Quadrature demodulation circuit with carrier control loop

• US 5,905,405 A
• Filed: 08/11/1997
• Issued: 05/18/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Ishizawa, Yoshiro
• Primary Examiner(s): KINKEAD, ARNOLD M
• Application Number:
  US08/908,069
• Time in Patent Office: 645 Days
• Field of Search: 331/12, 375/324, 375/326, 375/327, 375/328, 375/294, 375/346, 375/293, 375/344, 329/306, 329/307, 329/308, 329/309
• US Class Current: 329/308
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/3827 in which the carrier is recovered using only the demodulated baseband signals

Abstract

In a quadrature circuit, when a large frequency variation is detected, the carrier reproduction is conducted by using the carrier reproduction loop having a signal distortion but a small delay, and then, if the reproduced carrier becomes stable at some degree, the carrier reproduction is conducted by using the carrier reproduction loop having a less signal distortion but a large delay. When the number of the errors detected by an error detecting and correcting circuit is larger than a predetermined value, a selector supplies a digital in-phase signal and a digital quadrature signal outputted from A/D converters located before a waveform equalizer, to a carrier phase error detecting circuit which generates a digital phase error signal feedback through a D/A converter to a local carrier oscillator. When the number of errors detected by the error detecting/correcting circuit is not larger than the predetermined value, the selector supplies a digital in-phase demodulated signal and a digital quadrature demodulated signal outputted from the waveform equalizer to the carrier phase error detecting circuit.

Claims

1. A quadrature demodulation circuit comprising an input terminal receiving a multilevel QAM signal, a local carrier oscillating means for generating a local carrier, a first mixing means multiplying said multilevel QAM signal by said local carrier to generate an analog in-phase signal, a second mixing means multiplying said multilevel QAM signal by a 90°

phase-shifted signal of said local carrier to generate an analog quadrature signal, a first A/D converting means receiving said analog in-phase signal for generating a digital in-phase signal, a second A/D converting means receiving said analog quadrature signal for generating a digital quadrature signal, a waveform equalizing means for waveform-equalizing said digital in-phase signal and said digital quadrature signal after conducting a low pass filtering, to generate a digital in-phase demodulated signal and a digital quadrature demodulated signal, a code convening means for code-converting said digital in-phase demodulated signal and said digital quadrature demodulated signal, an error detecting and means for conducting an error detection and correction to an output of said code converting means, and a carrier phase error detecting means generating a digital phase error signal which is supplied through a D/A converting means to said local carrier oscillating means, said carrier phase error detecting means being connected to receive said digital in-phase signal and said digital quadrature signal when a number of out-of-synchronisms detected by said error detecting and correcting means exceeds a predetermined value, and to receive said digital in-phase demodulated signal and said digital quadrature demodulated signal when a number of out-of-synchronisms detected by said error detecting and correcting means does not exceed the predetermined value.

2. A quadrature demodulation circuit comprising an input terminal receiving a multilevel QAM signal, a local carrier oscillating means for generating a local carrier, a first mixing means multiplying said multilevel QAM signal by said local carrier to generate an analog in-phase signal, a second mixing means multiplying said multilevel QAM signal by a 90°

phase-shifted signal of said local carrier to generate an analog quadrature signal, a first A/D converting means receiving said analog in-phase signal for generating a digital in-phase signal, a second A/D converting means receiving said analog quadrature signal for generating a digital quadrature signal, a waveform equalizing means for waveform-equalizing said digital in-phase signal and said digital quadrature signal after conducting a low pass filtering, to generate a digital in-phase demodulated signal and a digital quadrature demodulated signal, a code converting means for code-converting said digital in-phase demodulated signal and said digital quadrature demodulated signal, an error detecting and correcting means for conducting an error detection and correcting to an output of said code converting means, and a carrier reproduction control loop for controlling said local carrier oscillating means, said carrier reproduction control loop including a carrier phase error detecting means generating a digital phase error signal, a D/A converting means receiving and converting said digital phase error signal into an analog phase error signal which is fed back to said local carrier oscillating means, and selection means receiving said digital in-phase signal and said digital quadrature signal and said digital in-phase demodulated signal and said digital quadrature demodulated signal, said selection means being controlled on the basis of an output of said error detecting and correcting means to supply said digital in-phase signal and said digital quadrature signal to said carrier phase error detecting means when said output of said error detecting and correcting means indicates a first condition and to supply said digital in-phase demodulated signal and said digital quadrature demodulated signal to said carrier phase error detecting means when said output of said error detecting and correcting means indicates a second condition.

3. A quadrature demodulation circuit claimed in claim 2 wherein when the number of the errors detected by said error detecting and correcting means is larger tan a predetermined value, said selection means supplies said digital in-phase signal and said digital quadrature signal to said carrier phase error detecting means, and when the number of the errors detected by said error detecting and correcting means is not larger than said predetermined value, said selection means supplies said digital in-phase demodulated signal and said digital quadrature demodulated signal to said carrier phase error detecting means.

4. A quadrature demodulation circuit claimed in claim 2, wherein when a number of out-of-synchronisms detected by said error detecting and correcting means is larger than a predetermined value, said selection means supplies said digital in-phase signal and said digital quadrature signal to said carrier phase error detecting means, and when the number of the out-of-syrchronisms detected by said error detecting and correcting means is not larger than said predetermined value, said selection means supplies said digital in-phase demodulated signal and said digital quadrature demodulated signal to said carrier phase error detecting means.

5. A quadrature demodulation circuit comprising an input terminal receiving a multilevel QAM signal, a local carrier oscillating means for generating a local carrier, a first mixing means multiplying said multilevel QAM signal by said local carrier to generate an analog in-phase signal, a second mixing means multiplying said multilevel QAM signal by a 90°

phase-shifted signal of said local carrier to generate an analog quadrature signal, a first A/D converting means receiving said analog in-phase signal for generating a digital in-phase signal, a second A/D converting means receiving said analog quadrature signal for generating a digital quadrature signal, a waveform equalizing means for waveform-equalizing said digital in-phase signal and said digital quadrature signal after conducting a low pass filtering, to generate a digital in-phase demodulated signal and a digital quadrature demodulated signal, a code converting means for code-converting said digital in-phase demodulated signal and said digital quadrature demodulated signal, an error detecting and correcting means for conducting an error detection and correction to an output of said code converting means, and a carrier phase error detecting means generating a digital phase error signal which is supplied through a D/A converting means to said local carrier oscillating means, said carrier phase error detecting means being connected to receive said digital in-phase signal and said digital quadrature signal when a number of errors detected by said error detecting and correcting means exceeds a predetermined value, and to receive said digital in-phase demodulated signal and said digital quadrature demodulated signal when a number of errors detected by said error detecting and correcting means does not exceed the predetermined value.