Digital signal processing architecture for multi-band radio receiver

• US 6,256,358 B1
• Filed: 03/27/1998
• Issued: 07/03/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies Incorporated (Visteon Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies Incorporated (Visteon Corporation)
• Inventors: Ballard, Bradley Anderson, Whikehart, J. William, Hagan, Christopher John, Whitecar, John Elliott, Difiore, Nicholas Lawrence, Wargnier, James Alfred
• Primary Examiner(s): Chin, Stephen
• Assistant Examiner(s): Rupert, Paul N
• Application Number:
  US09/049,355
• Time in Patent Office: 1,194 Days
• Field of Search: 375/316, 329/315, 329/347, 329/372, 455/130, 455/142, 455/144
• US Class Current: 375/316
• CPC Class Codes: H03D 2200/005 Analog to digital conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H03D 2200/0052 Digital to analog conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H03D 2200/0054 Digital filters
• CPC Class Codes: H03D 2200/0082 Quadrature arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H03D 3/006 by sampling the oscillations and further processing the samples, e.g. by computing techniques H03D3/007 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H03D 3/007 by converting the oscillations into two quadrature related signals H03D3/245 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H03D 5/00 Circuits for demodulating amplitude-modulated or angle-modulated oscillations at will H03D9/00, H03D11/00 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H03D 7/165 at least two frequency changers being located in different paths, e.g. in two paths with carriers in quadrature combined with amplitude demodulation H03D1/2245, combined with angle demodulation H03D3/007; N-path filters H03H19/002

Abstract

A digital signal processing architecture for an audio system combines multiple functions in programmable and reconfigurable blocks to achieve an efficient use of hardware and chip area. AM, FM, and audio functions can be performed using the same reconfigurable hardware while taking into account the different sample rates and processing functions required for each.

Claims

1. A digital signal processor for a multiband radio receiver that processes audio signals from a radio tuner including a narrowband IF signal from a first broadcast band and a wideband IF signal from a second broadcast band, said digital signal processor comprising:

a half-complex mixer block selectably responsive to said narrowband IF signal when said processor is in a narrowband mode or said wideband IF signal when said processor is in a wideband mode to generate a digital complex IF signal at a predetermined IF frequency and at a first sample rate, said complex IF signal including an in-phase component and a quadrature-phase component;

a decimator block with dual sections coupled to said half-complex mixer block, each section of said decimator block decimating a respective one of said in-phase component and said quadrature-phase component of said complex IF signal by a predetermined ratio to produce a sample-rate reduced complex IF signal at a second sample rate;

a reconfigurable digital filter block with dual sections, each section of said digital filter block having selectable sets of filter coefficients including a first set corresponding to said narrowband mode and a second set corresponding to said wideband mode, said first set of filter coefficients configuring said digital filter block as a decimator to further reduce the sample rate of said sample-rate reduced complex IF signal to a third sample rate when in said narrowband mode, and said second set of filter coefficients configuring said digital filter block as a channel lowpass filter to reject undesired signals from said sample-rate reduced complex IF signal without further sample rate reduction when in said wideband mode; and

a programmable processor block receiving outputs from said dual sections of said digital filter block, said programmable processor block including a program memory and a program sequencer, said program memory containing a first executable code block for use in said narrowband mode and a second executable code block for use in said wideband mode, said first executable code block performing a channel filtering and narrowband detection function at said third sample rate, and said second executable code block performing a wideband detection function at said second sample rate.

2. The digital signal processor of claim 1 wherein said first broadcast band is AM and said second broadcast band is FM.

3. The digital signal processor of claim 1 wherein oversampled stereo audio signals from a playback of prerecorded media are respectively coupled to said dual sections of said decimator block for decimation, and wherein said digital filter block and said programmable processor block each have an audio mode for further decimating said stereo audio signals.

4. The digital signal processor of claim 1 wherein said predetermined IF frequency is substantially zero hertz.

5. The digital signal processor of claim 1 wherein said programmable processor block further includes a multiplier-accumulator and a function calculator operating under control of said first or second executable code block.