Receiver with sigma-delta structure

• US 8,095,100 B2
• Filed: 06/11/2008
• Issued: 01/10/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Kwon, Yong Il, Min, Sang Hyun, Park, Tah Joon
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Simon
• Application Number:
  US12/137,479
• Publication Number:
  US 20090131004A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,308 Days
• Field of Search: 455/67.11, 455/67.13, 4552261-2264, 4552321-2521
• US Class Current: 455/226.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/0007 wherein the AD/DA conversion occurs at radiofrequency or intermediate frequency stage

Abstract

There is provided a receiver with a sigma-delta structure, the receiver including: a low noise amplifier amplifying a received signal according to a detection signal; a mixer converting an RF signal of the low noise amplifier into an IF signal; a sigma-delta A/D converter converting the IF signal from the mixer 200 into a digital signal; a 1 bit detector determining whether a voltage of the output signal of the mixer is greater than that of a predetermined reference voltage and outputting the detection signal including a result of the determination; and a demodulator obtaining an FFT result with respect to the signal from the sigma-delta A/D converter and adding or subtracting a predetermined gain value to or from the FFT result to calculate received signal strength indication (RSSI).

Claims

1. A receiver with a sigma-delta structure, the receiver comprising:

a low noise amplifier for amplifying a received signal according to a detection signal;

a mixer for converting a radio frequency (RF) signal from the low noise amplifier into an intermediate frequency (IF) signal;

a sigma-delta A/D converter for converting the IF signal from the mixer into a digital signal;

a 1 bit detector for determining whether a voltage of the IF signal from the mixer is greater than a predetermined reference voltage, and outputting the detection signal based on the determination; and

a demodulator for obtaining an FFT result with respect to the digital signal from the sigma-delta A/D converter, and adding or subtracting a predetermined gain value to or from the FFT result to calculate a received signal strength indication (RSSI) based on a level of the detection signal.

2. The receiver of claim 1, wherein the 1 bit detector comprises:

a rectifier for rectifying the IF signal from the mixer, and detecting the voltage of the IF signal from the mixer; and

a comparator for comparing the detected voltage from the rectifier with the predetermined reference voltage, and outputting the detection signal based on the comparison.

3. The receiver of claim 2, wherein the low noise amplifier comprises:

a path switch for connecting a received signal input terminal to one of an amplification path and a bypass path according to the detection signal; and

an amplifier provided along the amplification path selected by the path switch for amplifying the received signal passing through the path switch and the amplification path.

4. The receiver of claim 2, wherein the demodulator comprises:

an FFT unit for obtaining the FFT result with respect to the digital signal from the sigma-delta A/D converter;

a level determining unit for determining the level of the detection signal; and

a received signal strength calculation unit for calculating the received signal strength indication (RSSI) by subtracting the predetermined gain value from the FFT result according to the level determined by the level determining unit.

5. The receiver of claim 4, wherein the received signal strength indication calculation unit obtains the RSSI by adding a predetermined constant to the FFT result when the level is a weak signal level, and obtains the RSSI by adding the predetermined constant to and subtracting the predetermined gain value from the FFT result when the level is a strong signal level.

6. The receiver of claim 1, wherein the low noise amplifier amplifies the received signal according to the detection signal, without using an automatic gain controller.

7. A receiver with a sigma-delta structure, the receiver comprising:

a low noise amplifier for amplifying a received signal according to a detection signal;

a mixer for converting a radio frequency (RF) signal from the low noise amplifier into an intermediate frequency (IF) signal;

a sigma-delta A/D converter for converting the IF signal from the mixer into a digital signal;

a 1 bit detector for determining whether a voltage of the IF signal from the mixer is greater than a predetermined reference voltage, and outputting the detection signal based on the determination; and

a demodulator for obtaining an FFT result with respect to the digital signal from the sigma-delta A/D converter, wherein

if a level of the detection signal is a weak signal level, the demodulator calculates a received signal strength indication (RSSI) by adding a predetermined constant to the FFT result, and

if the level is a strong signal level, the demodulator calculates the RSSI by adding the predetermined constant to and subtracting a predetermined gain value from the FFT result.