Demodulator and communication apparatus

• US 20100303184A1
• Filed: 04/28/2010
• Published: 12/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Komori, Kenji
• Granted Patent: US 8,310,303 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 375/354
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/30 for homodyne or synchrodyne receivers demodulator circuits H03D1/22
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 25/061 providing hard decisions only; arrangements for tracking or suppressing unwanted low frequency components, e.g. removal of dc offset removal of dc offset in coupling arrangements H04L25/029, H04L25/0296

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a demodulator, including: a frequency synchronization section adapted to synchronize a frequency of a local oscillation signal to be produced on the demodulator side with a local oscillation frequency of a modulation signal transmitting from a modulator side; a demodulation signal production section adapted to produce a demodulation signal based on the local oscillation signal synchronized by the frequency synchronization section and the modulation signal transmitted from the modulator; and a direct current correction section adapted to detect a direct current voltage of the demodulation signal from the demodulation signal produced by the demodulation signal production section and correct the direct current voltage of the demodulation signal so that the direct current voltage becomes equal to a reference voltage set in advance.

Claims

1. A demodulator, comprising:

a frequency synchronization section adapted to synchronize a frequency of a local oscillation signal to be produced on the demodulator side with a local oscillation frequency of a modulation signal transmitting from a modulator side;

a demodulation signal production section adapted to produce a demodulation signal based on the local oscillation signal synchronized by said frequency synchronization section and the modulation signal transmitted from the modulator; and

a direct current correction section adapted to detect a direct current voltage of the demodulation signal from the demodulation signal produced by said demodulation signal production section and correct the direct current voltage of the demodulation signal so that the direct current voltage becomes equal to a reference voltage set in advance.

2. The demodulator according to claim 1, further comprising

a phase correction section adapted to synchronize a phase of the local oscillation signal and a phase of the modulation signal with each other based on the direct current voltage of the demodulation signal detected by said direct current correction section.

3. The demodulator according to claim 2, wherein

said phase correction section produces a phase correction signal having a level which varies at a plurality of stages for controlling the phase of the local oscillation signal and supplies the produced signal to said frequency synchronization section;

said phase correction section acquires a direct current correction voltage produced in accordance with the direct current voltage of the demodulation signal obtained by multiplying the modulation signal and the local oscillation signal outputted from said frequency synchronization section based on the phase correction signal from said direct current correction section; and

said phase correction section selects the phase correction signal when a value of the direct current correction voltage from among the values of the direct current correction voltage acquired from said direct current correction section becomes maximum as a phase correction signal for synchronizing the phases of the local oscillation signal and the modulation signal with each other.

4. The demodulator according to claim 1, wherein

said demodulation signal production section includes

a differential pair of first and second transistors to which differential local oscillation signals are inputted;

a third transistor connected at a drain thereof to the sources of the first and second transistors and at a source thereof connected to a low-potential power supply and adapted to receive the modulation signal inputted thereto;

a first resistor connected between the drain of the first transistor and a high-potential power supply; and

a second resistor connected between the drain of the second transistor and the high-potential power supply; and

said direct current correction section includes

a low-pass filter adapted to pass the direct current voltage of the demodulation signal outputted from the first resistor or the second resistor of said demodulation signal production section;

a comparison section adapted to output a difference voltage obtained by comparing the direct current voltage of the demodulation signal passing through the low-pass filter and the reference voltage with each other as a direct current offset; and

a transistor connected at a drain thereof to the first resistor or the second resistor, at a gate thereof to the comparison section and at a source thereof to the low-potential power supply.

5. A demodulator, comprising:

a frequency synchronization section adapted to synchronize a frequency of a local oscillation signal to be produced on the demodulator side with a local oscillation frequency of a modulation signal transmitting from a modulator side;

a demodulation signal production section adapted to produce first and second differential demodulation signals based on the local oscillation signal synchronized by said frequency synchronization section and the modulation signal transmitted from the modulator;

a first direct current correction section adapted to detect a first direct current voltage from the first demodulation signal produced by said demodulation signal production section and correct the first direct current voltage so that the first direct current voltage becomes equal to a first reference voltage set in advance; and

a second direct current correction section adapted to detect a second direct current voltage from the second demodulation signal produced by said demodulation signal production section and correct the second direct current voltage so that the second direct current voltage becomes equal to a second reference voltage set in advance.

6. The demodulator according to claim 5, further comprising

a phase correction section adapted to synchronize a phase of the local oscillation signal and a phase of the modulation signal with each other based on a difference voltage between the first direct current voltage detected by said first direct current correction section and the second direct current voltage detected by said second direct current correction section.

7. The demodulator according to claim 5, wherein

said demodulation signal production section includes

a differential pair of first and second transistors to which differential local oscillation signals are inputted;

a third transistor connected at a drain thereof to the sources of the first and second transistors and at the source thereof to a low-potential power supply and adapted to receive the modulation signal inputted thereto;

a first resistor connected between the drain of the first transistor and a high-potential power supply; and

a second resistor connected between the drain of the second transistor and the high-potential power supply; and

said first direct current correction section includes

a low-pass filter adapted to pass the first direct current voltage of the first demodulation signal outputted from the first resistor of said demodulation signal production section;

a comparison section adapted to output a difference voltage obtained by comparing the first direct current voltage of the first demodulation signal passing through the low-pass filter and the first reference voltage as a direct current offset; and

a transistor connected at a drain thereof to the first resistor, at a gate thereof to the comparison section and at a source thereof to the low-potential power supply; and

said second direct current correction section includes

a low-pass filter adapted to pass the second direct current voltage of the second demodulation signal outputted from the second resistor of said demodulation signal production section;

a comparison section adapted to output a difference voltage obtained by comparing the second direct current voltage of the second demodulation signal passing through the low-pass filter and the second reference voltage as a direct current offset; and

a transistor connected at a drain thereof to the second resistor, at a gate thereof to said comparison section and at a source thereof to the low-potential power supply.

