Method and apparatus for generating RF waveforms having aggregate energy with desired spectral characteristics
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1. A method of emulating a desired waveform, comprising:
- producing a time profile of said desired waveform characterized by a plurality of sample values;
generating a plurality of RF waveforms, each RF waveform of said plurality of RF waveforms having energy scaled in accordance with a corresponding one of the plurality of sample values of said time profile.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and system that emulates a desired waveform by producing a time profile of the desired waveform, which is characterized by a plurality of sample values, and generating a plurality of RF waveforms, each RF waveform of the plurality of RF waveforms having a polarity and scaled energy based on a corresponding one of the plurality of sample values, to produce an aggregate RF energy having spectral characteristics that approximate the spectral characteristics of the desired waveform.
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100 Claims
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1. A method of emulating a desired waveform, comprising:
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producing a time profile of said desired waveform characterized by a plurality of sample values;
generating a plurality of RF waveforms, each RF waveform of said plurality of RF waveforms having energy scaled in accordance with a corresponding one of the plurality of sample values of said time profile. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64)
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65. A method for generating waveforms, comprising:
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generating a plurality of RF waveforms at a waveform generation rate; and
modulating the plurality of RF waveforms in accordance with samples of a time profile of a prototype signal to produce an aggregate RF energy that approximates the RF energy of the prototype signal. - View Dependent Claims (66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83)
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84. A waveform generator, comprising:
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a signal generator that generates a plurality of RF waveforms at a waveform generation rate, each of said plurality of RF waveforms having an amplitude scaled in accordance with a desired envelope; and
a filter that limits the aggregate RF energy of the plurality of RF waveforms to within a frequency band of interest. - View Dependent Claims (85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100)
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