Pulse or digital communications – Receivers – Angle modulation
Reexamination Certificate
2006-10-03
2006-10-03
Ghebretinsae, Temesghen (Department: 2611)
Pulse or digital communications
Receivers
Angle modulation
C375S329000, C375S346000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07116728
ABSTRACT:
The present invention, generally speaking, takes advantage of the properties of quadrature signals to achieve precise quadrature alignment in a simple fashion. In particular, the expectation of the product of quadrature signals is zero. In accordance with the teachings of the invention, a phase error detection network therefore operates by multiplying the received quadrature signals and low-pass filtering the product to produce an error signal. When the signals are in precise quadrature relationship, the error signal will be zero. Real-time feedback control may be used to drive the error to zero. In accordance with another aspect of the invention, a variable phase shift network is achieved using a dual delay line. The difference in delay between the two delay lines is adjusted in response to the error signal to obtain precise quadrature alignment. The principles of the invention may be applied in connection with traditional mixer architectures or with switch-mode (e.g., “aliased undersampling”) architectures.
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Ghebretinsae Temesghen
Matsushita Electric - Industrial Co., Ltd.
Torres Juan Alberto
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