Digital communication receiver with digital, IF, I-Q balancer
First Claim
1. A digital communication receiver comprising:
- an analog downconversion section which provides a complex, digitized, intermediate frequency (IF) communication signal exhibiting an in-phase to quadrature phase (I-Q) imbalance;
an I-Q balancer having a signal input adapted to receive said IF communication signal and having an output which provides a locally balanced IF communication signal; and
a carrier tracking loop having an input adapted to receive said locally balanced IF communication signal, wherein said carrier tracking loop converts said locally balanced IF communication signal into a baseband communication signal, and said carrier tracking loop has an equalizer that equalizes said baseband communication signal.
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Abstract
A communication system (10) includes a transmitter (12) which induces in a communication signal (16), a first component of in-phase to quadrature phase (I-Q) imbalance and a receiver (14) which adds a second component of I-Q imbalance. A digital, intermediate frequency (IF) I-Q balancer (38) compensates for the receiver-induced I-Q imbalance so that total distortion is sufficiently diminished and a data directed carrier tracking loop (60) may then perform carrier synchronization to generate a baseband signal (70). An adaptive equalizer (64) within the carrier tracking loop (60) may then effectively operate to compensate for additional distortions, such as the transmitter-induced I-Q imbalance.
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20 Claims
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1. A digital communication receiver comprising:
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an analog downconversion section which provides a complex, digitized, intermediate frequency (IF) communication signal exhibiting an in-phase to quadrature phase (I-Q) imbalance;
an I-Q balancer having a signal input adapted to receive said IF communication signal and having an output which provides a locally balanced IF communication signal; and
a carrier tracking loop having an input adapted to receive said locally balanced IF communication signal, wherein said carrier tracking loop converts said locally balanced IF communication signal into a baseband communication signal, and said carrier tracking loop has an equalizer that equalizes said baseband communication signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
said IF communication signal conveys data at a symbol rate;
said I-Q balancer has a control input which receives a data stream responsive to said locally balanced IF communication signal, said data stream being updated at least at said symbol rate; and
said I-Q balancer compensates said IF communication signal in response to a plurality of coefficients which are updated at least at said symbol rate in response to said data stream.
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6. A digital communication receiver as claimed in claim 5 additionally comprising an interpolator having an input coupled to said output of said I-Q balancer and an output coupled to said control input of said I-Q balancer, said interpolator providing symbol synchronization for said digital communication receiver.
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7. A digital communication receiver as claimed in claim 6 wherein said interpolator provides non-data directed symbol synchronization.
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8. A digital communication receiver as claimed in claim 5 wherein said data stream is a complex data stream having in-phase and quadrature phase components, and said I-Q balancer comprises:
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a first coefficient generator which revises a first one of said plurality of coefficients and is responsive to said in-phase components from said data stream;
a second coefficient generator which revises a second one of said plurality of coefficients and is responsive to said quadrature phase components from said data stream; and
a third coefficient generator which revises a third one of said plurality of coefficients and is responsive to a cross product of said in-phase and quadrature phase components from said data stream.
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9. A digital communication receiver as claimed in claim 8 wherein each of said first, second and third coefficient generators is additionally responsive to a magnitude expressed by pairs of said in-phase and quadrature phase components from said data stream.
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10. A digital communication receiver as claimed in claim 8 wherein:
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said first coefficient generator revises said first coefficient for a future unit interval in response to said first coefficient for a past unit interval;
said second coefficient generator revises said second coefficient for said future unit interval in response to said second coefficient for said past unit interval; and
said third coefficient generator revises said third coefficient for said future unit interval in response to said third coefficient for said past unit interval.
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11. A method of processing an input communication signal in a digital communication receiver, said input communication signal exhibiting a transmitter-induced, in-phase to quadrature phase (I-Q) imbalance, said method comprising:
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downconverting said input communication signal to produce a digital, complex, intermediate frequency (IF) communication signal in a manner which adds a local I-Q imbalance to said transmitter-induced I-Q imbalance;
balancing said IF communication signal to compensate for said local I-Q imbalance and to generate a locally balanced IF communication signal;
generating a baseband communication signal from said locally balanced IF communication signal; and
equalizing said baseband communication signal to compensate for said transmitter-induced I-Q imbalance. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
said forming step comprises the step of interpolating said locally balanced IF communication signal to generate a symbol-synchronized IF communication signal; and
said balancing step comprises generating a plurality of coefficients in response to said symbol-synchronized IF communication signal.
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16. A method as claimed in claim 15 wherein said symbol-synchronized IF communication signal is expressed as a complex data stream having in-phase and quadrature phase components, and said coefficient-generating step comprises:
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revising a first one of said plurality of coefficients in response to said in-phase components from said data stream;
revising a second one of said plurality of coefficients in response to said quadrature phase components from said data stream; and
revising a third one of said plurality of coefficients in response to a cross product of said in-phase and quadrature phase components from said data stream.
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17. A digital communication receiver which receives an input communication signal exhibiting a transmitter-induced in-phase to quadrature phase (I-Q) imbalance, said digital communication receiver comprising:
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an analog downconversion section that receives said input communication signal and produces an unbalanced, complex, IF digital communication signal in which a local I-Q imbalance has been added to said transmitter-induced I-Q imbalance;
an I-Q balancer having an input adapted to receive said unbalanced, complex, IF digital communication signal and having an output which provides a locally balanced IF communication signal compensated for said local I-Q imbalance; and
a carrier tracking loop having an input adapted to receive said locally balanced IF communication signal, said carrier tracking loop converting said locally balanced IF communication signal into a baseband communication signal, and said carrier tracking loop having a baseband equalizer that balances said transmitter-induced I-Q imbalance of said input communication signal. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
an asymmetric equalizer having a signal input which receives said unbalanced, complex, IF digital communication signal, having an output which provides said locally balanced IF communication signal, and having coefficient inputs; and
a coefficient generation section having a control input responsive to said locally balanced IF communication signal and coefficient outputs coupled to said coefficient inputs of said asymmetric equalizer.
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