Receiver and integrated AM-FM/IQ demodulators for gigabit-rate data detection

• US 8,634,787 B2
• Filed: 08/20/2012
• Issued: 01/21/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: GlobalFoundries, Inc.
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Beukema, Troy J., Reynolds, Scott K.
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, NHAN T
• Application Number:
  US13/589,662
• Publication Number:
  US 20130044837A1
• Time in Patent Office: 519 Days
• Field of Search: 455/188.1, 455/190.1, 455/323, 455/333, 455334-336, 455/341, 333/252, 333/307
• US Class Current: 455/190.1
• CPC Class Codes: H03D 1/229 using at least a two emittor-coupled differential pair of transistors H03D1/2209 - H03D1/2281 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H03D 3/007 by converting the oscillations into two quadrature related signals H03D3/245 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H03D 5/00 Circuits for demodulating amplitude-modulated or angle-modulated oscillations at will H03D9/00, H03D11/00 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/005 adapting radio receivers, transmitters andtransceivers for operation on two or more bands, i.e. frequency ranges

Abstract

Provision of gigabit-rate data transmission over wireless radio links, using carrier frequencies in the millimeter-wave range (>30 GHz). More specifically, a circuit for detection of amplitude-shift keyed (ASK) or other amplitude modulations (AM) which can be easily incorporated into an integrated circuit receiver system is described, making the receiver capable of supporting both complex IQ modulation schemes and simpler, non-coherent on-off or multiple-level keying signals. Several novel radio architectures are also described which, with the addition of a frequency discriminator network, have the capability of handling frequency shift keyed (FSK) or other frequency modulations (FM), as well as AM and complex IQ modulation schemes. These radio architectures support this wide variety of modulations by efficiently sharing detector hardware components. Disclosed herein are architecture for supporting both quadrature down-conversion and ASK/AM, ASK/AM detector circuit details, AM-FM detector architecture, and an AM-FM/IQ demodulator system and FSK/FM detector circuit details.

Claims

1. An integrated radio receiver device comprising:

a first stage down-conversion mixer;

an optional IF amplifier;

an IQ down-converter;

an AM detector at the output of the first stage down-conversion mixer or optional IF amplifier;

a multiplexing capability of an I/Q channel down conversion and a detected AM envelope into a baseband amplification chain; and

separate outputs for the ASK detector path and I-channel and Q-channel, such that there is no ability to multiplex the ASK detector output into either the I-channel or Q-channel path.