LOW POWER, HIGH RESOLUTION TIMING GENERATOR FOR ULTRA-WIDE BANDWIDTH COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
First Claim
1. A data communication method, comprising:
- processing high-speed digital data for communication to produce processed data;
generating short impulse wavelets;
constructing a digitally modulated ultra wideband signal from the short impulse wavelets in response to bits of the processed data, wherein the digitally modulated ultra wideband signal comprises a series of the short impulse wavelets, and the value of each bit of the processed data is digitally modulated onto the shape of at least one of the short impulse wavelets of the series, to produce a series of digitally shape modulated impulse wavelets; and
transmitting the digitally modulated ultra wideband signal, including the series of digitally shape modulated impulse wavelets, via an antenna.
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Abstract
A data communication method is provided, comprising: processing high-speed digital data for communication to produce processed data; generating short impulse wavelets; constructing a digitally modulated ultra wideband signal from the short impulse wavelets in response to bits of the processed data, wherein the digitally modulated ultra wideband signal comprises a series of the short impulse wavelets, and the value of each bit of the processed data is digitally modulated onto the shape of at least one of the short impulse wavelets of the series, to produce a series of digitally shape modulated impulse wavelets; and transmitting the digitally modulated ultra wideband signal, including the series of digitally shape modulated impulse wavelets, via an antenna.
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20 Claims
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1. A data communication method, comprising:
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processing high-speed digital data for communication to produce processed data; generating short impulse wavelets; constructing a digitally modulated ultra wideband signal from the short impulse wavelets in response to bits of the processed data, wherein the digitally modulated ultra wideband signal comprises a series of the short impulse wavelets, and the value of each bit of the processed data is digitally modulated onto the shape of at least one of the short impulse wavelets of the series, to produce a series of digitally shape modulated impulse wavelets; and transmitting the digitally modulated ultra wideband signal, including the series of digitally shape modulated impulse wavelets, via an antenna. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A data communication method, comprising:
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receiving an input of high-speed digital data for communication; repetitively generating a codeword to produce a digital code signal; modulating the digital code signal in accord with the high-speed digital data, to generate a modulated code signal; generating a modulated ultrawideband impulse signal in response to the modulated code signal, wherein; (a) the modulated ultrawideband impulse signal comprises a sequence of short impulse wavelets, and (b) the sequence of short impulse wavelets is modulated in accord with bits of the modulated code signal; and transmitting the modulated ultrawideband impulse signal via an antenna. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A data transmitter, comprising:
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at least one encoder for processing high-speed digital data to produce processed data; at least one wavelet generator for generating short impulse wavelets; means for constructing a digitally modulated ultra wideband signal from the short impulse wavelets in response to bits of the processed data from the at least one encoder, wherein the digitally modulated ultra wideband signal comprises a series of the short impulse wavelets, and the value of each of said bits is digitally modulated onto the shape of at least one of the short impulse wavelets of the series, to produce a series of digitally shape modulated impulse wavelets; and an antenna for transmitting the digitally modulated ultra wideband signal, including the series of digitally shape modulated impulse wavelets. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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