FSK Voiceband modem using digital filters

• US 4,425,665 A
• Filed: 09/24/1981
• Issued: 01/10/1984
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/1981
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
• Inventors: Stauffer, Michael K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Safourek, Benedict V.
• Application Number:
  US06/305,014
• Time in Patent Office: 838 Days
• Field of Search: 332/9 R, 332/9 T, 332/10, 329/104, 329/105, 329/107, 375/9, 375/44, 375/45, 375/52
• US Class Current: 375/223
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/10 Frequency-modulated carrier systems, i.e. using frequency-shift keying H04L27/32 takes precedence

Abstract

An asynchronous FSK modulator-demodulator (modem) having a capability of operating at data rates of 300, 600 and 1200 bits per second in a voiceband telephone channel is compatible with the specifications of the Bell 103/113, Bell 202, CCITT V.21 and CCITT V.23 modem types. The modem according to the invention is incorporated into a single integrated circuit to minimize external components in a system. The modem is pin programmable, that is, the mode and speed of operation is defined by a parallel digital data signal applied to device terminals. Digital signal processing techniques are employed to perform all major functions, including modulation and filtering. Multiplication functions are performed without need for multipliers by employing shift registers and canonic sign arithmetic. Analog-to-digital conversion and digital-to-analog conversion circuits are incorporated into the device.

Claims

1. An integrated circuit apparatus for modulating and demodulating an analog signal with digital data, said apparatus transmitting and receiving the analog signal in preselected types of voiceband communication channels, said apparatus comprising:

means for modulating the analog signal with digital data and to produce a frequency shift keyed analog signal according to a selected one of a plurality of frequency shift keyed signaling standards;

means for transmitting the frequency shift keyed analog signal, said transmitting means includes means for digitally synthesizing digital representations of analog signals at selected frequencies, wherein the selected frequencies are selected according to the bit value of digital data supplied to said transmitting means;

wherein the means for digitally synthesizing digital representations of the analog signals at selected frequencies represents the analog signals as time-incremented digital signals;

means for incrementing the time-incremented digital signals to generate a digital representation of a sine wave signal having said selected frequency;

said transmitting means includes a digital-to analog converter for converting the digitally synthesized representations to modulated analog signals for exciting a voiceband communication channel;

means for receiving an analog frequency shift keyed signal and demodulating said signal according to the selected one of said plurality of frequency shift keyed signaling standards; and

control means for preselecting said selected one of said plurality of signaling standards in accordance with the preselected type of voiceband communication channel.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said synthesizing means includes means for generating continuous phase transitions between said select frequencies.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said translating means comprises means responsive to a parallel digital word signal representing an incrementing constant for converting said parallel digital word into a serial bit stream;

means for adding each individual bit of said serial bit stream with each individual bit of a second bit stream;

means for serially accumulating a bit stream so added in synchronism with a clock signal to generate said second bit stream; and

means for converting said second bit stream into a sequence of clocked parallel address signals for accessing a digital memory, wherein said incrementing constant specifies the size of the address increment thereby controlling the frequency of said analog output in a phase continuous manner.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3 wherein said synthesizing means comprises a digital memory in which is sequentially stored samples of values of at least a segment of a sine wave, said memory means being responsive to said sequence of address signals to generate a digital representation of a portion of a sine wave;

and

means for reconstructing a complete digital representation of a sine wave from said portion of a sine wave.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said transmitting means further includes digital time domain filtering means having preselectable bandpass characteristics, said filtering means being operative to receive said digital modulating signals and to weight said signals according to said selected one of said signaling standards.

6. The apparatus according to said claim 5 wherein said filtering means comprises digitally programmable infinite impulse response signal processing means having stored sets of preselected weighting coefficients for each one of said signaling standards and having means for shifting bit places of digital value signals to perform multiplication.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said receiving means comprises means for converting received analog signals to sampled digital representations of said analog signals for use in demodulating received signals.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7 wherein said receiving means further comprises digital time domain filtering means having preselectable low-pass and bandpass characteristics, said filtering means being operative to receive digital signals through said analog-to-digital converting means and weight said digital signals according to said selected one of said signaling standards.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8 wherein said filtering means comprises digitally programmable sections for low-pass filtering and digitally programmable sections for bandpass filtering, said digital programmable sections being incorporated in signal processing means, said signal processing means having stored sets of preselected weighting coefficients for use in each one of said sections according to each one of said signaling standards.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9 wherein said receiving means further includes product demodulating means incorporated into said signal processing means.