Programmable transmitter and receiver including digital radio frequency memory
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1. A vehicular programmable transceiver system comprising:
- a programmable transceiver; and
a digital radio frequency memory (DRFM) having at least one register, wherein the DRFM samples a carrier frequency signal of a radio frequency input signal, received by the transceiver while the transceiver is in a programming mode, in response to a clock signal which is enabled upon detection of a valid baseband data signal in the radio frequency input signal, holds the sampled carrier frequency signal in the at least one register, and shifts the sampled and held carrier frequency signal from the at least one register to the transceiver for the transceiver to transmit as part of a radio frequency output signal while the transceiver is in a transmit mode.
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Abstract
A vehicular programmable transceiver includes a digital radio frequency memory (DRFM) having at least one register configured to sample and hold a radio frequency input signal in response to a clock signal and to generate an output signal having a carrier frequency generated in response to the sampled and held input signal.
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1. A vehicular programmable transceiver system comprising:
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a programmable transceiver; and a digital radio frequency memory (DRFM) having at least one register, wherein the DRFM samples a carrier frequency signal of a radio frequency input signal, received by the transceiver while the transceiver is in a programming mode, in response to a clock signal which is enabled upon detection of a valid baseband data signal in the radio frequency input signal, holds the sampled carrier frequency signal in the at least one register, and shifts the sampled and held carrier frequency signal from the at least one register to the transceiver for the transceiver to transmit as part of a radio frequency output signal while the transceiver is in a transmit mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. For use in a home appliance remote control, a programmable transceiver system comprising:
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a programmable transceiver; and a digital radio frequency memory (DRFM) configured to hold samples of a carrier frequency signal of a radio frequency input signal received by the transceiver during a programming operation of the transceiver upon detection of a valid baseband data signal in the radio frequency input signal, and to shift the sampled and held carrier frequency signal to the transceiver during a transmit operation of the transceiver for the transceiver to transmit as part of a radio frequency output signal, wherein the sampled and held carrier frequency signal is shifted out of the DRFM in response to a clock signal. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. For use in a programmable transceiver, a method for generating an output signal, the method comprising:
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sampling a radio frequency input signal received from a remote control transmitter upon detecting a valid baseband data signal in the input signal; holding the sampled signal in at least one buffer; shifting from the buffer a carrier signal; and controlling an amplitude of the carrier signal to generate the transceiver output signal. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method of remotely controlling a garage door opener that is remotely controlled by an existing transmitter, the existing transmitter transmitting a signal comprising a carrier modulated by a code, the method comprising:
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receiving the signal; detecting the code; sampling the signal at a time determined by the detected code; storing the sampled signal; receiving a request to remotely control the garage door opener; generating a carrier approximation by playing the stored sampled signal; controlling an amplitude of the carrier approximation; and transmitting the generated carrier approximation. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A programmable remote garage door opener comprising:
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a receiver for receiving a received signal comprising a received carrier modulated with a received code; a detector for detecting the received code in the received signal; a transmitter for transmitting an output signal; at least one register for holding a plurality of samples of the received signal; and control logic operative to (a) determine when the received code is detected, (b) signal the at least one register to sample and store the received signal based on detecting the received code, (c) receive a request to transmit a remote control command, (d) signal the at least one register to present the stored signal to the transmitter, and (e) signal the transmitter to control an amplitude of the stored signal presented by the at least one register thereby generating the output signal. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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