Dual conversion transmitter

• US 5,410,747 A
• Filed: 07/14/1993
• Issued: 04/25/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Yamamoto, Osamu, Ohmagari, Shinichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Eisenzopf, Reinhard J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Pham, Chi H.
• Application Number:
  US08/092,667
• Time in Patent Office: 650 Days
• Field of Search: 455/118, 455/123, 455/189.1, 455/314, 455/110, 455/102, 455/112-114, 455/119, 455/87, 455/266, 455/314, 455/340
• US Class Current: 455/118
• CPC Class Codes: H03B 21/02 by plural beating, i.e. for frequency synthesis ; Beating in combination with multiplication or division of frequency digital frequency synthesis using a ROM G06F1/02; digital frequency synthesis in general H03K; indirect frequency synthesis using a PLL H03L7/16
• CPC Class Codes: H03D 7/163 the local oscillations of at least two of the frequency changers being derived from a single oscillator
• CPC Class Codes: H03J 1/0008 using a central processing unit, e.g. a microprocessor digital tuning in general H03J5/0245
• CPC Class Codes: H03J 3/28 of more than one resonant circuit simultaneously, the tuning frequencies of the circuits having a substantially constant difference throughout the tuning range

Abstract

A transmitter using a dual conversion system which effects frequency conversion twice has a local oscillator (113) for generating a first local oscillation signal, a multiplier (118) for multiplying the frequency of the first local oscillation signal to produce a second local oscillation signal, a first mixer (115) for mixing the first local oscillation signal and first IF signal to produce a second IF signal, and a second mixer (120) for mixing the second local oscillation signal and second IF signal to produce a signal to be transmitted. A voltage controlled filter (116) whose center frequency varies with the frequency of the first local oscillation signal is connected to the output of the first mixer (115).

Claims

1. A transmitter using a dual conversion system which subjects a modulated signal to frequency conversion twice to produce a high frequency signal to be transmitted, comprising:

variable frequency local oscillation means for generating a plurality of first local oscillation signals each having a particular frequency f_LO ;

first mixing means for mixing any of said first local oscillation signals and a first intermediate frequency (IF) signal having a frequency f₁ which is said modulated signal to produce a second IF signal having a frequency (f_LO +f₁);

bandpass filter means having a variable center frequency for receiving and passing said second IF signal while removing an unnecessary component having a frequency (f_LO +2f₁) to thereby produce a filtered second IF signal without the unnecessary component;

multiplying means for multiplying the frequency of said first local oscillation signal by an integer N to output a second local oscillation signal having a frequency Nf_LO ;

second mixing means for mixing said filtered second IF signal and said second local oscillation signal to produce said high frequency signal, said high frequency signal having a frequency (f₁ +(N+1)f_LO); and

control means for controlling the frequency of said first local oscillation signal and the center frequency of said bandpass filter means, so that the center frequency of said bandpass filter means and that of said second IF signal are substantially the same.

2. A transmitter as claimed in claim 1, wherein said band pass filter means comprises a voltage controlled filter.

3. A transmitter as claimed in claim 1, wherein said multiplying means multiplies said first local oscillation signal by 4.

4. A transmitter as claimed in claim 1, wherein the passband width of the band pass filter means is substantially the same as the band width of the first IF signal.

5. A transmitter as claimed in claim 1, wherein the center frequency of said first IF signal, the frequency band of said high frequency signal, the frequency band of said first local oscillation signal, and the frequency band of said unnecessary component are in the range of (180-18) to (180+18) MHz, 13982 to 14518 MHz, 2764 to 2864 MHz, and 3088 to 3260 MHz, respectively.

