116 results about "Carrier leakage" patented technology

The invention provides a method for precisely estimating a large frequency offset of a DFT-s-OFDM (Direct Fourier Transformer Spread Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) system. The method comprises the following steps of synchronizing SC-OFMA (Single-Carrier Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) symbols; performing frequency offset estimation by utilization of a synchronized cyclic prefix CP and a data section tail part Tail so as to obtain a small frequency offset, and compensating the small frequency offset on a receiving signal; performing automatic RB (Resource Block) detection after removing the carrier leakage from the compensated receiving signal, and distributing sub carriers according to frequency domain RB so as to obtain a large frequency offset; generating a DMRS (Demodulation Reference Signal) local reference signal for a time slot under an unknown time slot number according to receiver DMRS symbols; obtaining a precise frequency offset according to an average phase difference of two DMRS symbols in one sub carrier, and obtaining a large frequency offset estimation range. According to the method for precisely estimating the large frequency offset of the DFT-s-OFDM system, the inter-symbol interference and the inter-sub carrier interference can be conquered, and the frequency offset estimation on signals is realized under the condition of unnecessarily knowing signal resource block allocation and sub frame sequence number in advance, so that the frequency offset range is enlarged, and the precision of the estimation result is improved.

Embodiments of methods, transceiver circuits, and systems can compensate an IQ mismatch (e.g., Tx or Rx) or a carrier leakage using a plurality of local oscillators. One embodiment of a transceiver can include a first up-conversion IQ mixer, a second up-conversion IQ mixer, a first down-conversion IQ mixer with an input to receive an output of the second up-conversion IQ mixer, a second down-conversion IQ mixer with an input to receive an output of the first up-conversion IQ mixer, a first local oscillator to generate a first IQ LO signal for the first up-conversion IQ mixer and the first down-conversion IQ mixer, and a second local oscillator to generate a second IQ LO signal for the second up-conversion IQ mixer and the second down-conversion IQ mixer.

A method and apparatus that provide a frequency conversion in a radio frequency front-end are disclosed, including a frequency divider that divides an input signal frequency by a predetermined value to produce an output signal frequency; and a frequency mixer that mixes the output signal frequency with a carrier signal frequency to produce a converted signal frequency, which is substantially equal to a difference between the output signal frequency and the carrier signal frequency. The predetermined value and the input signal frequency are selected such that the carrier signal frequency is not substantially equivalent to an integer multiple of the output signal frequency. The method and apparatus can be used in a wireless communication receiver including wireless communication systems and wireless LAN systems.

A transceiver includes a transmitter circuit, a receiver circuit, and the loopback switch. The transmitter circuit performs a digital-to-analog conversion (DAC) operation on a calibration code without a transmission digital signal in a calibration mode to generate a calibration signal. The transmitter circuit up-converts the calibration signal and generates a transmission signal. The receiver circuit down-converts the transmission signal in the calibration mode and generates a receiving digital signal. The loopback switch electrically connects an output terminal of the transmitter circuit and an input terminal of the receiver circuit in the calibration mode. Thus, the transceiver may stably reduce a carrier leakage irrespective of processes, voltages, and temperatures.

The invention relates to an adaptive rejection system for carrier wave leakage in direct frequency conversion modulation in the DSP technology field. The system comprises a down-conversion module, a demodulation and frequency phase recovering module, a DC detection module and a feedback module. The adaptive rejection system can automatically monitor, track and compensate for the DC component caused by the changes in environmental temperature and humidity in all elements in a whole up-conversion link without interrupting a master signal, and the adaptive feedback structure has high precision at the same time.

Systems and methods may be provided for transmitter calibration. The systems and methods may include providing one or more radio frequency (RF) test signals at an output of a transmitter, wherein the one or more RF test signals are based upon IQ baseband test signals, and applying an envelope detector to the one or more test signals to obtain one or more characteristic signals from the one or more RF test signals, where the one or more characteristic signals includes one or more first harmonic components and one or more second harmonic components associated with the one or more RF test signals. The systems and methods may further include analyzing the one or more second harmonic components to determine one or more IQ mismatch compensation parameters, and analyzing the one or more first harmonic components to determine one or more carrier leakage or DC offset compensation parameters.

