Digital signal demodulator and wireless receiver using the same

• US 7,796,710 B2
• Filed: 11/08/2005
• Issued: 09/14/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Nishigaki, Michihiko, Abe, Kazuhide, Kawakubo, Takashi, Nagano, Toshihiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Ghayour; Mohammad H
• Assistant Examiner(s): HUGHES, EBONI N
• Application Number:
  US11/268,615
• Publication Number:
  US 20060103561A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,771 Days
• Field of Search: 375/304, 375/306, 375/322, 375324-326, 375/329, 455/41.1, 455/193.1, 455/257, 455/259, 329345-346, 329304-306, 341/172
• US Class Current: 375/329
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2276 using frequency multiplication or harmonic tracking

Abstract

A digital demodulator includes a resonator having a resonance frequency same as a carrier frequency to store a charge corresponding to a digital signal modulated by phase shift keying, a capacitor to store the charge of the resonator, an amplifier including an input node and an output node between which the capacitor is connected to convert a stored charge of the capacitor into a voltage signal, and a controller configured to accumulate in the resonator the charge induced by the frequency signal modulated by phase shift keying in a first control mode and configured to transfer the charge of the resonator to the capacitor in a second control mode, to output the voltage signal corresponding to the stored charge of the capacitor from the output node of the amplifier.

Claims

1. A digital demodulator to demodulate a frequency signal modulated by phase shift keying and having a specific carrier frequency, the digital demodulator comprising:

an input port to which an input signal is supplied;

a resonator having a resonance frequency same as a carrier frequency to store a charge corresponding to a digital signal modulated by phase shift keying and including a high-frequency component;

an input switch connected between an input node of the resonator and the input port to allow electrical disconnection between the input signal and the resonator;

a capacitor to store the charge including the high-frequency component from the resonator;

an amplifier including an input node and an output node between which the capacitor is connected to convert a stored charge of the capacitor into a voltage signal;

a plurality of switches connected between the resonator and the amplifier to switch between a sampling mode for accumulating the charge in the resonator and a readout mode for transferring the charge of the resonator to the capacitor; and

a controller to output a control signal for switching between the sampling mode and the readout mode at different timings to the input switch and the switches and to output the voltage signal corresponding to the stored charge of the capacitor from the output node of the amplifier in the readout mode.

2. The digital demodulator according to claim 1, further comprising a lowpass filter to extract a dc component from the output signal of the amplifier to produce a demodulated output digital signal.

3. The digital demodulator according to claim 1, wherein the controller controls the switches to store the charge induced by the frequency signal modulated by phase shift keying in the resonator in the sampling mode to integrate the frequency signal, and to extract a voltage digital signal including a dc component of a polarity corresponding to phase information of the frequency signal modulated by phase shift keying as a voltage digital signal corresponding to the stored charge of the capacitor in the readout mode.

4. The digital demodulator according to claim 1, wherein the switches comprise a first switch connected between a signal input node to which the frequency signal modulated by phase shift keying is input and a first node of the resonator, a second switch connected between a second node of the resonator and a first input node of the amplifier, and a switch control circuit to turn on the first switch and turn off the second switch in the sampling mode, and turn off the first switch and turn on the second switch in the readout mode.

5. The digital demodulator according to claim 1, wherein the switches comprise a first switch connected between an output node of the resonator and an input node of the amplifier, a second switch connected between the input node of the resonator and a reference potential node, a third switch connected between the output node of the resonator and the reference potential node, a fourth switch connected between both nodes of the capacitor, and a switch control circuit to turn on the input switch, turn off the first switch, turn off the second switch, turn on the third switch and turn on the fourth switch, in the sampling mode, and turn off the input switch, turn on the first switch, turn on the second switch, turn off the third switch and turn off the fourth switch, in the readout mode.

6. The digital demodulator according to claim 1, wherein the resonator comprises a thin film piezoelectric resonator.

7. The digital demodulator according to claim 1, wherein the amplifier comprises a differential amplifier including an inverting input node and a noninverting input node connected to a reference potential point, the switches includes a switch connected between the output node of the resonator and the inverting input node of the differential amplifier, and the capacitor is connected between the inverting input node of the differential amplifier and an output node thereof.

8. The digital demodulator according to claim 1, comprising a demodulation integrated circuit device connectable to the resonator, and including the capacitor, the amplifier and the controller which are integrated.

