Pulse transmission transmitter including a higher order time derivate filter

• US 6,625,229 B2
• Filed: 02/25/2002
• Issued: 09/23/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corporation (Martin Marietta Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corporation (Martin Marietta Corporation)
• Inventors: Smith, Stephen F., Dress, William B. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bayard, Emmanuel
• Application Number:
  US10/082,773
• Publication Number:
  US 20020080889A1
• Time in Patent Office: 575 Days
• Field of Search: 375/141, 375/135, 375/146, 375/139, 375/140, 375/295, 327/142, 327/160, 327/291, 331/173, 713/400, 714/725, 714/728, 714/731, 714/739
• US Class Current: 375/295
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/71637 Receiver aspects H04B1/7183 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/7172 Pulse shape in general H04L25/03834
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/7174 Pulse generation in general H04L25/03834
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/719 Interference-related aspects
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 25/03834 using pulse shaping
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 25/49 using code conversion at the transmitter; using predistortion; using insertion of idle bits for obtaining a desired frequency spectrum; using three or more amplitude levels ; Baseband coding techniques specific to data transmission systems spectral shaping H04L25/03828

Abstract

Systems and methods for pulse-transmission low-power communication modes are disclosed. A pulse transmission transmitter includes: a clock; a pseudorandom polynomial generator coupled to the clock, the pseudorandom polynomial generator having a polynomial load input; an exclusive-OR gate coupled to the pseudorandom polynomial generator, the exclusive-OR gate having a serial data input; a programmable delay circuit coupled to both the clock and the exclusive-OR gate; a pulse generator coupled to the programmable delay circuit; and a higher order time derivative filter coupled to the pulse generator. The systems and methods significantly reduce lower-frequency emissions from pulse transmission spread-spectrum communication modes, which reduces potentially harmful interference to existing radio frequency services and users and also simultaneously permit transmission of multiple data bits by utilizing specific pulse shapes.

Claims

1. A pulse transmission transmitter, comprising:

a clock;

a pseudorandom polynomial generator coupled to said clock, said pseudorandom polynomial generator having a polynomial load input;

an exclusive-OR gate coupled to said pseudorandom polynomial generator, said exclusive-OR gate having a serial data input;

a programmable delay circuit coupled to both said clock and said exclusive-OR gate;

a pulse generator coupled to said programmable delay circuit; and

a higher order time derivative filter coupled to said pulse generator.

2. The pulse transmission transmitter of claim 1, wherein said programmable delay circuit includes a programmable-delay monostable multivibrator circuit.

3. The pulse transmission transmitter of claim 1, wherein said higher order time derivative filter includes a higher order Gaussian time derivative filter.

4. The pulse transmission transmitter of claim 1, wherein said higher order time derivative filter includes a higher order super-Gaussian time derivative filter described by exp(−

x²ⁿ/a) where x is time, n is an integer greater than 1 that represents an order and a is a constant.

5. The pulse transmission transmitter of claim 1, wherein said higher order time derivative filter includes a higher order time derivative rounded time-limited square pulse filter.

6. The pulse transmission transmitter of claim 1, wherein said higher order time derivative filter includes a higher order time derivative discrete filter.

7. The pulse transmission transmitter of claim 6, wherein said higher order time derivative discrete filter is selected from the group consisting of Chebyshev polynomials and Krawtchouk polynomials.

8. A pulse transmission transmitter, comprising:

a clock;

a pseudorandom polynomial generator coupled to said clock, said pseudorandom polynomial generator having a polynomial load input;

an exclusive-OR gate coupled to said pseudorandom polynomial generator, said exclusive-OR gate having a serial data input;

a programmable delay circuit coupled to both said clock and said exclusive-OR gate;

a pulse generator coupled to said programmable delay circuit; and

a higher order time derivative filter coupled to said pulse generator,

wherein said clock, said pseudorandom polynomial generator, said exclusive-OR gate, said programmable delay circuit, said pulse generator and said higher order time derivative filter all define a one-chip integrated circuit.

9. The pulse transmission transmitter of claim 8, wherein said one-chip integrated circuit is implemented in a semiconductor selected from the group consisting of silicon bipolar, complementary metal-oxide semiconductor, silicon-germanium and gallium arsenide.

10. A pulse transmission transmitter, comprising:

a clock;

a pseudorandom polynomial generator coupled to said clock, said pseudorandom polynomial generator having a polynomial load input;

an exclusive-OR gate coupled to said pseudorandom polynomial generator, said exclusive-OR gate having a serial data input;

a programmable delay circuit coupled to both said clock and said exclusive-OR gate;

a pulse generator coupled to said programmable delay circuit;

a higher order time derivative filter coupled to said pulse generator

a matching network coupled to said higher order time derivative filter; and

an antenna coupled to said matching network.

11. A transceiver comprising the pulse transmission transmitter of claim 10.