An exemplary apparatus includes a modulator configured to modulate a data signal onto a carrier signal to generate a modulated signal having a transmit frequency within a predefined frequency range adjacent to and within a boundary of an uplink frequency band, a filter configured to at least partially remove a carrier frequency component from the modulated signal to produce a filtered modulated signal, and an antenna configured to transmit the filtered modulated signal.

The invention provides a WLAN transceiver with the carrier leakage correction and compensation functions. An ADC for collecting data or a DAC for carrier leakage compensation and I / Q mismatch compensation does not need to be introduced into a radio frequency part of the WLAN transceiver, only a simple correction path needs to the designed, the correction and compensation are achieved through a digital base band, and very high precision can be achieved only by carrying out a few iterations.

A quadrature modulator and a method of calibrating same by applying a first test tone signal to an in-phase modulation branch input of the modulator and a ninety degree phase-shifted version of the first test tone signal to a quadrature modulation branch input of the modulator. The carrier leakage level in an output signal of the modulator is measured and in response base band dc offset voltages are adjusted to minimize the carrier leakage. A second test tone signal is applied to the in-phase modulation branch input and a ninety degree phase-shifted version of the second test tone signal to the quadrature modulation branch input. The level of an undesired upper sideband frequency component in the output signal is measured and in response base band gains the in-phase and quadrature modulation branches and a local oscillator phase error are adjusted to minimize the undesired side band.

The transmitter has a transmission modulator including first and second modulators, a phase comparator and a controller. First and second non-inverted local signals supplied to the modulators are set to have a predetermined phase difference. In a calibration action for reducing carrier leakage, the phase comparator is supplied with the first or second local signals, and carrier signals leaking at an output of the transmission modulator. The controller keeps changing the ratio of DC biasing currents to paired transistors of each modulator until the predetermined phase difference is detected with the phase comparator. When the predetermined phase difference is detected, the controller stops changing the ratio of DC biasing currents. The invention contributes the reduction in the chip footprint of a transmitter on the direct up-conversion (DUC) architecture, and the decrease in carrier leakage owing to local signals supplied to the transmission modulator.

The number of measurements needed to calibrate an electrical device is reduced. Apparatus and methods minimize output of one or more unwanted signals by determining a calibration setting, in a minimal number of measurements, from determined distances to a best setting. Each distance to a best setting can be determined as a function of the characteristic of the unwanted signal and the measured unwanted signal level. A calibration setting point can be determined by searching for a setting point having a lowest sum of distance errors determined from the calculated distances and from the measured and non measured setting points. The techniques and apparatus are useful for minimizing a number of measurements that would be needed for determining a setting that substantially prevents generation of unwanted output signals, such as carrier leakage (LO-leakage) and unwanted sidebands, and for quickly determining whether an acceptable calibration setting exists for a device.

The invention provides a carrier leak correcting circuit used at the front end of emission, comprising a converting circuit used for converting a carrier leak signal into an analog baseband signal, an analog-to-digital converter used for converting the analog baseband signal into a digital signal, and a compensating circuit used for compensating an analog baseband processing circuit at the front end of emission according to the digital signal. The invention also provides a carrier leak correcting method used at the front end of emission, comprising the following steps: down-frequency conversion is realized on the carrier leak signal, so that the analog baseband signal of carrier leakage can be obtained; a baseband signal intensity detector can be used for detecting the analog baseband signal of carrier leakage, and analog-to-digital conversion is realized on the detected signal, so that the digital signal of carrier leakage can be obtained; according to the digital signal of carrier leakage, DC Offset compensation realized in the analog baseband processing circuit at the front end of emission by the compensating circuit. The invention realizes the technical effects of lower power consumption of the correcting circuit and smaller area of a chip.

