Abstract:
Disclosed is an apparatus for converting a frequency. The apparatus includes: an oscillator configured to generate a first oscillation signal having a first oscillation frequency which is obtained by subtracting an input frequency from a carrier frequency of any one carrier signal among a first to a n-th carrier signals (n is a natural number), and generate a second oscillation signal having a second oscillation frequency which is obtained by adding the input frequency to a carrier frequency of any one carrier signal among a (n+1)-th to a 2n-th carrier signals; and a mixer configured to mix and output the first oscillation signal or the second oscillation signal with an input signal having the input frequency.
Abstract:
Disclosed is an apparatus for converting a frequency. The apparatus includes: an oscillator configured to generate a first oscillation signal having a first oscillation frequency which is obtained by subtracting an input frequency from a carrier frequency of any one carrier signal among a first to a n-th carrier signals (n is a natural number), and generate a second oscillation signal having a second oscillation frequency which is obtained by adding the input frequency to a carrier frequency of any one carrier signal among a (n+1)-th to a 2n-th carrier signals; and a mixer configured to mix and output the first oscillation signal or the second oscillation signal with an input signal having the input frequency.
Abstract:
An integrated circuit device includes a multi-port piezoelectric-on-semiconductor microelectromechanical resonator, which is configured to support independent and concurrent piezoelectric transduction of multiple resonance modes. The resonator includes a semiconductor resonator body (e.g., Si body) suspended opposite an underlying recess in a substrate. Opposite ends of the semiconductor resonator body are anchored to the substrate. The resonator body may be formed so that a plan layout view of a portion of the semiconductor resonator body is dumbbell-shaped to thereby support acoustic energy trapping of multiple high-Q resonance modes.
Abstract:
Techniques for detecting and correcting phase discontinuity of a local oscillator (LO) signal are disclosed. In one design, a wireless device includes an LO generator and a phase detector. The LO generator generates an LO signal used for frequency conversion and is periodically powered on and off. The phase detector detects the phase of the LO signal when the LO generator is powered on. The detected phase of the LO signal is used to identify phase discontinuity of the LO signal. The wireless device may further include (i) a single-tone generator that generates a single-tone signal used to detect the phase of the LO signal, (ii) a downconverter that downconverts the single-tone signal with the LO signal and provides a downconverted signal used by the phase detector to detect the phase of LO signal, and (iii) phase corrector that corrects phase discontinuity of the LO signal in the analog domain or digital domain.
Abstract:
Mechanical resonating structures are used to generate signals having a target frequency with low noise. The mechanical resonating structures may generate output signals containing multiple frequencies which may be suitably combined with one or more additional signals to generate the target frequency with low noise. The mechanical resonating structures may be used to form oscillators.
Abstract:
A dual mode frequency synthesizer circuit including: a DDS or PLL (204) for receiving an input clock (202) and generating an output clock (206), in a high resolution mode; and an RF switch (210) having its output (208) coupled to the output of the DDS or PLL, a first input (216) for receiving a first injection low phase-noise clock (F1), a second input (218) for receiving a second injection low phase-noise clock (F2), and a control input (222) for selecting one of the first or second injection low phase-noise clocks for a low phase-noise mode.
Abstract:
A dual in-situ mixing approach for extended tuning range of resonators. In one embodiment, a dual in-situ mixing device tunes an input radio-frequency (RF) signal using a first mixer, a resonator body, and a second mixer. In one embodiment, the first mixer is coupled to receive the input RF signal and a local oscillator signal. The resonator body receives the output of the first mixer, and the second mixer is coupled to receive the output of the resonator body and the local oscillator signal to provide a tuned output RF signal as a function of the frequency of local oscillator signal.
Abstract:
The disclosed signal generator circuit has a four-phase signal generator circuit generating four-phase signals with a first frequency; an eight-phase signal generator circuit performing ½ frequency division of the four-phase signals to generate eight-phase signals with a second frequency; a first to a fourth harmonic rejection mixer circuits multiplying a first four-phase signal and a second four-phase signal of the four-phase signals by a first to a third eight-phase signals and a third to a fifth eight-phase signals of the eight-phase signals with mutually different combinations; a subtractor subtracting between outputs of the first and the fourth harmonic rejection mixer circuits to generate a first output signal with a third frequency; and an adder adding between outputs of the second and the third harmonic rejection mixer circuits to generate a second output signal with a third frequency whose phase is different from the first output signal by π/2.
Abstract:
A single sideband mixer circuit includes a voltage controlled oscillator operable a tunable frequency f1. The mixer circuit outputs a frequency signal at a frequency f1±f2. A tracking filter operates to filter the frequency signal and generate a first output signal at the frequency f1±f2. A resonance frequency fr of the tracking filter is tunable to substantially match the frequency f1±f2 of the frequency signal. The output signal of the tracking filter may be processed by a phase lock loop circuit to generate a control signal for controlling the setting of the tunable frequency f1 and resonance frequency fr. Alternatively, the output signal of the tracking filter may be divided and the divided signal processed by a phase lock loop circuit to generate the control signal for controlling setting of the tunable frequency f1 and resonance frequency fr.
Abstract:
A mechanical frequency generator has a first mechanical resonator and a second mechanical resonator and a circuit connected with the first and second mechanical resonators. The first and second mechanical resonators having substantially the same resonator frequency coefficients as a function of an environment of the first and the second mechanical resonators. The first mechanical resonator differing in size from the second mechanical resonator. The circuit adapted to generate a difference frequency signal responsive to the first and second mechanical resonator frequency signals and based on the first and the second predetermined resonant frequencies.