Direct modulation architecture for amplitude and phase modulated signals in multi-mode signal transmission
First Claim
1. A multiple-mode amplitude and phase direct modulator circuit, comprising:
- a phase modulator leg, comprising;
compensation circuitry for applying delay compensation to an input phase signal;
a modulation loop, for receiving the compensated input phase signal and for producing a phase-modulated output signal as a first mode output signal; and
a frequency multiplier, coupled to the modulation loop, for multiplying the frequency of the phase-modulated output signal;
an amplitude modulator leg, comprising;
a digital-to-analog converter, for converting an input amplitude digital sequence to an analog amplitude modulated signal; and
a mixer, having a first input coupled to the frequency multiplier to receive the phase-modulated output signal, having a second input coupled to the digital-to-analog converter to receive the analog amplitude-modulated signal, the mixer for combining the multiplied phase-modulated output signal and the analog amplitude-modulated signal into a second mode output signal.
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Abstract
Multiple-mode direct phase/amplitude modulation circuitry (20) for use in a transceiver (17) of a device such as a wireless handset (10) is disclosed. The modulation circuitry (20) includes a modulation loop (36) for modulating a phase signal into a Gaussian-Minimum-Shift-Keyed (GMSK) signal for transmission in a first mode. The modulation loop (36) may include a phase-locked loop (45) with its frequency controlled by a Σ-Δ demodulation of a compensated version of the phase signal, or alternatively may produce a modulated signal from a direct digital synthesis circuit (70; 70′). An amplitude signal is converted into an analog signal and applied to a single-sideband mixer (43) for combination with a frequency multiplied version of the phase-modulated signal (GMSK(t); PH(t)), producing an amplitude and phase modulated signal for transmission in a second mode.
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23 Claims
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1. A multiple-mode amplitude and phase direct modulator circuit, comprising:
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a phase modulator leg, comprising;
compensation circuitry for applying delay compensation to an input phase signal;
a modulation loop, for receiving the compensated input phase signal and for producing a phase-modulated output signal as a first mode output signal; and
a frequency multiplier, coupled to the modulation loop, for multiplying the frequency of the phase-modulated output signal;
an amplitude modulator leg, comprising;
a digital-to-analog converter, for converting an input amplitude digital sequence to an analog amplitude modulated signal; and
a mixer, having a first input coupled to the frequency multiplier to receive the phase-modulated output signal, having a second input coupled to the digital-to-analog converter to receive the analog amplitude-modulated signal, the mixer for combining the multiplied phase-modulated output signal and the analog amplitude-modulated signal into a second mode output signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of producing multiple-mode modulated signals, comprising the steps of:
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receiving an input phase signal and an input amplitude signal, each corresponding to a sequence of digital words;
modulating the input phase signal to produce an analog phase-modulated output signal;
multiplying the frequency of a signal based on the phase-modulated signal to produce a multiplied phase-modulated signal;
converting the input amplitude signal to an analog amplitude signal; and
mixing the analog amplitude signal and the multiplied phase-modulated signal to produce an amplitude and phase modulated output signal. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A wireless telephone device, comprising:
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a microphone;
a speaker;
baseband circuitry, coupled to the microphone and speaker, to process audio signals received from and presented to the microphone and speaker, respectively;
quadrature phase modulator circuitry coupled to the baseband circuitry, for encoding signals from the baseband circuitry into phase and amplitude digital signals;
transceiver circuitry, comprising;
a phase modulator leg, comprising;
compensation circuitry for applying delay compensation to the phase digital signal;
a modulation loop, for receiving the compensated input phase signal and for producing a phase-modulated output signal as a first mode output signal; and
a frequency multiplier, coupled to the modulation loop, for multiplying the frequency of the phase-modulated output signal;
an amplitude modulator leg, comprising;
a digital-to-analog converter, for converting the amplitude digital signal to an analog amplitude modulated signal; and
a mixer, having a first input coupled to the frequency multiplier to receive the, having a second input coupled to the digital-to-analog converter to receive the analog amplitude-modulated signal, the mixer for combining the multiplied phase-modulated output signal and the analog amplitude-modulated signal into a second mode output signal; and
amplifier circuitry for amplifying the first mode output signal and the second mode output signal, for transmission via an antenna. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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