System for regulating the power output of and linearizing the transmission signal from a radio transmitter
First Claim
1. A method for regulating the power output of a transmitter of a radio device having a transmitter and a receiver, comprising the steps of:
- providing an adjustable amplifier in the signal path of the transmitter;
providing an amplified carrier frequency transmission signal from the transmitter to be transmitted by the radio device;
transmitting part of said amplified carrier frequency transmission signal from the transmitter from the radio device andinputting part of said amplified carrier frequency transmission signal from the transmitter to the signal path of the receiver;
detecting a signal proportional to the transmitter output power in the receiver;
providing a reference signal;
producing a control signal which is proportional to the difference between said reference signal and said detected proportional signal; and
applying said control signal to said adjustable amplifier, wherein the output of said adjustable amplifier is controlled.
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Abstract
The invention is based on utilizing the receiver of a radio device to detect measured quantities related to a transmission signal. In the power regulating method according to the present invention, which is based on a power regulating loop, transmission power is detected in the receiver of the radio device. Part of the transmission signal (fTX) is input to the carrier frequency part of the signal path of the receiver by and detected. A signal that is proportional to the power level is produced by a RSSI detector of the receiver, for example. The same circuit can also be utilized in the linearization of a transmission signal based on a closed loop by means of predistortion. Both the power regulation method and the linearization method can be applied in radio telephone systems based on both time-division and continuous transmission and reception.
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1. A method for regulating the power output of a transmitter of a radio device having a transmitter and a receiver, comprising the steps of:
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providing an adjustable amplifier in the signal path of the transmitter; providing an amplified carrier frequency transmission signal from the transmitter to be transmitted by the radio device; transmitting part of said amplified carrier frequency transmission signal from the transmitter from the radio device and inputting part of said amplified carrier frequency transmission signal from the transmitter to the signal path of the receiver; detecting a signal proportional to the transmitter output power in the receiver; providing a reference signal; producing a control signal which is proportional to the difference between said reference signal and said detected proportional signal; and applying said control signal to said adjustable amplifier, wherein the output of said adjustable amplifier is controlled. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for linearizing a transmission signal of a radio device having a transmitter and a receiver, comprising the steps of:
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providing an amplified carrier frequency transmission signal from the transmitter to be transmitted by the radio device; transmitting part of said amplified carrier frequency transmission signal from the transmitter from the radio device and inputting part of said amplified carrier frequency transmission signal from the transmitter to the receiver of the radio device, at least the latter part of said amplified carrier frequency transmission signal comprising distortion; detecting a signal proportional to said distortion, wherein said proportional signal is detected in the receiver in accordance with said latter part of said amplified carrier frequency transmission signal; producing a control signal which is proportional to said detected proportional signal; and applying said control signal to a modulator, wherein the modulation of the transmission signal is linearized. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A circuit for regulating the power of a transmission signal of a radio device, comprising:
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a radio device having a transmitter and a receiver; a power divider located in the signal path of said transmitter, wherein the transmission signal from said transmitter is divided into at least two output transmission signals; means for transmitting one of said output transmission signals from said power divider from the radio device; a coupling means which electrically communicates one of said output transmission signals from said power divider to the signal path of said receiver; a first control signal produced within said receiver in accordance with said one of said output transmission signals from said power divider to the signal path of said receiver, wherein said first control signal is proportional to said transmitter output power; and an adjustable amplifier in the transmitter signal path, said adjustable amplifier is controlled by said first control signal. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A circuit for linearizing a transmission signal of a radio device, comprising:
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a radio device having a transmitter and a receiver; a power divider located in the signal path of said transmitter, wherein the transmission signal is divided into at least two output transmission signals; means for transmitting one of said output transmission signals from said power divider from the radio device; a coupling means which electrically communicates one of said output transmission signals of said power divider to the signal path of said receiver; a control signal produced within said receiver in accordance with said one of said output transmission signals from said power divider to the signal path of said receiver, wherein said control signal is proportional to the distortion present in the transmission signal of said transmitter; and a modulator controlled by said control signal, whereby the transmission signal is linearized. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30)
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