Telecommunications – Receiver or analog modulated signal frequency converter – Local control of receiver operation
Patent
1988-05-31
1990-05-01
Eisenzopf, Reinhard J.
Telecommunications
Receiver or analog modulated signal frequency converter
Local control of receiver operation
331176, 331177R, 368200, H03B 100, G04B 1712
Patent
active
049214675
ABSTRACT:
A local oscillator for a radio receiver includes a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO), a decoder and controller for providing a control voltage to the VCO, an error detector circuit for detecting an error in the frequency of the VCO on the basis of a received signal processed with the oscillating signal from the VCO, a temperature probe and a memory. The local oscillator is initially set up during manufacture by detecting any errors in the frequency at selected temperatures, and storing data in the memory indicative of the control voltage required to compensate for the frequency error for each temperature. In operation the decoder and controller applies the appropriate control voltage to the VCO on the basis of the data stored in the memory relative to the temperature detected by the temperature probe. If, for example as a result of ageing of the oscillator, the error detector detects an error in the frequency, the decoder and controller adjusts the control voltage to the VCO so as to compensate for the error, and the updated value is stored in the memory for subsequent use. If the received signal is mixed with the oscillating signal in a mixer, the output of intermediate frequency stages can be used for error detection. Alternatively, demodulated data can be used for this purpose, for example in a direct conversion receiver.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4513259 (1985-04-01), Frerking
patent: 4611181 (1986-09-01), Fukumura et al.
patent: 4633422 (1986-12-01), Brauer
patent: 4646035 (1987-02-01), Chapelle
Eisenzopf Reinhard J.
Kuntz Curtis A.
Multitone Electronics PLC
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