Diversity reception device

• US 5,901,187 A
• Filed: 05/21/1998
• Issued: 05/04/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Iinuma, Toshinori
• Primary Examiner(s): TSE, YOUNG TOI
• Application Number:
  US09/082,582
• Time in Patent Office: 348 Days
• Field of Search: 375/264, 375/267, 375/283, 375/330-332, 375/347, 375/349, 332/304, 455/133, 455/134, 455/140
• US Class Current: 375/347
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0865 Independent weighting, i.e. weights based on own antenna reception parameters

Abstract

A diversity reception device which weights in proportion to the reception level and combines a plurality of reception signals, includes a phase demodulator for demodulating the phase of the reception signal, a converter to output the sine and cosine elements of the reception signal, a sine element adder to add up sine element of each reception signal, and a cosine element adder to add up cosine element of each reception signal. The converter fetches and outputs predetermined values on sine and cosine elements of the reception signal upon input of the reception signal'"'"'s reception level and phase data that is sent from phase demodulator. Therefore, the present device does not require expensive electronic circuits and can be made of small digital circuits suitable for IC including a memory.

Claims

1. A diversity reception device for weighting and combining n reception signals, comprising:

n phase demodulating means for demodulating a phase of a corresponding one of said n reception signals and outputting phase data;

n inphase-element ROMs which each, including a first input port, a second input port, and an output port, prestores cosine elements in places respectively specified by combinations of a weighting factor and phase data, receives said weighting factor through said first input port, receives, through said second input port, said phase data output from a corresponding phase demodulating means, reads a cosine element from a place specified by a combination of said weighting factor and said phase data respectively received through said first input port and said second input port, and outputs said read cosine element through said output port, each of said prestored cosine elements being obtained by an operation using said weighting factor and the cosine of said phase data, and said cosine elements prestored in each of said n inphase-element ROMs corresponding to all combinations of said weighting factor and said phase data;

n quadrature-element ROMs which each, including a first input port, a second input port, and an output port, prestores sine elements in places respectively specified by combinations of said weighting factor and said phase data, receives said weighting factor through said first input port, receives, through said second input port, phase data output from a corresponding phase demodulating means, reads a sine element from a place specified by said combination of said weighting factor and said phase data respectively received through said first input port and said second input port, and outputs said read sine element through said output port, each of said prestored sine elements being obtained by an operation using said weighting factor and the sine of said phase data, and said sine elements prestored in each of said n quadrature-element ROMs corresponding to all combinations of said weighting factor and said phase data;

a cosine element adding means for adding up n cosine elements output from said n inphase-element ROMs respectively corresponding to said n reception signals; and

a sine element adding means for adding up n sine elements output from said n quadrature-element ROMs respectively corresponding to said n reception signals.

2. The diversity reception device as defined in claim 1, wherein

said weighting factor received by each of n inphase-element ROMs is a reception level value of a corresponding one of said n reception signals,

each of n inphase-element ROMs prestores, as said cosine elements, calculated results of the square of said reception level value multiplied by the cosine of said phase data, receives said reception level value through said first input port, receives, through said second input port, said phase data output from said corresponding phase demodulating means, reads said cosine element from a place specified by a combination of said reception level value and said phase data respectively received through said first input port and said second input port, and outputs said read cosine element through said output port, and

each of n quadrature-element ROMs prestores, as said sine elements, calculated results of the square of said reception level value multiplied by the sine of phase data, receives said reception level value through said first input port, receives, through said second input port, said phase data output from said corresponding phase demodulating means, reads said sine element from a place specified by said combination of said reception level value and said phase data respectively received through said first input port and said second input port, and outputs said read sine element through said output port.

3. The diversity reception device as defined in claim 1, further comprising:

n combination coefficient calculating means which each, corresponding to one of said n reception signals, detects a distance between said phase data and a decision point, and outputting a combination coefficient as said weighting factor to a corresponding inphase-element ROM and a corresponding quadrature-element ROM, said combination coefficient being obtained by performing a certain calculation on the detected distance, wherein

each of n inphase-element ROMs prestores, as said cosine elements, calculated results of said combination coefficient multiplied by the cosine of said phase data, receives said combination coefficient through said first input port, receives, through said second input port, said phase data output from said corresponding phase demodulating means, reads said cosine element from a place specified by a combination of said combination coefficient and said phase data respectively received through said first input port and said second input port, and outputs said read cosine element through said output port, and

each of n quadrature-element ROMs prestores, as said sine elements, calculated results of said combination coefficient multiplied by the sine of said phase data, receives said combination coefficient through said first input port, receives, through said second input port, said phase data output from said corresponding phase demodulating means, reads said sine element from a place specified by said combination of said combination coefficient and said phase data respectively received through said first input port and said second input port, and outputs said read sine element through said output port.

4. The diversity reception device as defined in claim 1, further comprising:

n comparing means, respectively corresponding to said n reception signals, or comparing a reception level value input to said first input port with a predetermined value, and outputting a comparison result;

n likelihood detecting means, respectively corresponding to said n reception signals, for detecting a distance between said phase data and a decision point, and outputting said distance; and

n outputting means, respectively corresponding to said n reception signals, for outputting said reception level value as said weighting factor to a corresponding inphase-element ROM and a corresponding quadrature-element ROM if said comparison result shows that said reception level value is less than said predetermined value, and outputting, as said weighting factor, a value to a corresponding inphase-element ROM and a corresponding quadrature-element ROM, said value being obtained by performing a certain calculation on the detected distance and multiplying a result of said certain calculation by said reception level value if said comparison result shows that said reception level value is not less than said predetermined value.

5. The diversity reception device as defined in claim 4, wherein

each of n inphase-element ROMs prestores, as said cosine elements, calculated results of the square of said weighting factor multiplied by the cosine of said phase data, receives said weighting factor through said first input port, receives, through said second input port, said phase data output from a corresponding phase demodulating means, reads said cosine element from a place specified by said combination of said weighting factor and said phase data respectively received through said first input port and said second input port, and outputs said read cosine element through said output port, and

each of n quadrature-element ROMs prestores, as said sine elements, calculated results of the square of said weighting factor multiplied by the sine of said phase data, receives said weighting factor through said first input port, receives, through said second input port, said phase data output from said corresponding phase demodulating means, reads said sine element from a place specified by said combination of said weighting factor and said phase data respectively received through said first input port and said second input port, and outputs said read sine element through said output port.