9. A digital demodulator to demodulate a frequency signal modulated by phase shift keying, comprising:

a plurality of unit demodulators each comprising;

an input port to which an input signal is supplied;

a resonator having a resonance frequency same as a carrier frequency to store a charge corresponding to a frequency signal modulated by phase shift keying and including a high-frequency component;

an input switch connected between an input node of the resonator and the input port to allow an electrical disconnection between the input signal and the resonator;

a capacitor to store the charge including the high-frequency component from the resonator;

an amplifier including an input node and an output node between which the capacitor is connected to convert a stored charge of the capacitor into a voltage signal; and

a plurality of switches connected between the resonator and the amplifier to switch between a sampling mode for accumulating the charge in the resonator and a readout mode for transferring the charge of the resonator to the capacitor; and

a controller to output a control signal for switching between the sampling mode and the readout mode at different timings to the input switch and the switches and to output the voltage signal corresponding to the stored charge of the capacitor from the output node of the amplifier in the readout mode, the controller controlling the input switch and the switches of the unit demodulators to change the unit demodulators to the sampling mode and the readout mode at the different timings.

10. The digital demodulator according to claim 9, which the unit demodulators comprise two unit demodulators for I and Q channels to demodulate a quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) signal including digital information represented by 2-bit symbols “

00”

, “

01”

, “

10” and

“

11”

.

11. The digital demodulator according to claim 9, wherein each of the unit demodulators further comprises a lowpass filter to extract a dc component from the output signal of the amplifier to produce a demodulated output signal.

12. A wireless receiver comprising

a receiving unit configured to receive a frequency signal modulated by phase shift keying having a specific carrier frequency;

a digital demodulator of to demodulate the frequency signal modulated by phase shift keying, including;

an input port to which an input signal is supplied;

a resonator having a resonance frequency same as a carrier frequency to store a charge corresponding to a frequency signal modulated by phase shift keying and including a high-frequency component;

an input switch connected between an input node of the resonator and the input port to allow an electrical disconnection between the input signal and the resonator;

a capacitor to store the charge including the high-frequency component from the resonator;

an amplifier including an input node and an output node between which the capacitor is connected to convert a stored charge of the capacitor into a voltage signal;

a plurality of switches connected between the resonator and the amplifier to switch between a sampling mode for accumulating the charge in the resonator and a readout mode for transferring the charge of the resonator to the capacitor; and

a controller to output a control signal for switching between the sampling mode and the readout mode at different timings to the input switch and the switches and to output the voltage signal corresponding to the stored charge of the capacitor from the output node of the amplifier in the readout mode;

an AD converter to convert the voltage signal of the digital demodulator into a digital signal; and

a baseband processor to process the digital signal to reproduce receive data.

13. The wireless receiver according to claim 12, further comprising a lowpass filter to extract a dc component from the output signal of the amplifier to produce a demodulated output signal.

14. The wireless receiver according to claim 12, wherein the controller controls the input switch and the switches to store the charge induced by the frequency signal modulated by phase shift keying in the resonator in the sampling mode to integrate the frequency signal, and extract a voltage signal including a dc component of a polarity corresponding to phase information of the integrated frequency signal modulated by phase shift keying as a voltage signal corresponding to the stored charge of the capacitor in the readout mode.

15. The wireless receiver according to claim 12, wherein the switches comprise a first switch connected between an output node of the resonator and a first input node of the amplifier, and a switch control circuit to turn on the input switch and turn off the first switch in the sampling mode, and turn off the input switch and turns on the first switch in the readout mode.

16. The wireless receiver according to claim 12, wherein the switches comprise a first switch connected between an output node of the resonator and an input node of the amplifier, a second switch connected between the input node of the resonator and a reference potential node, a third switch connected between the output node of the resonator and the reference potential node, a fourth switch connected between both nodes of the capacitor, and a switch control circuit to turn on the input switch, turn off the first switch, turn off the second switch, turn on the third switch and turn on the fourth switch, in the sampling mode, and turn off the input switch, turn on the first switch, turn on the second switch, turn off the third and turn off the fourth switch, in the readout mode.

17. The wireless receiver according to claim 12, wherein the resonator comprises a thin film piezoelectric resonator.

18. The wireless receiver according to claim 12, wherein the amplifier comprises a differential amplifier including an inverting input node and a noninverting input node connected to a reference potential point, the switches includes a switch connected between the output node of the resonator and the inverting input node of the differential amplifier, and the capacitor is connected between the inverting input node of the differential amplifier and an output node thereof.

19. The wireless receiver according to claim 12, which comprises a plurality of unit demodulators each comprising the digital demodulator, and wherein the controller controls the switches to change the unit demodulators to the sampling mode and the readout mode at the different timings.

20. The wireless receiver according to claim 12, which the demodulator comprises two unit demodulators for I and Q channels to demodulate a quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) signal including digital information represented by 2-bit symbols “

00”

, “

01”

, “

10” and

“

11”

.