RF slipring receiver for a computerized tomography system
First Claim
1. An apparatus for demodulating and digitizing a modulated data signal possibly having a wide range of power levels, comprising:
- a variable attenuation circuit configured to attenuate an amplitude of the modulated data signal in response to a feedback signal to generate an amplitude stabilized signal;
a conversion circuit coupled to the variable attenuation circuit and configured to remove a modulation component from the amplitude stabilized signal to generate a digitized signal;
a circuit coupled to the conversion circuit and configured to generate a reconstructed digital data signal and an amplitude signal from the digitized signal, wherein the reconstructed digital data signal is representative of the modulated data signal in a pre-modulated state and the amplitude signal is representative of an amplitude of the digitized signal; and
an attenuation controller coupled to the circuit and the variable attenuation circuit, wherein the attenuation controller is configured to generate the feedback control signal from the amplitude signal.
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Abstract
A computerized tomography (CT) system having an apparatus and method for receiving high data rate communication is disclosed herein. The apparatus includes a controlled variable attenuator for attenuating an encoded digital data signal having a wide range of power levels, a digital envelope detector for de-encoding the encoded digital data signal, a noise filtering circuit for filtering out the residual undesirable encoded signal components, and a feedback loop for maintaining a desired signal level such that the encoded digital data signal is converted to its pre-encoded state suitable for processing to generate a CT image.
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25 Claims
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1. An apparatus for demodulating and digitizing a modulated data signal possibly having a wide range of power levels, comprising:
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a variable attenuation circuit configured to attenuate an amplitude of the modulated data signal in response to a feedback signal to generate an amplitude stabilized signal;
a conversion circuit coupled to the variable attenuation circuit and configured to remove a modulation component from the amplitude stabilized signal to generate a digitized signal;
a circuit coupled to the conversion circuit and configured to generate a reconstructed digital data signal and an amplitude signal from the digitized signal, wherein the reconstructed digital data signal is representative of the modulated data signal in a pre-modulated state and the amplitude signal is representative of an amplitude of the digitized signal; and
an attenuation controller coupled to the circuit and the variable attenuation circuit, wherein the attenuation controller is configured to generate the feedback control signal from the amplitude signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
a bandwidth filter coupled to the variable attenuation circuit and configured to filter the modulated data signal; and
an amplifier coupled to the variable attenuation circuit and the conversion circuit, wherein the amplifier is configured to provide a gain of up to 45 dB to the amplitude stabilized signal.
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3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the bandwidth filter has a bandwidth range of 500 MHz to 1 GHz.
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4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the circuit comprises a digital hysteresis circuit configured to add hysteresis to the digitized signal.
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5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the conversion circuit comprises a radio frequency (RF) amplitude modulation digital envelope detector.
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6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the modulated data signal comprises a signal having a power level range of up to 50 dBm around a center operating power level.
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7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the modulated data signal comprises a signal having a power level range of up to 40 dBm around a center operating power level.
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8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the feedback signal applied to the variable attenuation circuit is configured from a previous modulated data signal.
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9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the modulated data signal comprises a signal having a center operating power level of approximately −
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10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the modulated data signal comprises a series digital bit data signal that is amplitude modulated with a radio frequency (RF) carrier signal.
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11. An apparatus for demodulating and digitizing a modulated data signal possibly having a wide range of power levels, comprising:
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means for variably attenuating the modulated data signal in response to a feedback signal to generate an amplitude stabilized signal;
means for digitizing the amplitude stabilized signal to generate a digitized signal;
means for filtering the digitized signal to generate a reconstructed digital data signal representative of the modulated data signal in a pre-modulated state; and
means for generating the feedback signal in response to the digitized signal, wherein the feedback signal is representative of an amplitude of the digitized signal. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for demodulating and digitizing a modulated data signal possibly having a wide range of power levels, the method comprising the steps of:
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transmitting the modulated data signal from a first location;
receiving the modulated data signal at a second location, wherein the first and second locations are remote from each other;
attenuating an amplitude of the modulated data signal in response to a previous modulated data signal via a feedback loop; and
converting the modulated data signal into a reconstructed digital data signal, wherein the reconstructed digital data signal is representative of the modulated data signal in a pre-modulated state, the attenuating and converting steps are carried out at the second location, and the modulated data signal comprises a signal having a power level range of up to 50 dBm around a center operating power level. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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