8. A demodulator, comprising:

a frequency synchronization section adapted to synchronize a frequency of a local oscillation signal to be produced on the demodulator side with a local oscillation frequency of a modulation signal transmitting from a modulator side;

a demodulation signal production section adapted to produce first and second differential demodulation signals based on the local oscillation signal synchronized by said frequency synchronization section and the modulation signal transmitted from the modulator; and

a direct current correction section adapted to detect a first direct current voltage of the demodulation signal from the first demodulation signal produced by said demodulation signal production section and detect a second direct current voltage of the demodulation signal from the second demodulation signal and then correct at least one of the first direct current voltage and the second direct current voltage so that a potential difference between the first direct current voltage and the second direct current voltage becomes minimum.

9. The demodulator according to claim 8, further comprising

a phase correction section adapted to synchronize a phase of the local oscillation signal and a phase of the modulation signal based on a difference voltage between the first direct current voltage and the second direct current voltage detected by said direct current correction section.

10. The demodulator according to claim 8, wherein

said demodulation signal production section includes

a differential pair of first and second transistors to which differential local oscillation signals are inputted;

a third transistor connected at a drain thereof to the sources of the first and second transistors and at a source thereof to a low-potential power supply and adapted to receive the modulation signal inputted thereto;

a first resistor connected between the drain of the first transistor and a high-potential power supply; and

a second resistor connected between the drain of the second transistor and the high-potential power supply; and

said direct current correction section includes

a first low-pass filter connected to the first resistor of said demodulation signal production section adapted to pass the first direct current voltage of the first demodulation signal outputted from said demodulation signal production section;

a second low-pass filter connected to the second resistor of said demodulation signal production section adapted to pass the second direct current voltage of the second demodulation signal outputted from said demodulation signal production section;

a comparison section adapted to output, as a direct current offset, a difference voltage obtained by comparing the first direct current voltage of the first demodulation signal passing through the first low-pass filter and the second direct current voltage of the second demodulation signal passing through the second low-pass filter with each other;

a first transistor connected at a drain thereof to the first resistor of said demodulation signal production section, at a gate thereof to the comparison section and at a source thereof to the low-potential power supply; and

a second transistor connected at a drain thereof to the second resistor of said demodulation signal production section, at a gate thereof to the comparison section and at a source thereof to the low-potential power supply.

11. A communication apparatus, comprising:

a modulator adapted to modulate a modulation object signal with a first local oscillation signal to produce a modulation signal and transmit the produced modulation signal;

a frequency synchronization section adapted to synchronize a frequency of a second local oscillation signal to be produced on the demodulator side with a local oscillation frequency of the modulation signal transmitted from said modulator;

a demodulation signal production section adapted to produce a demodulation signal based on the second local oscillation signal synchronized by said frequency synchronization section and the modulation signal transmitted from said modulator; and

a demodulator having a direct current correction section adapted to detect a direct current voltage of the demodulation signal from the demodulation signal produced by said demodulation signal production section and correct the direct current voltage of the demodulation signal so that the direct current voltage becomes equal to a reference voltage set in advance.

12. A demodulator, comprising:

frequency synchronization means for synchronizing a frequency of a local oscillation signal to be produced on the demodulator side with a local oscillation frequency of a modulation signal transmitting from a modulator side;

demodulation signal production means for producing a demodulation signal based on the local oscillation signal synchronized by said frequency synchronization means and the modulation signal transmitted from the modulator; and

direct current correction means for detecting a direct current voltage of the demodulation signal from the demodulation signal produced by said demodulation signal production means and correcting the direct current voltage of the demodulation signal so that the direct current voltage becomes equal to a reference voltage set in advance.

13. A demodulator, comprising:

frequency synchronization means for synchronizing a frequency of a local oscillation signal to be produced on the demodulator side with a local oscillation frequency of a modulation signal transmitting from a modulator side;

demodulation signal production means for producing first and second differential demodulation signals based on the local oscillation signal synchronized by said frequency synchronization means and the modulation signal transmitted from the modulator;

first direct current correction means for detecting a first direct current voltage from the first demodulation signal produced by said demodulation signal production means and correcting the first direct current voltage so that the first direct current voltage becomes equal to a first reference voltage set in advance; and

second direct current correction means for detecting a second direct current voltage from the second demodulation signal produced by said demodulation signal production means and correcting the second direct current voltage so that the second direct current voltage becomes equal to a second reference voltage set in advance.

14. A demodulator, comprising:

frequency synchronization means for synchronizing a frequency of a local oscillation signal to be produced on the demodulator side with a local oscillation frequency of a modulation signal transmitting from a modulator side;

demodulation signal production means for producing first and second differential demodulation signals based on the local oscillation signal synchronized by said frequency synchronization means and the modulation signal transmitted from the modulator; and

direct current correction means for detecting a first direct current voltage of the demodulation signal from the first demodulation signal produced by said demodulation signal production means and detecting a second direct current voltage of the demodulation signal from the second demodulation signal and then correcting at least one of the first direct current voltage and the second direct current voltage so that a potential difference between the first direct current voltage and the second direct current voltage becomes minimum.