Method for dynamically adjusting one or more RF parameters and communications apparatus utilizing the same

• US 8,837,637 B2
• Filed: 08/04/2011
• Issued: 09/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: MediaTek, Inc.
• Original Assignee: MediaTek, Inc.
• Inventors: Tseng, Ting-Che, Chen, Yuan
• Primary Examiner(s): Bayard, Emmanuel
• Application Number:
  US13/197,960
• Publication Number:
  US 20120033762A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,139 Days
• Field of Search: 375/316, 375345-346, 375/326, 375/339
• US Class Current: 375/316
• CPC Class Codes: H03G 3/3078 Circuits generating control signals for digitally modulated signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/0008 arrangements for allowing a transmitter or receiver to use more than one type of modulation negotiating modulation type for two-way transmission paths H04L5/1453
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/22 Demodulator circuits; Receiver circuits

Abstract

A communications apparatus is provided. A radio frequency (RF) circuit is arranged to receive an RF signal from an antenna and process the RF signal according to one or more RF parameters to generate an intermediate signal. A signal processing unit is arranged to process the intermediate signal to generate a processed signal and generates signal processing information regarding requirements for processing the intermediate signal. An RF circuit controller is coupled to the RF circuit and the signal processing unit and arranged to dynamically adjust the RF parameters according to the signal processing information.

Claims

1. A communications apparatus, comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) circuit, arranged to receive an RF signal from an antenna and process the RF signal according to one or more RF parameters to generate an intermediate signal;

a signal processing unit, arranged to process the intermediate signal to generate a processed signal and generate signal processing information regarding requirements for processing the intermediate signal; and

an RF circuit controller, coupled to the RF circuit and the signal processing unit and arranged to dynamically adjust the RF parameters according to the signal processing information,

wherein the intermediate signal is composed of a plurality of packets, and the signal processing information further comprises a modulation/demodulation type for modulating/demodulating a segment of data of a currently processed packet, and

wherein the RF parameters are adjusted based on the modulation/demodulation type.

2. The communications apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the RF parameters comprise a current in the RF circuit.

3. The communications apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the RF parameters comprise a bias voltage in the RF circuit.

4. The communications apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the RF circuit comprises at least an amplifier for amplifying the RF signal and the RF parameters comprise a gain value adopted by the amplifier for amplifying the RF signal.

5. The communications apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the signal processing information further comprises a signal to noise ratio (SNR) requirement required for processing the intermediate signal.

6. The communications apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the signal processing information further comprises a modulation/demodulation type for modulating/demodulating data of an incoming packet.

7. The communications apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the signal processing information further comprises a signal processing type for the signal processing unit to process the intermediate signal.

8. The communications apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the RF circuit adopts different RF parameters to process one packet.

9. The communications apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the RF circuit adopts different RF parameters to process different packets.

10. The communications apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a power calculation unit, coupled to the signal processing unit and the RF circuit controller and arranged to calculate signal power of the intermediate signal to generate signal power information,

wherein the RF circuit controller dynamically adjusts the RF parameters further according to the signal power information.