Wireless transmission circuit enabling modulation of radio frequency power amplification

• US 20030083026A1
• Filed: 03/21/2002
• Published: 05/01/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: KYE Systems Corporation
• Original Assignee: KYE Systems Corporation
• Inventors: Liu, Zhi-Min
• Granted Patent: US 7,321,753 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/127.1
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 3/189 High-frequency amplifiers, e.g. radio frequency amplifiers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/283 Power depending on the position of the mobile
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/52 using AGC [Automatic Gain Control] circuits or amplifiers

Abstract

A wireless transmission circuit enabling modulation of RF power amplification includes a signal processing circuit for outputting a signal that is modulated and then amplified at a cascade power amplification circuit including a plurality of power stages, and is then wirelessly transmitted to and received by a computer system. The wireless transmission circuit includes at least a power-setting unit for controlling a specific number of power stages included in the power amplification circuit to be used in the power amplification of the modulated signal. When a wireless input device employing the wireless transmission circuit is used within a short transmission distance, a lower transmission power is selected via the power-setting unit; and when the wireless input device is used at a long transmission distance, a higher transmission power may be selected to achieve the remote transmission. The wireless input device could therefore have extended battery life.

Claims

1. A wireless transmission circuit enabling modulation of RF power amplification, comprising:

a signal modulator-oscillator circuit for receiving and modulating a signal data output by a signal processing circuit;

a cascade power amplification circuit including a plurality of power stages for receiving a signal data modulated and output by said signal modulator-oscillator stage, and power of said received modulated signal data being amplified at one or more of said plurality of power stages; and

a power-setting unit for setting a specific number of said power stages in said cascade power amplification circuit to be included in said power amplification of said received modulated signal according to a required transmission power and a transmission distance; and

said signal data having been power-amplified at said one or more power stages being further processed and then emitted at an antenna to be received by a remote reception device.

2. The wireless transmission circuit enabling modulation of RF power amplification as claimed in claim 1, wherein said signal data having been power-amplified at said one or more power stages is further processed with a filter circuit and then emitted at said antenna.

3. The wireless transmission circuit enabling modulation of RF power amplification as claimed in claim 1, wherein said signal processing circuit may be a signal processing circuit for any one of a mouse, a keyboard, a joystick, a track ball, a game controller, a digital signal camera/PC camera, and a digital signal video camera/PC video camera for generating said signal data.

4. The wireless transmission circuit enabling modulation of RF power amplification as claimed in claim 1, wherein said power-setting unit includes at least one power switch and at least one bypass switch, and said bypass switch is in a number corresponding to that of said power switch;

said at least one power switch being serially connected to a power input of a corresponding one of said power stages to decide whether said corresponding power stage is supplied with a power, and said at least one bypass switch being parallelly connected to said corresponding power stage between an input and an output thereof to serve as a bypass for said signal; and

said power switch and said bypass switch for the same one of said power stages being complementarily switched on or off.

5. The wireless transmission circuit enabling modulation of RF power amplification as claimed in claim 4, wherein said at least one power switch and said at least one bypass switch of said power-setting unit are manually operated to switch on or off.

6. The wireless transmission circuit enabling modulation of RF power amplification as claimed in claim 4, wherein said at least one power switch and said at least one bypass switch of said power-setting unit are automatically operated to switch on or off.

7. A wireless input device enabling modulation of RF power amplification, comprising a signal processing circuit for outputting a signal data that is oscillated and then amplified at a plurality of power stages before being wirelessly transmitted to and received by a computer system;

and a power-setting unit for controlling a specific number of said power stages included in said plurality of power stages to be used in power-amplification of said signal data.

8. A wireless input device enabling modulation of RF power amplification as claimed in claim 7, wherein said input device may be any one of a mouse, a keyboard, a joystick, a track ball, a digital signal camera/PC camera, and a digital signal video camera/PC video camera.

9. A wireless input device enabling modulation of RF power amplification as claimed in claim 7, wherein said power-setting unit includes a bypass switch and a power switch interactive with said bypass switch.