Method and system for frequency up-conversion with modulation embodiments
First Claim
1. An up-converter, comprising:
- a first impedance module;
a second impedance module coupled to the first impedance module; and
a switch that gates an infonnation signal as a function of a control signal, wherein the switch is coupled to the first and second impedance modules and to a reference potential, wherein the information signal is coupled to the switch through the first impedance module, and wherein the second impedance module outputs a harmonically rich signal.
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Abstract
A method and system is described wherein an information signals is gated at a frequency that is a sub-harmonic of the frequency of the desired output signal. In the modulation embodiments, the information signal is modulated as part of the up-conversion process. In a first modulation embodiment, one information signal is phase modulated onto the carrier signal as part of the up-conversion process. In a second modulation embodiment, two information signals are multiplied, and, as part of the up-conversion process, one signal is phase modulated onto the carrier and the other signal is amplitude modulated onto the carrier. In a third modulation embodiment, one information signal is phase modulated onto the “I” phase of the carrier signal as part of the up-conversion process and a second information signal is phase modulated onto the “Q” phase of the carrier as part of the up-conversion process. In a fourth modulation embodiment, four information signals are phase and amplitude modulated onto the “I” and “Q” phases of the carrier as part of the up-conversion process. There are at least two implementations of each of the aforementioned embodiments.
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37 Claims
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1. An up-converter, comprising:
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a first impedance module; a second impedance module coupled to the first impedance module; and a switch that gates an infonnation signal as a function of a control signal, wherein the switch is coupled to the first and second impedance modules and to a reference potential, wherein the information signal is coupled to the switch through the first impedance module, and wherein the second impedance module outputs a harmonically rich signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An up-converter, comprising:
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a combining means for generating a combined signal from a first information signal and a second information signal; a first impedance module coupled to the combining means; a second impedance module coupled to the first impedance module; and a gating means for gating the combined signal as a function of a control signal, wherein the gating means is coupled to the first and second impedance modules and to a reference potential, wherein the combined signal is coupled to the gating means through the first impedance module, and wherein the second impedance module outputs an harmonically rich signal. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An up-converter, comprising:
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a first impedance module; a second impedance module coupled to the first impedance module; a first gating means for gating a first information signal as a function of an in-phase control signal, wherein the first gating means is coupled to the first and second impedance modules and to a first reference potential, wherein the first information signal is coupled to the first gating means through the first impedance module, and wherein the second impedance module outputs an in-phase harmonically rich signal; a third impedance module; a fourth impedance module coupled to the third impedance module; and a second gating means for gating a second information signal as a function of a phase-shifted control signal, wherein the second gating means is coupled to the third and fourth impedance modules and to a second reference potential, wherein the second information signal is coupled to the second gating means through the third impedance module, and wherein the fourth impedance module outputs a quadrature-phase harmonically rich signal. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A up-converter, comprising:
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a first combiner that generates a first combined signal from a first information signal and a second information signal; a first impedance module coupled to the first combiner; a second impedance module coupled to the first impedance module; a first switch that gates the first combined signal as a function of an in-phase control signal, wherein the first switch is coupled to the first and second impedance modules and to a first reference potential, wherein the first combined signal is coupled to the first switch through the first impedance module, and wherein the second impedance module outputs an in-phase harmonically rich signal; a second combiner that generates a second combined signal from a third information signal and a fourth information signal; a third impedance module coupled to the second combiner; a fourth impedance module coupled to the third impedance module; and a second switch that gates the second combined signal as a function of a phase-shifted control signal, wherein the second switch is coupled to the third and fourth impedance modules and to a second reference potential, wherein the second combined signal is coupled to the second switch through the third impedance module, and wherein the fourth impedance module outputs a quadrature-phase harmonically rich signal. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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