Transmission output power control device for use in a burst transmitter and control method

• US 20030114124A1
• Filed: 07/15/2002
• Published: 06/19/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Inventors: Higuchi, Koji
• Granted Patent: US 6,996,382 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/126
• CPC Class Codes: H03G 3/3047 for intermittent signals, e.g. burst signals

Abstract

A burst transmitter is obtained which, when a constant envelope modulation is used, can control the envelope of a transmission output power by controlling a baseband signal without causing the spreading of the spectrum. A transmission output power control device includes: an I/Q signal amplitude control unit (101) for variably controlling the shape of a rise and a fall of the waveform of a baseband signal and its burst transmission time from the end of the rise to the beginning of the fall in accordance with a modulation system signal; a modulating unit (2003) for modulating the baseband signal controlled in the I/Q signal amplitude control unit (101) into a high-frequency signal for transmission in accordance with the modulation system signal; an amplifier (2004) for amplifying the transmission high-frequency signal modulated in the modulating unit (2003); and a control voltage signal selecting unit (102) for outputting a predetermined constant voltage which is determined by the modulation system signal and a transmission power level signal, so as to control the output power of the amplifier.

Claims

1. A transmission output power control device for use in a burst transmitter using a constant envelope modulation system, comprising:

an I/Q signal amplitude control portion for variably controlling the shape of a rise and a fall of a waveform of a baseband signal and its burst transmission time from the end of the rise to the beginning of the fall;

a modulator for modulating said baseband signal controlled in said I/Q signal amplitude control portion into a high-frequency signal;

an amplifier for amplifying said high-frequency signal modulated in said modulator; and

control voltage signal selecting means for outputting a predetermined constant voltage which is determined by a transmission power level signal, so as to control an output power of said amplifier.

2. The transmission output power control device according to claim 1, wherein when the constant envelope modulation is used, said I/Q signal amplitude control portion variably controls the shape of the rise and the fall of the waveform of the baseband signal and the burst transmission time from the end of the rise to the beginning of the fall in accordance with said transmission power level signal.

3. The transmission output power control device according to claim 1, further comprising temperature measuring means for measuring a temperature of said amplifier, wherein said I/Q signal amplitude control portion variably controls the shape of the rise and the fall of the waveform of the baseband signal and the burst transmission time from the end of the rise to the beginning of the fall in accordance with a temperature signal obtained by said temperature measuring means.

4. The transmission output power control device according to claim 1, further comprising power-supply voltage measuring means for measuring a power-supply voltage, wherein said I/Q signal amplitude control portion variably controls the shape of the rise and the fall of the waveform of the baseband signal and the burst transmission time from the end of the rise to the beginning of the fall in accordance with a power-supply voltage signal obtained by said power-supply voltage measuring means.

5. The transmission output power control device according to claim 1, further comprising an electric matching adjusting circuit connected in a stage which precedes or follows said amplifier, for lessening nonlinearity of said amplifier.

6. A transmission output power control device for use in a dual-mode burst transmitter using a constant envelope modulation system and an amplitude modulation system, comprising:

an l/Q signal amplitude control portion for variably controlling the shape of a rise and a fall of a waveform of a baseband signal and its burst transmission time from the end of the rise to the beginning of the fall in accordance with a modulation system signal;

a modulator for modulating the baseband signal controlled in said I/Q signal amplitude control portion into a high-frequency signal in accordance with said modulation system signal;

an amplifier for amplifying said high-frequency signal modulated in said modulator; and

control voltage signal selecting means for outputting a predetermined constant voltage which is determined by said modulation system signal and a transmission power level signal, so as to control an output power of said amplifier.

7. The transmission output power control device according to claim 6, wherein when the constant envelope modulation is used, said I/Q signal amplitude control portion variably controls the shape of the rise and the fall of the waveform of the baseband signal and the burst transmission time from the end of the rise to the beginning of the fall in accordance with said transmission power level signal.

8. The transmission output power control device according to claim 6, wherein when the amplitude modulation is used, said I/Q signal amplitude control portion fixedly controls the shape of the rise and the fall of the waveform of the baseband signal and the burst transmission time from the end of the rise to the beginning of the fall, and when the constant envelope modulation is used, said I/Q signal amplitude control portion variably controls the shape of the rise and the fall of the waveform of the baseband signal and the burst transmission time from the end of the rise to the beginning of the fall in accordance with said transmission power level signal.

9. The transmission output power control device according to claim 6, further comprising temperature measuring means for measuring a temperature of said amplifier, wherein said I/Q signal amplitude control portion variably controls the shape of the rise and the fall of the waveform of the baseband signal and the burst transmission time from the end of the rise to the beginning of the fall in accordance with a temperature signal obtained by said temperature measuring means.

10. The transmission output power control device according to claim 6, further comprising power-supply voltage measuring means for measuring a power-supply voltage, wherein said I/Q signal amplitude control portion variably controls the shape of the rise and the fall of the waveform of the baseband signal and the burst transmission time from the end of the rise to the beginning of the fall in accordance with a power-supply voltage signal obtained by said power-supply voltage measuring means.

11. The transmission output power control device according to claim 6, further comprising an electric matching adjusting circuit connected in a stage which precedes or follows said amplifier, for lessening nonlinearity of said amplifier.

12. A transmission output power control device for use in a dual-mode burst transmitter using a constant envelope modulation system and an amplitude modulation system, comprising:

an I/Q signal amplitude control portion for controlling the shape of a rise and a fall of a waveform of a baseband signal and its burst transmission time from the end of the rise to the beginning of the fall in accordance with a modulation system signal;

a modulator for modulating said baseband signal controlled in said I/Q signal amplitude control portion into a high-frequency signal in accordance with said modulation system signal;

an amplifier for amplifying said high-frequency signal modulated in said modulator;

a detector for detecting an transmission output power outputted from said amplifier; and

a signal processing portion for outputting a control voltage to said amplifier in accordance with a signal from said detector in such a way as to make said transmission output power attain a target output power, obtaining a difference between a target control voltage and said control voltage with which said transmission output power attained said target output power, and controlling said I/Q signal amplitude control portion so that the shape of the rise and the fall of the waveform of said baseband signal and the burst transmission time from the end of the rise to the beginning of the fall are varied in accordance with said difference.