Abstract:
An efficient apparatus for performing frequency conversion from a final IF frequency to a baseband frequency is described. A counter (401) generates two logical signals G1 (402) and G2 (403) which are passed to an exclusive-OR gate (404) and a multiplexer (406). When a control signal (411) is deasserted, multiplexer (406) passes signal G1 to I1 and signal G2 to I2; when control signal (411) is asserted, multiplexer (406) passes binary signal G1 to I2 (410) and signal G2 to I1 (407). Similarly, multiplexer (405) swaps its input real and imaginary samples when the output of exclusive-OR gate (404) is asserted; otherwise, it performs no operation on its input samples. Signals I1 (407) and I2 (410) are used to control arithmetic inverters (408) and (409) respectively. When the controlling signal for either inverter is asserted, the inverter performs arithmetic inversion, otherwise it performs no operation.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a digital zero-IF selectivity section circuit which operates on a recovered input signal, digitally clocked by a first clock at a rate of FS, in receiver device. The circuit uses a second clock operating at a lesser rate than the first clock to clock an N-order FIR digital filtering means to selectively band-limit the frequency spectrum of the recovered input signal. A second digital filtering means is coupled to the output of the first FIR digital filtering means. The second digital filtering means operates at a clock speed less than or equal to the second clock speed. The second digital filtering means is used to further selectively band-limit the frequency spectrum of the recovered input signal.
Abstract:
A digital down converter includes a low resolution mixer, a decimation filter, and a high resolution mixer. The low resolution mixer is configured to receive a digitized radio frequency signal, and apply a first down conversion to the radio frequency signal to produce an intermediate frequency signal. The decimation filter is coupled to the low resolution mixer. The decimation filter is configured to receive the intermediate frequency signal, and reduce a sampling rate of the intermediate frequency signal to produce a decimated intermediate frequency signal. The high resolution mixer is coupled to the decimation filter. The high resolution mixer is configured to receive the decimated intermediate frequency signal, and apply a second down conversion to the decimated intermediate frequency signal to produce a down converted signal.
Abstract:
A digital down converter includes a low resolution mixer, a decimation filter, and a high resolution mixer. The low resolution mixer is configured to receive a digitized radio frequency signal, and apply a first down conversion to the radio frequency signal to produce an intermediate frequency signal. The decimation filter is coupled to the low resolution mixer. The decimation filter is configured to receive the intermediate frequency signal, and reduce a sampling rate of the intermediate frequency signal to produce a decimated intermediate frequency signal. The high resolution mixer is coupled to the decimation filter. The high resolution mixer is configured to receive the decimated intermediate frequency signal, and apply a second down conversion to the decimated intermediate frequency signal to produce a down converted signal.
Abstract:
An receiver receives, amplifies, filters, and downconverts an RF signal to obtain an FM signal. The FM signal is then limited by a limiter and sampled by an ADC. The FM samples from the ADC are provided to an edge detector which detects transitions in the FM samples. The transitions correspond to zero crossings in the FM signal. The time period between the zero crossings, or the cycle width, is measured with a counter to determine the instantaneous frequency f.sub.c of the FM signal. The demodulated output is proportional to the instantaneous frequency which can be determined from the measured cycle periods as f.sub.c =1/2T.sub.c, f.sub.c .apprxeq.-.alpha.T.sub.c, or f.sub.c .varies.T.sub.c, where T.sub.c is the measured cycle period, and .alpha. is a constant based on the slope of 1/2T.sub.c,avg, where T.sub.c,avg is the average cycle period. The sample rate of the demodulated output can be reduced, through resampling, to minimize power consumption in the subsequent signal processing blocks.
Abstract:
In a the receiver, a reception signal is digitized (5) with a relatively high sampling frequency. Analog filters (2, 4) prevent aliasing. The digitized reception signal is applied via a splitter (100) to a quadrature digital signal processor (9, 10, 11, 12). In this processor, a desired carrier is selected and demodulated. The splitter (100) transforms the digitized reception signal in accordance with a first and a second transform function (H.sub.1, H.sub.2) to obtain in-phase and quadrature components (xi, yi), respectively. The sampling frequency is reduced (130, 140) in the splitter. A specific relation between the phase and magnitude of the transform functions (H.sub.1, H.sub.2) prevents aliasing. Such a relation can be achieved with relatively simple digital filters (110, 120).
Abstract:
A phase adjusting circuit for a demodulator is provided. The circuit comprises an A/D converter for sampling an input analog signal at an interval shorter than the Nyquist interval and converting the sampled analog signal to a digital signal, a digital filter for narrowing the frequency band of the digital signal to output a filtered digital signal, a digital sampling/holding circuit for decimating sampling components of the filtered digital signal to output a decimated digital signal, and a phase locked loop circuit for detecting a phase error of the decimated digital signal and controlling the number of sampling intervals to be skipped by the digital sampling/holding circuit.
Abstract:
An FM demodulator which generates a modulated object signal directly in digital form, wherein an input FM signal is phase detected, then converted to digital form, then quantized into a pulse density modulated binary signal using a clock reference signal having a frequency which is not correlated to the frequency of the input FM signal, and then the signal is filtered at the clock reference signal and outputted as the digital word output. Advantageously, by using the non-correlated clock reference signal, the signal to noise ratio is improved by a substantial factor.
Abstract:
A digital frequency demodulator circuit works on the principle of determining the number of zero crossings of a band-limited input signal in a given period of time, in corresponding prior art analog circuits. The circuit includes an analog-to-digital converter, three delay elements, two edge detectors, an up/down counter, two arcsin read-only memories, a 1/2 multiplier and a multiple adder.
Abstract:
A digital down converter with equalization includes an analog to digital converter (ADC), a frequency divider, an FIR-decimator-I, an FIR-decimator-Q and a frequency corrector. In operation, after some preprocessing, the FIR-decimator-I performs signal transformation equivalent to a sequence of equalization, multiplication of the processed signal by a sine wave of a conversion frequency and low pass filtering, and the FIR-decimator-Q performs signal transformation equivalent to a sequence of equalization, multiplication of the processed signal by a sine wave of conversion frequency with a phase shift of 90° and low pas filtering. The transformed signals are applied to the frequency corrector, which provides a frequency shift of predetermined value with respect to a nominal carrier frequency of the applied analog input signal and generates an In-Phase output and a Quadrature output.