Method and apparatus for QPR carrier recovery
First Claim
1. A carrier recovery circuit for generating the inphase and quadrature phases of a demodulation carrier coherent with the carrier of a quadrature partial response (QPR) signal of the form Mi * sin (ω
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c t)+Mq (t) * cos (ω
c t), where Mi (t) and Mq (t) are encoded partial response information modulations of the inphase and quadrature phases of a carrier of angular frequency [(ω
c t)]ω
c, said carrier recovery circuit comprising;
means for generating analog signals representing the demodulated values of the information signal Mi (t) and its inverse *Mi (t);
means for generating analog signals representing the demodulated values of the information signal Mq (t) and its inverse *Mq (t);
means for generating an error signal based on a selected combination of a analog signals Mi (t), *Mi (t) and the analog signals Mq, *Mq ;
means for generating a variable frequency carrier signal in response to a control signal;
means for generating said control signal in response to said error signal which varies the frequency of said variable frequency carrier signal to minimize the error signal;
means for splitting said variable frequency carrier signal into an inphase phase path and a quadrature phase path; and
means located in said quadrature phase path for shifting the variable frequency carrier signal at least 90°
inphase.
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Abstract
A digital audio communication system includes a digital modulation and demodulation scheme which efficiently uses the bandwidth and channel spacing of a cable television system. A 30 channel digital bit stream is demultiplexed into six groups of five channels. Each group of channels thereafter modulates a carrier by a quadrature partial response (QPR) process. The QPR signal, an amplitude modulated, double sideband, carrier suppressed (AM DSBSC) signal, is then transmitted over the cable system to a multiplicity of subscribers, each of which has a QPR demodulator. The demodulators are of the decision feedback type having a modified Costas loop carrier recovery circuit. The grouping of an odd number (five) of digital audio channels per QPR modulator minimizes error propagation due to the correlative QPR demodulation process. The decision feedback decoding is implemented in simple current nodes where a bilevel output from the decoded data is subtracted from a tertiary level output of a mixer. The resulting bilevel current is converted to a voltage, filtered, and limited to produce a logic output level. The modified Costas loop provides an error voltage based upon the difference of the received data states versus the nominal data states and the quadrant the data occupies. The error voltage is generated by differencing the outputs of two analog switches which have as their inputs analog signals representative of the amplitude level of the data and its inverse of one phase. The sign of the data bit of the opposite phase is used to control the switch and thus select which signal is used.
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14 Claims
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1. A carrier recovery circuit for generating the inphase and quadrature phases of a demodulation carrier coherent with the carrier of a quadrature partial response (QPR) signal of the form Mi * sin (ω
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c t)+Mq (t) * cos (ω
c t), where Mi (t) and Mq (t) are encoded partial response information modulations of the inphase and quadrature phases of a carrier of angular frequency [(ω
c t)]ω
c, said carrier recovery circuit comprising;means for generating analog signals representing the demodulated values of the information signal Mi (t) and its inverse *Mi (t); means for generating analog signals representing the demodulated values of the information signal Mq (t) and its inverse *Mq (t); means for generating an error signal based on a selected combination of a analog signals Mi (t), *Mi (t) and the analog signals Mq, *Mq ; means for generating a variable frequency carrier signal in response to a control signal; means for generating said control signal in response to said error signal which varies the frequency of said variable frequency carrier signal to minimize the error signal; means for splitting said variable frequency carrier signal into an inphase phase path and a quadrature phase path; and means located in said quadrature phase path for shifting the variable frequency carrier signal at least 90°
inphase. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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c t)+Mq (t) * cos (ω
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