6. A transmitter as claimed in claim 5, wherein said indoor unit and said outdoor unit are connected by a cable.

7. A transmitter as claimed in claim 5, wherein said band pass filter means comprises a voltage controlled filter.

8. A transmitter using a dual conversion system which subjects a modulated signal to frequency modulation twice to produce a signal to be transmitted, comprising an indoor unit and an outdoor unit;

said indoor unit comprising;

modulating means for modulating a carrier wave in response to a data signal to produce a first IF signal which is said modulated signal;

said outdoor unit comprising;

variable frequency local oscillation means for generating a plurality of first local oscillation signals each having a particular frequency;

first mixing means for mixing a first local oscillation signal selected from said plurality of local oscillation signals and said first IF signal to produce a second IF signal;

band pass filter means having a center frequency, and control means for controlling said center frequency on the basis of the frequency of said first local oscillation signal, said band pass filter means receiving and passing said second IF signal to produce a filtered second IF signal without unnecessary components, said control means controlling the frequencies of the first local oscillation signal and the band pass filter so that the center frequency of said band pass filter and that of said second IF signal are substantially the same;

multiplying means for multiplying the frequency of said first local oscillation signal to output a second local oscillation signal; and

second mixing means for mixing said filtered second IF signal and said second local oscillation signal to produce said high frequency signal;

wherein said multiplying means multiplies said first local oscillation signal by 4.

9. A transmitter using a dual conversion system which subjects a modulated signal to frequency modulation twice to produce a signal to be transmitted, comprising an indoor unit and an outdoor unit;

said indoor unit comprising;

modulating means for modulating a carrier wave in response to a data signal to produce a first IF signal having a frequency f₁ which is said modulated signal;

said outdoor unit comprising;

variable frequency local oscillation means for generating a plurality of first local oscillation signals each having a particular frequency f_LO ;

first mixing means for mixing a first local oscillation signal selected from said plurality of local oscillation signals and said first IF signal to produce a second IF signal having a frequency (f_LO +f₁);

bandpass filter means having a center frequency, and control means for controlling said center frequency on the basis of the frequency of said first local oscillation signal, said bandpass filter means receiving and passing said second IF signal to produce a filtered second IF signal without an unnecessary component having a frequency (f_LO +2f₁), said control means controlling the frequencies of the first local oscillation signal and the bandpass filter so that the center frequency of said bandpass filter and that of said second IF signal are substantially the same;

multiplying means for multiplying the frequency of said first local oscillation signal by an integer N to output a second local oscillation signal having a frequency (Nf_LO); and

second mixing means for mixing said filtered second IF signal and said second local oscillation signal to produce said high frequency signal having a frequency (f₁ +(N+1)f_LO).

10. A transmitter as claimed in claim 9, wherein the passband width of the band pass filter means is substantially the same as the band width of the first IF signal.

11. A transmitter using a dual conversion system which subjects a modulated first intermediate frequency (IF) signal having a frequency f₁ to frequency conversion twice to produce a high frequency signal to be transmitted, comprising:

variable frequency local oscillation means for generating a first local oscillation signal having a particular variable frequency f_LO, and multiplying means responsive to said first local oscillation signal for outputting a second local oscillation signal having a frequency Nf_LO (where N is an integer), whose frequency is a multiple of that of said first oscillation signal;

first mixing means for mixing said first local oscillation signal and said first IF signal to produce a second IF signal having a frequency (f_LO +f₁);

bandpass filter means having a variable center frequency for receiving and passing said second IF signal while removing an undesired component having a frequency (f_LO +2f₁), to thereby produce a filtered second IF signal without undesired component;

second mixing means for mixing said filtered second IF signal and said second local oscillation signal to produce said high frequency signal having a frequency (f₁ +(N+1)f_LO); and

control means for controlling the frequency of said first local oscillation signal and the center frequency of said bandpass filter means, so that the second IF signal and said bandpass filter means have substantially the same center frequency.

12. A transmitter as claimed in claim 11, wherein the pass band width of the bandpass filter means is substantially the same as the band width of the first IF signal.

13. A transmitter as claimed in claim 11, wherein the foregoing means are comprised in an outdoor unit, and further comprising an indoor unit which comprises modulating means for modulating a carrier wave in response to a data signal to produce said first IF signal, and cable means for carrying said first IF signal from said indoor unit to said outdoor unit.