal having a frequency of LO/N and synchronized with the first LO signal; and b) a multiplier for receiving the first and second LO signals and generating a product signal of the first and second LO signals; and 2) a differential radio frequency (RF) mixer having a first differential input port for receiving the product signal from the multiplier and a second differential input port for receiving a first differential modulated radio frequency (RF) signal and a second differential modulated radio frequency (RF) signal, wherein the differential RF mixer generates a differential output signal.
Abstract:
A radio frequency (RF) demodulation circuit comprising: 1) a radio frequency (RF) mixer having a first input port capable of receiving an incoming RF signal having a frequency of RF and a second input port capable of receiving a first local oscillator (LO) signal having a frequency of LO, wherein the RF mixer generates a first intermediate frequency (IF) signal having a frequency of IF; 2) a frequency divider circuit capable of receiving the first LO signal having the frequency of LO and generating therefrom a second local oscillator (LO) signal having a frequency of LO/N and synchronized with the first LO signal; and 3) an intermediate frequency (IF) mixer having a first input port capable of receiving the first IF signal and a second input port capable of receiving the second LO signal having the frequency of LO/N, and wherein the IF mixer generates a baseband output signal.
Abstract:
A trapezoidal waveform synthesizer converts a digital phase error signal into a plurality of phase-separated trapezoidal analog waveforms. The trapezoidal waveform synthesizer includes an up/down counter that counts the positive and negative phase errors and generates a multi-bit, parallel digital counter output signal that indicates a cumulative current value of the phase errors. The counter output signal includes a least significant bit (LSB) portion and a most significant bit (MSB) portion. An upper PDM circuit converts the MSB portion of the output signal counter and a portion of the LSB portion of the counter output signal to a plurality of sets of serially-weighted multi-bit output signals. A lower PDM circuit converts the MSB and LSB portions of the counter output signal to a plurality of serially-weighted single-bit output signals. Each of the sets of multi-bit outputs and a corresponding one of the single-bit outputs are provided to an RC circuit that converts the digital signal to an analog voltage such that the waveform synthesizer provides a plurality of phase-separated trapezoidal waveforms.
Abstract:
An adaptive equalizer for adaptively equalizing a data signal received via a communications path having a signal loss magnitude which increases with signal frequency includes multiple, serially coupled adaptive filter stages. The input data signal is successively filtered and magnitude weighted by successive adaptive filter circuits in accordance with corresponding, respective adaptation control signals. The frequency domain ratio of output signals to corresponding input signals for each adaptive filter circuit represents a corresponding, respective adaptive filter transfer function. An equalizer controller, in accordance with a single equalization control signal, generates the multiple, individual adaptation control signals. The product of all of the adaptive filter transfer functions is an approximate inverse of the transfer function of the input data signal communications path, with each individual adaptive filter transfer function being an approximate inverse of a transfer function which corresponds to a portion of the input data signal communications path. The magnitude of the equalization control signal corresponds to the transfer function of the input data signal communications path, while the magnitude of each adaptation control signal corresponds to one of the transfer function corresponding to a portion of the input data signal communications path.