Digital signal modulation analysis device

• US 5,963,589 A
• Filed: 08/04/1997
• Issued: 10/05/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Dietrich Industries Incorporated (Worthington Enterprises, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Advantest Corporation
• Inventors: Takahashi, Hitoshi, Nagano, Masao
• Primary Examiner(s): Chin, Stephen
• Assistant Examiner(s): GHAYOUR, MOHAMMAD H
• Application Number:
  US08/905,382
• Time in Patent Office: 792 Days
• Field of Search: 375/224, 375/316, 375/228, 375/227, 375/377
• US Class Current: 375/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2649 Demodulators

Abstract

A digital signal modulation analysis device is to shorten the time for modulation analysis, and at the same time to structure a measurement device that is small in scale and inexpensive. A digital signal modulation analysis device includes a frequency convertor which converts a signal from a device under test to a first intermediate frequency signal, a sampling part which converts the first intermediate frequency signal to a second intermediate-frequency signal whose frequency is lower than that of the first intermediate frequency to store the second intermediate frequency signal in a memory, a Hilbert converter which converts an incoming signal into orthogonal component signals through a quadrant-modulate detection process, an initial synchronization part which determines a carrier center frequency, a symbol-demodulation/parameter-estimation part which determines optimal parameters to minimize a modulation error and demodulates all symbol data to determine reference data for the all symbol data, and a modulation-precision calculation component which calculates modulation-precision data and modulation-error data for each symbol.

Claims

1. A digital modulation analysis device for measuring modulation characteristics of a digital MCA (Multi The Channel Access) signal produced by a device under test (DUT) for a digital communication, comprising:

a frequency converter (109) which receives said digital MCA signal (101) from said DUT and converts said digital MCA signal into an intermediate frequency signal;

an analog to digital (A/D) converter which receives said intermediate frequency signal and converts the same to a digital signal and store said digital signal in a memory (240) in said converter;

a Hilbert converter (310) which is connected to said A/D converter and converts an incoming digital signal into an I-component signal and a Q-component signal through a quadrant-modulate detection process;

a synchronization part (740) which receives said I-component and Q-component signals to determine a carrier s center frequency (Ω

f0) and a slot synchronization address (dly0) in said digital MCA signal (101) from said DUT;

an estimation and demodulation part (400) which receives information on said carrier s center frequency (Ω

f0) and said slot synchronization address (dly0) from said synchronization part (740) and said I-component and Q-component signals from said Hilbert converter (310) to obtain optimum parameters (gain constant Ax, initial phase θ

x, carrier frequency Ω

x, and burst droop factor σ

x) to minimize a modulation error ε

, and demodulates data (vector value A and phase angle θ

for symbol number n) for symbols in said digital MCA signal (101) from said DUT and determines reference data for said symbols (reference symbol vector value Ar and reference-symbol phase-angle value θ

r); and

a modulation-precision calculation component (900) which receives said reference data from said estimation and modulation part (400) and calculates modulation precision data and/or a modulation error for each of said symbols.

2. A digital modulation analysis device as defined in claim 1, wherein said frequency converter (109) is an internal frequency converter (111) provided in a spectrum analyzer, and a display of said spectrum analyzer is used for displaying results of the modulation analysis by said digital modulation analysis device.

3. A digital modulation analysis device as defined in claim 1 further comprising a mixer (25) which receives said intermediate frequency signal from said frequency converter (109) and converts said intermediate frequency signal to a second intermediate frequency signal whose frequency is lower than that of said intermediate frequency signal and provides said second intermediate frequency signal to said A/D converter.

4. A digital modulation analysis device as defined in claim 1, wherein said Hilbert converter comprising:

a burst detector (302) for retrieving a predetermined length of word from said A/D converter;

a Hilbert conversion circuit (304) for performing a quadrant modulation detection for said digital signal from said A/D converter through said burst detector (302) to obtain said I-component and Q-component signals of said digial MCA signal (101) from said DUT; and

an IQ storage memory (300) for storing said I-component and Q-component signals therein.

