Telecommunications – Receiver or analog modulated signal frequency converter – Local control of receiver operation
Reexamination Certificate
2006-02-21
2006-02-21
Moe, Aung (Department: 2685)
Telecommunications
Receiver or analog modulated signal frequency converter
Local control of receiver operation
C455S183100, C455S255000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07003274
ABSTRACT:
A phase locked loop (PLL) frequency synthesizer to produce a local oscillator signal for a superheterodyne transmitter for operation at a first and a second RF frequency band that are disparate. The transmitter has a fixed intermediate frequency that is a sizable fraction of the bandwidth of one or more of the RF bands. The superheterodyne transmitter includes a first and a second RF upconverter, each having a local oscillator input coupled to the frequency synthesizer. The synthesizer includes a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) to provide a VCO frequency signal and a non-integer frequency multiplier to produce a frequency multiplied signal having a frequency wither at the VCO frequency or at a non-integer multiple of the VCO signal depending on a control input. The synthesizer further includes a programmable divider accepting the frequency multiplied signal and dividing the frequency of the by a settable amount, a phase detector to compare the phase of the output of the programmable divider to that of a reference oscillator and produce a phase difference signal; and a loop filter to filter a function of the phase difference to produce a control input to the VCO. The non-integer multiple is selected such that the frequency synthesizer can supply the local oscillator signal for both the first and second RF bands, such that the tuning range of the VCO is a relatively low fraction of the VCO frequency, and such that spurious mixer products do not fall in the frequency bands of operation.
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Cisco Systems Wireless Networking (Australia) Pty Limited
Inventek
Moe Aung
Rosenfeld Dov
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