The invention relates to a device and method for monitoring in-orbit integrity risk of a navigation satellite. The device comprises a receiving module, a characteristic extraction module and a monitoring judgment module. The method comprises the steps of extracting a characteristic value of a signal, and calculating a monitoring threshold of abnormality of a navigation signal power, a pseudo codewaveform distortion value, pseudo code / carrier consistency, carrier leakage, pseudo carrier deviation degree, message consistency and carrier phase consistency; comparing the characteristic value withthe monitoring threshold; and sending out a warning signal if the characteristic value exceeds the threshold. Monitoring on integrity of the navigation signal of the in-orbit navigation satellite isachieved, and accurate and timely warning of a user is achieved.

A mobile communication terminal has a radio frequency identification (RFID) system to read information from RFID tags at predetermined distances. An RFID transmission antenna to transmit or receive a wireless signal for mobile communication to / from a base station, or transmit wireless signal to the RFID tag, and an RFID reception antenna to receive RFID wireless signal transmitted from the RFID tag. Accordingly, ingress of the RFID transmission carrier leakage to the RFID reception circuit can be prevented. Additionally, a small size antenna such as a chip ceramic antenna is used exclusively for RFID reception, and the RFID reception antenna is also used as a mobile communication antenna. As a result, the mobile communication terminal can be compact-sized, the size of transmission signal can be increased, and dynamic range increases without having to increase the sensitivity of the RFID tag, to extend the communication distance.

The present invention provides a carrier corrective system for radio frequency transceiver that includes signal detection module for detecting analog signals; analogue-to-digital converter for converting analog signals into digital signals; compensating circuit for compensating the transmitter analog baseband processing circuit of the transceiver according to the digital signals. The invention conquers problem that the corrective method of transceiver carrier leakage in prior art depends on the assistance of digital baseband chip, and increases complexity of the transceiver and the digital baseband chip interface, and shorts bidirectional selection range without reducing system cost.

The invention relates to a transmitter gain distribution method and circuit. The method comprises the following steps: respectively setting a gain of an intermediate frequency module and a gain of a radio frequency module according to the output power of a transmitter and through combining a preset condition, wherein the preset condition is the corresponding relation among the output power, the gain of the intermediate frequency module and the gain of the radio frequency module; stepping the gain of the intermediate frequency module according to the step length of 1 dB, and circulating in the stepping range of 6 dB in sequence; stepping the gain of the radio frequency module according to the step length of 6 dB, wherein the stepping range is the dynamic range of the output power, and the value of the any gain of the radio frequency module corresponds to the values of six types of continuous output power, and corresponds to a circulation of the gain of the intermediate frequency module. According to the method and the circuit, the carrier leakage suppression can be optimized in the dynamic range of the overall output power effectively, and moreover, the power consumption is reduced along with the reduction of the output power, so that the efficiency is improved.

The invention provides a digital correction method for IQ channel mismatch of a novel broadband receiver. The digital correction method for the IQ channel mismatch is proposed by fully utilizing the magnitude-frequency characteristic of an IQ digital signal on the basis of narrowband signal correction. An orthogonal error exists in zero intermediate frequency modulation, and a generated residual mirror image and a carrier leakage signal can generate in-band interference, thus reducing the signal-to-noise ratio of a modulation signal and scattering constellation points. The IQ correction closed loop method that has non-ideal characteristics and is easy to implement provided by the invention provides a basic method and a specific operation. The method has the advantages of simple algorithm, little hardware resource occupation, strong portability, simple and convenient subsequent maintenance and so on. By adopting the method, the mirror image and the power of the carrier leakage of the signal on the frequency spectrum can be reduced, the amplitude-phase error within the entire working bandwidth is effectively corrected, the dynamic range of a wireless communication device is expanded, the requirements of a broadband wireless communication system are satisfied, and the signal-to-noise ratio of the modulation signal is increased.

