Method and apparatus to generate a clock-based transmission

• US 7,292,620 B2
• Filed: 12/31/2002
• Issued: 11/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Ho, Minnie, Green, Evan, Foerster, Jeffrey
• Primary Examiner(s): Ghayour; Mohammed
• Assistant Examiner(s): PANWALKAR, VINEETA S
• Application Number:
  US10/334,112
• Publication Number:
  US 20040125859A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,771 Days
• Field of Search: 375/140, 375/141, 375/146, 375/130, 375/242, 375/295, 375/353, 375/373, 375/376, 375/377, 455/91
• US Class Current: 375/146
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/69 Spread spectrum techniques

Abstract

A method and apparatus are disclosed to generate and/or receive ultra-wide bandwidth (UWB) pulses using a digital clock.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

accepting a digitally produced clock signal and data; and

deriving a direct sequence ultrawide bandwidth signal from the digitally produced clock signal and data, wherein deriving the ultrawide bandwidth signal comprises;

digitally producing the clock signal;

modulating the clock signal with the data to obtain a modulated signal, wherein modulating the clock signal with data comprises inverting the clock signal to obtain an inverted clock signal and modulating the inverted clock signal with the data using an AND gate; and

shaping the modulated signal to obtain the ultrawide bandwidth signal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein deriving the ultrawide bandwidth signal comprises

gating the modulated signal to obtain the ultrawide bandwidth signal.

3. The method as in claim 1, wherein shaping the modulated signal comprises filtering the modulated signal.

4. The method as in claim 1, wherein shaping the modulated signal comprises windowing the clock signal with a function of the modulated signal.

5. A method comprising:

receiving a digitally produced clock signal and data;

deriving a direct sequence ultrawide bandwidth signal from the digitally produced clock signal and data, wherein deriving the ultrawide bandwidth signal comprises;

digitally producing the clock signal;

modulating the clock signal with the data to obtain a modulated signal, wherein modulating the clock signal with data comprises buffering the clock signal to obtain a buffered clock signal and modulating the buffered clock signal with the data using a NAND gate; and

shaping modulated signal to obtain the ultrawide bandwidth signal.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein deriving the ultrawide bandwidth signal comprises gating the modulated signal to obtain the ultrawide bandwidth signal.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein shaping the modulated signal comprises filtering the modulated signal.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein shaping the modulated signal comprises windowing the clock signal with a function of the modulated signal.

9. An apparatus comprising:

a digital clock to produce a digital clock signal;

a modulator to modulate the clock signal with data to produce a modulated signal, wherein modulating the clock signal with data comprises inverting the clock signal to obtain an inverted clock signal and modulating the inverted clock signal with the data using an AND gate; and

a shaping unit to shape the modulated signal, wherein the apparatus is adapted for deriving a direct sequence ultrawide bandwidth signal from the digitally produced clock signal and the data.

10. An apparatus as in claim 9 further comprising a bandpass filter to reduce higher-order harmonics in the modulated signal.

11. A system comprising:

a digital clock to produce a digital clock signal;

a modulator to modulate the clock signal with data, thereby to produce a modulated signal, wherein modulating the clock signal with data comprises inverting the clock signal to obtain an inverted clock signal and modulating the inverted clock signal with the data using an AND gate;

a shaping unit to shape the modulated signal; and

a dipole antenna to transmit the modulated signal, wherein the system is adapted for deriving a direct sequence ultrawide bandwidth signal from the digitally produced clock signal and the data.

12. The system of claim 11 further comprising a bandpass filter to reduce higher-order harmonics in the modulated signal.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the bandpass filter is a Bessel bandpass filter.