Telecommunications – Transmitter – Amplitude modulation
Patent
1987-11-13
1988-10-04
Masinick, Michael A.
Telecommunications
Transmitter
Amplitude modulation
455116, 332 9R, 332 31R, 375 22, H04B 104
Patent
active
047760362
ABSTRACT:
An RF-AM transmitter includes a pulse amplifier responsive to a pulse width modulated (PWM) signal derived in response to an information signal. A low pass filter converts pulses derived by the power amplifier into a variable amplitude signal that is DC coupled to a power supply for an RF amplifier. An amplifier system including the pulse and RF amplifiers has stray capacitance coupled to a modulator which derives the PWM signal; the stray capacitance lengthens narrow modulator output pulses so they are excessively long. The amplitude of only the narrow pulses is reduced by a resistor-capacitor timing circuit in series with a switch to substantially preserve the narrow pulse area. The switch provides a low impedance path from the timing circuit to a reference potential terminal when current initially flows in the circuit during pulse transitions and throughout the length of each of the short duration pulses. Thereby, the power amplifier is forward biased but not driven into saturation during the short duration pulses. The switch provides a higher impedance path from the timing circuit to the reference potential terminal after the transition has elapsed, enabling the power amplifier to be saturated during pulses longer than the short duration pulses. The RF power amplifier tube has a tendency to load the power amplifier tube out of saturation during wide pulses. The ampitude of the wide pulses is maintained substantially constant by a resistor shunted by an inductor between the modulator and the power amplifier.
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Hulsey Gilmer L.
Weaver Bryan A.
Cole Stanley Z.
Lowe Allen M.
Masinick Michael A.
Varian Associates Inc.
Yakes John C.
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