An embodiment of a mixer with carrier leakage self-calibrating is disclosed. The mixer comprises a double balanced mixer, a gm stage comprising a first processing unit and a second processing unit, a current duplicating circuit, a capacitor, a controller and a current compensation unit. The current duplicating circuit selects the first processing unit or the second processing unit and duplicates a duplicated current of the selected processing unit to charge the capacitor. The capacitor has a first terminal and a second terminal, wherein the second terminal is grounded and the first terminal receives the duplicated current. The controller determines a charge time of the capacitor to generate a compensation signal, wherein the charge time is the time that the voltage of the capacitor is charged to equal to a reference voltage. The current compensation unit receives the compensation signal to generate a compensation current to the mixer.

According to one embodiment of the invention, a system for controlling carrier leakage in a communications device is provided. The system includes a first mixer unit operable to receive a first signal, to convert the first signal into a second signal having a higher frequency than the first signal, and to transmit the second signal. The system also includes a second mixer unit. The second mixer unit is operable to receive the second signal, to convert the second signal into an in-phase signal and a quadrature signal each having lower frequency than the second signal, and to transmit the in-phase signal and the quadrature signal. The system also includes a processor coupled to the first mixer and the second mixer. The processor is operable to perform a leakage reduction procedure by receiving the in-phase signal and the quadrature signal from the second mixer, sampling the in-phase signal and the quadrature signal, determining that a result from the sampling is not equal to a predetermined value, initiating a transmission of a direct current offset signal to the first mixer unit, and adjusting a voltage of the direct current offset signal until a next result of the sampling approximately equals the predetermined value.

The invention discloses a system for suppressing carrier leakage, and the system comprises a directional coupler, a quadrature demodulator and a reflection signal module, wherein the directional coupler is used for outputting leaked radio frequency carrier signals from an isolation port to the quadrature demodulator; the quadrature demodulator is used for demodulating out in-phase and quadrature signals from the leaked radio frequency carrier signals, sending the in-phase and quadrature signals to the reflection signal module and utilizing reflection signals reflected from the reflection signal module to suppress the leaked radio frequency carrier signals; and the reflection signal module is used for performing filtration, phase rotation gain control and in-phase and out-of-phase integration on the in-phase and quadrature signals to obtain control signals of the reflection signals, utilizing the control signals to control the reflection signals and sending the reflection signals to the quadrature demodulator. The invention further discloses a method for suppressing the carrier leakage; by adopting the system and the method, leakage of forward radio frequency carrier signals can be simply and effectively suppressed.

A very large mode (VLM) slab-coupled optical waveguide laser (SCOWL) is provided that includes an upper waveguide region as part of the waveguide for guiding the laser mode. The upper waveguide region is positioned in the interior regions of the VLM SCOWL. A lower waveguide region also is part of the waveguide that guides the laser mode. The lower waveguide region is positioned in an area underneath the upper waveguide region. An active region is positioned between the upper waveguide region and the lower waveguide region. The active region is arranged so etching into the VLM SCOWL is permitted to define one or more ridge structures leaving the active region unetched. One or more mode control barrier layers are positioned between said upper waveguide region and said lower waveguide region. The one or more mode control barrier layers control the fundamental mode profile and prevent mode collapse of the laser mode. The mode control barrier layers also block carrier leakage from the active region. These layers are essential to obtaining VLM SCOWLs.

The invention relates to a digital multi-function disc used large power 650nm semiconductor laser, which comprises a substrate used to do laser material structure external growth, a buffer layer on the substrate, a N type cladding on the buffer layer to limit the leakage of the loading unit, an active region layer on the cladding, a first P type cladding on the active region layer to limit the leakage of the loading unit, a current barrier layer on the P type cladding to barriers the current spread to reduce the current leakage, a second P type cladding on the current barrier layer and the first P type cladding to limit the leakage of the loading unit, a basaltic layer on the second P type cladding, an electrode touching layer on the basaltic layer, a double groove structure on the electrode touching layer, the basaltic layer and the second P type cladding which adopts etching bath to etch the three grooves, and a silicon nitride oxide layer on the electrode touching layer which covers the double grooves.