5. A digital modulation analysis device as defined in claim 4, wherein said Hilbert converter (310) further comprising a band pass filter (303) provided between said burst detector (302) and said Hilbert conversion circuit (304) for removing unwanted frequency components in an output of said burst detector.

6. A digital modulation analysis device as defined in claim 4, wherein said Hilbert conversion circuit comprising:

a frequency generator (311) for generating a reference frequency signal;

a phase shifter (312) for shifting a phase of said reference frequency signal by a predetermined degree;

a first mixer (313) for mixing an output signal from said burst detector and said reference frequency signal to produce said I-component signal; and

a second mixer (314) for mixing an output signal from said burst detector and a phase shifted reference frequency signal from said phase shifter (312) to produce said Q-component signal.

7. A digital modulation analysis device as defined in claim 6, wherein said Hilbert conversion circuit further comprising:

a first low pass filter (315) for removing unwanted high frequency components in said I-component from said first mixer (313); and

a second low pass filter (316) for removing unwanted high frequency components in said I-component from said second mixer (314);

wherein the predetermined angle shifted by said phase shifter (312) is 90 degrees.

8. A digital modulation analysis device as defined in claim 1, wherein said synchronization part (740) comprising:

a carrier center frequency detector (700) which receives said I-component and Q-component signals from said Hilbert converter (310) for detecting a center frequency of said I-component and Q-component signals;

a slot synchronization detector (720) which receives said center frequency detected by said carrier center frequency detector (700) and said I-component and Q-component signals from said Hilbert converter (310) for detecting a slot start address of said digital MCA signal (101) from said DUT; and

a frequency error detector (760) which receives said slot start address from said slot synchronization detector (720) and generates an error frequency for producing a true frequency of said carrier center frequency.

9. A digital modulation analysis device as defined in claim 8, wherein said carrier center frequency detector (700) comprising:

a complex FFT processor (702) which receives said I-component and Q-component signals from said Hilbert converter (310) for converting same to frequency components;

a total power calculation part (704) for calculating an overall power of said I-component and Q-component signals by accumulating all of said frequency components from said complex FFT processor (702); and

a carrier center frequency calculation part (705) for calculating said carrier center frequency based on one of said frequency components showing a half of said overall power obtained by said total power calculation part (704).

10. A digital modulation analysis device as defined in claim 8, wherein said synchronization part (740) further comprising:

an IQ extractor (710) which receives an output of said carrier center frequency detector (700) for extracting IQ data for one channel and generating asynchronous signal based on the extracted IQ data.

11. A digital modulation analysis device as defined in claim 1, wherein said estimation and demodulation part (400) comprising:

a sync/pilot demodulation part (401) which receives said I-component and Q-component signals from said Hilbert converter (310) and said carrier center frequency (Ω

f0) and said slot synchronization address (dly0) from said synchronization part (740) and demodulates same to obtain synchronization and pilot symbols in said digital MCA signal (101) from said DUT;

an initial value extractor (402) which receives an output of said sync/pilot demodulation part (401) for obtaining an initial value of amplitude and phase of a first symbol of said synchronization and pilot symbols;

an all symbol demodulator (500) which receives said I-component and Q-component signals from said Hilbert converter (310) and said carrier center frequency (Ω

f0) and said slot synchronization address (dly0) from said synchronization part (740) for demodulating amplitude and phase values of all of the symbols in said digital MCA signal (101) from said DUT;

a reference data estimation part (600) which receives said amplitude and phase values of all of said symbols from said all symbol demodulator (500) for determining reference data for said symbols; and

an optimum parameter estimation part (800) which receives said initial value from said initial value extractor (402) and said reference data from said reference data estimation part (600) for obtaining optimum parameters to minimize said modulation error ε

.

12. A digital modulation analysis device as defined in claim 11, wherein said sync/pilot demodulation part (401) comprising a plurality of pairs of mixers and root Nyquist filters for demodulating said I-component and Q-component signals from said Hilbert converter (310).

13. A digital modulation analysis device as defined in claim 11, wherein said all symbol demodulator (500) comprising a plurality of sets of mixers and root Nyquist filters and demodulation memories for demodulating said I-component and Q-component signals from said Hilbert converter (310) for all of said symbols.