Transmitter and transceiver, in particular for mobile radio, and transmission method

• US 7,792,504 B2
• Filed: 06/22/2009
• Issued: 09/07/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
• Inventors: Boos, Zdravko
• Primary Examiner(s): VO, NGUYEN THANH
• Application Number:
  US12/488,876
• Publication Number:
  US 20090258605A1
• Time in Patent Office: 442 Days
• Field of Search: 455/75, 455/76, 455/118, 341/144
• US Class Current: 455/118
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/403 using the same oscillator for generating both the transmitter frequency and the receiver local oscillator frequency
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/406 with more than one transmission mode, e.g. analog and digital modes

Abstract

A receiver, in particular for mobile radio, includes a receiver branch with a mixer, downstream of an analog/digital converter. A reference generator generates a reference clock, which is fed to the converters or PLL synthesizers of the mixer by integral multiplication or division. As a result, a particularly energy-saving and space-saving circuit configuration is realized, which has a low level of mutual interference between the signals and is suitable (in particular for Universal Mobile Telecommunication System, UMTS). In a preferred embodiment, the receiver is developed into a transceiver by providing a transmission path.

Claims

1. A transmitter, comprising:

a mixer having an input for receiving an intermediate signal and an output for tapping a transmission signal;

a phase locked loop for receiving a mixer clock and connected to said mixer;

a digital/analog converter connected to said input of said mixer for receiving a converter clock;

a reference generator for generating a reference clock, the reference clock being an integral multiple of the mixer clock, and the converter clock being an integral multiple of the reference clock; and

a multiplier module coupled to said reference generator and multiplying the reference clock by an integer to provide the converter clock.

2. The transmitter according to claim 1, further comprising a divider module for dividing the reference clock by an integer to provide the mixer clock, said divider module coupled to said reference generator.

3. The transmitter according to claim 2, wherein said divider module for dividing the reference clock by an integer has an input connected to said reference generator for receiving the reference clock and an output connected to said phase locked loop for providing the mixer clock.

4. The transmitter according to claim 1, wherein said multiplier module for multiplying the reference clock by an integer has an input connected to said reference generator for receiving the reference clock and an output connected to said digital/analog converter for providing the converter clock.

5. A transceiver, comprising:

a receive path, including;

a first mixer having an input for receiving a reception signal and an output for tapping a first intermediate frequency signal;

a first phase locked loop for receiving a first mixer clock and connected to said first mixer;

an analog/digital converter connected to said output of said first mixer for receiving a first converter clock;

a transmit path, including;

a second mixer having an input for receiving a second intermediate signal and an output for tapping a transmission signal;

a second phase locked loop for receiving a second mixer clock and connected to said second mixer;

a digital/analog converter connected to said input of said second mixer for receiving a second converter clock;

a reference generator for generating a reference clock, the reference clock being an integral multiple of the first mixer clock and of the second mixer clock, the first converter clock being an integral multiple of the reference clock, the second converter clock being an integral multiple of the reference clock; and

a multiplier module for multiplying the reference clock by an integer to provide the first converter clock and the second converter clock.

6. A method for transmitting a transmit signal, which comprises the steps of:

receiving a mixer clock in a phase locked loop;

mixing an intermediate frequency signal and providing the transmit signal in response to the mixer clock;

digital/analog converting an input signal using a converter clock and providing the intermediate frequency signal;

generating a reference clock, the reference clock being an integral multiple of the mixer clock; and

providing the converter clock in response to the reference clock using an integer multiplier module.

7. The method according to claim 6, which further comprises providing the mixer clock in response to the reference clock using an integer divider module.