The invention belongs to the technical field of wireless communication and relates to a radio frequency nonideal characteristic correction method for a transmitter. The invention provides the method for correcting I / Q imbalance, carrier leakage and in-band distortion of the transmitter. A system model is processed; an inverse filter required by pre-distortion is directly calculated through utilization of an adaptive algorithm; and extra operation of estimating branch influences and then calculating the inverse filter is avoided. The invention also provides a high-efficiency tracking algorithm. Parameters of a predistorter are continuously updated online in an adaptive mode. The complexity is reduced.

The invention relates to an air interface uplink channel for a shift m sequence spread spectrum radio frequency identification device (RFID), which belongs to the field of short-haul communication and relates to RFID technology and is related with an ultra-short wave, a microwave RFID system and a device design. A passive tag RFID uplink channel is provided with an orthogonal shift m sequence spread spectrum uplink channel. The original polynomial of a shift m sequence family is selectable and an application sequence in an orthogonal shift m sequence family is selectable. The minimum shift amount is 1 chip. The design chip width of the system is far more than the transmission delay from a reader-writer to a tag. In the invention, RFID uplink and downlink channels of an active tag are provided with shift m sequence spread spectrums. Binary phase shift keying (BPSK) modulation is selected and the reader-writer adopts relevant de-spreading of an asynchronous correlator of the selectable sequence. The invention discloses a method for establishing a carrier leakage counteraction design with the characteristics of amplitude and a phase control ring at the front end of the reader-writer and arranging a carrier leakage indicating circuit in a reader-writer receiver.

The present invention provides a transmitter structure for a pulse ultra-broadband signal, including a narrow pulse generating module, a balance modulation module, a local oscillation module, an amplifier and an antenna. The balance modulation module has a symmetrical structure for implementing a two phase PSK balance modulation to a narrow pulse ultra-broadband signal, which not only reduce the effect of a dithering effectively and eliminate a positive and a negative polarity requirement generated by the narrow pulse, also can restrain a carrier leakage.

A mixer circuit. The mixer circuit comprises a double-balanced mixer and a carrier-leakage calibration cell. The double-balanced mixer has first and second input pairs whereby the first input pair receives the first differential input signal. The carrier-leakage calibration cell receives the second differential input signal and a differential calibration current and generates first and second output voltages to the second input pair of the double-balanced mixer.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a power amplifier and a signal processing method, and relates to the field of mobile communication. The power amplifier comprises a pulse modulator, a level adjustor and an amplitude power amplifier. The embodiment of the invention also provides a signal processing method. The method is that: signals processed by at least one integrator and the signals subjected to quantitative processing in the pulse modulator are the signals obtained by respectively subtracting a level adjusting value from preset high and low level values in the pulse modulator; because the level adjusting value is obtained by dividing a saturation level value of the amplitude power amplifier by a level amplification factor, a saturation level generated by the amplitude power amplifier is generated; a carrier leakage phenomenon caused by the saturation level of the amplitude power amplifier in the conventional power amplifier used for transmitting radio-frequency signals is avoided; therefore, linear indexes such as an adjacent channel power ratio (ACPR) of the power amplifier are greatly improved; and the distortion of the signals is reduced.

High power 808nm semiconductor laser is widely applied to pumping Nd:YAG solid laser, laser processing, laser medical treatment and other fields, due to the fact that the semi-conductor laser has the advantages of high efficiency, compact structure, convenient modulation and the like. Meanwhile, people always concern the problems of the semi-conductor laser on efficiency, temperature property and the like. The invention provides design and extension growth of a 808nm laser material by adopting (In)GaAs / GaAs straining isolated layer. Adopting insertion of strained quantum barrier into a wave guide layer and an active layer as a method for improving the physical distance between a quantum well and a growth interface of an initial barrier layer and the electron reflecting layer, and reducing accumulation of heterojunction interface oxygen of an active region and a wave guide region; multiple effective methods and special wave guide structure designs are utilized in the extension growth to improve conduction band edge potential energy, enhance capability of preventing current carrier leakage, restrict current density of threshold, and improve temperature property and quantum efficiency of the laser.