Ultra wide bandwidth noise cancellation mechanism and method

• US 7,177,341 B2
• Filed: 10/10/2001
• Issued: 02/13/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: North Star Innovations Inc. (Wi-LAN Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. (NXP Semiconductors NV)
• Inventors: McCorkle, John W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Fan, Chieh M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Wang, Ted M.
• Application Number:
  US09/972,966
• Publication Number:
  US 20020064245A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,952 Days
• Field of Search: 375/130, 375/136, 375/141, 375/147, 375/295, 375/316, 375/354, 375/148, 375/346, 375/240.19, 455/63.1, 455/67, 455/114.2, 455/27, 455/501
• US Class Current: 375/130
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/69 Spread spectrum techniques
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/71637 Receiver aspects H04B1/7183 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/719 Interference-related aspects
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/0004 using wavelets
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/10 adapted for operation in multiple networks, e.g. multi-mode access points

Abstract

A mechanism and method are provided for self-canceling noise generated in a UWB receiver and for providing multi-mode operation for the receiver. Noise is canceled by generating a first set of wavelets in a same phase as an incoming signal, and a second set of wavelets with an opposite phase as the incoming signal. The received signal and the generated wavelets are mixed and the result integrated such that the integrated output tends to zero. The multiple modes of operation allow the receiver to process multiple types of waveforms. The modes may be chosen by a user-selected switch, a waveform-detection based switch, or the like.

Claims

1. A self-noise cancellation mechanism for reducing performance degradation as a result of self-generated noise, comprising:

a pulse-forming network for producing an internally-generated ultrawide bandwidth (UWB) bi-phase signal having a first arranged pattern;

a mixer for combining the UWB bi-phase signal with an incoming Radio Frequency (RF) UWB signal having a second set pattern; and

an integrator for accumulating an output of the mixer,

wherein the first arranged pattern comprises a first set of hi-phase wavelets and an adjacent second set of bi-phase wavelets,

wherein the second arranged pattern comprises a third set of bi-phase wavelets and an adjacent fourth set of hi-phase wavelets,

wherein the first set of bi-phase wavelets and the third set of hi-phase wavelets are the same in wave shape and polarity, and

wherein the second set of hi-phase wavelets and the fourth set of hi-phase wavelets are the same in wave shape, hut are inverted in polarity.

2. The self-noise cancellation mechanism as recited in claim 1, wherein the first and third sets of hi-phase wavelets each comprise two wavelets.

3. The self-noise cancellation mechanism as recited in claim 1, wherein the second and third sets of bi-phase wavelets each comprise two wavelets.

4. The self-noise cancellation mechanism as recited in claim 1, wherein the first, second, third, and fourth sets of bi-phase wavelets all have equal number of wavelets.

5. The self-noise cancellation mechanism as recited in claim 1, further comprising an antenna for receiving the incoming RF UWB signal.

6. The self-noise cancellation mechanism as recited in claim 5, further comprising a front end circuit located between the antenna and the mixer for processing the incoming RF UWB signal.

7. The self-noise cancellation mechanism as recited in claim 6, wherein the front end circuit includes one of a low noise amplifier, an automatic gain control circuit, and a stub circuit.

8. The self-noise cancellation mechanism as recited in claim 1, further comprising an analog-to-digital converter for converting the output of the integrator into a digital signal.

9. The self-noise cancellation mechanism in a radio receiver, comprising:

means for producing an internally-generated ultrawide bandwidth (UWB) bi-phase signal having a first arranged pattern;

means for receiving an incoming Radio Frequency (RF) signal having a second arranged pattern;

means for combining the internally-generated UWB bi-phase signal and the incoming RF signal to produce an output; and

means for integrating the output of the combining means over a length of time that corresponds with the first and second arranged patterns such that an integration output approaches zero when the incoming RF signal is aligned in phase with the internally-generated UWB bi-phase signal,

wherein a first portion of the first arranged pattern is substantially the same in shape and is the same in polarity with respect to a third portion of the second arranged pattern, and

wherein a second portion of the first arranged pattern is substantially the same in shape and inverted in polarity with respect to a fourth portion of the second arranged pattern.