Multiple use digital transmitter/transceiver with time multiplexing
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1. A multiple use radio frequency (RF) transmitter, comprising:
- means for generating a plurality of different digital information signals.separating said digital information signals by time multiplexing,means for generating respective digital carrier signals for said information signals, said carrier signals having higher frequencies than their respective information signals,means for modulating said digital carrier signals with their respective digital information signals,means for accumulating said modulated signals to a composite digital signal,digital-to-analog converter (DAC) means common to each of said modulated signals for converting said composite digital signal to composite signal in analog format,means for altering the frequency of said composite signal to a desired radio frequency (RF) band, andmeans for excluding frequencies outside said desired RF band from said composite signal.
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Abstract
A digital transmitter/transceiver accommodates multiple simultaneous receiver and transmitter channels by time division multiplexing the tuning and modulation hardware. Only a single digital-to-analog converter is required for multiple channel transmission, and time multiplexing permits the use of only a single set of digital hardware.
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1. A multiple use radio frequency (RF) transmitter, comprising:
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means for generating a plurality of different digital information signals. separating said digital information signals by time multiplexing, means for generating respective digital carrier signals for said information signals, said carrier signals having higher frequencies than their respective information signals, means for modulating said digital carrier signals with their respective digital information signals, means for accumulating said modulated signals to a composite digital signal, digital-to-analog converter (DAC) means common to each of said modulated signals for converting said composite digital signal to composite signal in analog format, means for altering the frequency of said composite signal to a desired radio frequency (RF) band, and means for excluding frequencies outside said desired RF band from said composite signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A multiple use radio frequency (RF) transmitter, comprising:
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means for generating a plurality of different digital information signals comprising a digital signal processor for generating baseband digital information signals, means for generating higher frequency images of said baseband signals, and means for selecting a desired image signal for each information signal for modulating a respective carrier signal. means for generating respective digital carrier signals for said information signals, said carrier signals having higher frequencies than their respective information signals, means for modulating said digital carrier signals with their respective digital information signals. means for accumulating said modulated signals to a composite digital signal, digital-to-analog converter (DAC) means common to each of said modulated signals for converting said composite digital signal to a composite signal in analog format, means for altering the frequency of said composite signal to a desired radio frequency (RF) band, and means for excluding frequencies outside said desired RF band from said composite signal. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A multiple use radio frequency (RF) transmitter, comprising:
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means for generating a plurality of different digital information signals, means for generating respective digital carrier signals for said information signals, said carrier signals having higher frequencies than their respective information signals, means for modulating said digital carrier signals with their respective digital information signals. means for accumulating said modulated signals to a composite digital signal, digital-to-analog converter (DAC) means common to each of said modulated signals for converting said composite digital signal to composite signal in analog format. a finite impulse response (FIR) filter for altering the frequency of said composite signal and means for increasing the sampling rate of said signal and thereby producing higher frequency images of said signal, and means for excluding frequencies outside said desired RF band from said composite signal. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A multiple use radio frequency (RF) transmitter, comprising:
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means for generating a plurality of time multiplexed digital information signals, means for generating digital carrier signals for said information signals on a time multiplexed basis in synchronism with the multiplexing of said digital information signals, means for digitally modulating said digital carrier signals with respective digital information signals, digital-to-analog converter means common to each of said modulated signals for converting said modulated carrier signals to analog format, and means for altering the frequency of said modulated signals to a desired RF band.
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18. A multiple use radio frequency (RF) transmitter, comprising:
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means for generating a plurality of time multiplexed digital information signals, means for generating digital carrier signals for said information signals, means for digitally modulating said digital carrier signals with their respective digital information signals, digital-to-analog converter means common to each of said modulated signals for converting said modulated carrier signals to analog format, and FIR filter means for increasing the sampling rate of said modulated signals and thereby producing higher frequency images of said signals.
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19. A multiple use radio frequency (RF) transceiver comprising:
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means for generating a plurality of different digital information signals, means for digitizing received analog RF signals, means for generating digital carrier signals for said information signals and digital tuner signals for said digitized RF signals, digital modulator means for digitally modulating said digital carrier signals with respective digital information signals and for extracting desired frequencies from said digitized RF signals with said tuner signals, means for providing reception outputs from said extracted frequencies of said digitized RF signals, digital-to-analog converter (DAC) means common to each of said modulated digital signals for converting said signals to analog format, and means for altering the frequency of said modulated signals to a desired RF band. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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