Spurious frequency attenuation servo

• US 9,008,221 B2
• Filed: 04/01/2013
• Issued: 04/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Tarleton, Norman Gerard
• Primary Examiner(s): Chang, Joseph
• Assistant Examiner(s): SHIN, JEFFREY M
• Application Number:
  US13/854,574
• Publication Number:
  US 20140294117A1
• Time in Patent Office: 743 Days
• Field of Search: 375/294, 375/296, 375/376, 455/47, 455/109, 708/311, 708/271, 708/819, 331/1.A, 331/12, 331/76
• US Class Current: 375/296
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/022 Waveform generators, i.e. devices for generating periodical functions of time, e.g. direct digital synthesizers G06F1/025, G06F1/03 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/0475 with means for limiting noise, interference or distortion H04B1/0483 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/36 Modulator circuits; Transmitter circuits

Abstract

A spurious frequency attenuation servo is provided. The spurious frequency attenuation servo includes a first function generator that generates a first signal at a first frequency and at a spurious frequency; a second function generator that generates a second signal in-phase with the first signal and at the spurious frequency; a third function generator that generates a third signal ninety degrees out-of-phase with the first signal and at the spurious frequency; in-phase and quadrature-phase mixers to input a feedback signal and the second and third signals, respectively; in-phase and quadrature-phase error accumulators; an in-phase and quadrature-phase multiplier to multiply an output from the in-phase and quadrature-phase error accumulators with the second and third signals, respectively; and a summing node to sum the first signal with output from the in-phase and quadrature-phase multipliers to form an output signal that is fed back to the in-phase mixer and the quadrature-phase mixer.

Claims

1. A spurious frequency attenuation servo, comprising:

a first function generator that generates a first signal at a first frequency, the first signal including at least one spur at at least one respective spurious frequency;

a second function generator that generates a second signal in-phase with the first signal and at a spurious frequency;

a third function generator that generates a third signal ninety degrees out-of-phase with the first signal and at the spurious frequency;

an in-phase mixer configured to input the second signal and a feedback signal;

a quadrature-phase mixer configured to input the third signal and the feedback signal;

an in-phase error accumulator configured to input the signal from the in-phase mixer;

a quadrature-phase error accumulator configured to input the signal from the quadrature-phase mixer;

an in-phase multiplier to multiply an output from the in-phase error accumulator with the second signal;

a quadrature-phase multiplier to multiply an output from the quadrature-phase error accumulator with the third signal; and

at least one summing node to sum the first signal, an output from the in-phase multiplier, and an output from the quadrature-phase multiplier to form an output signal that is fed back to the in-phase mixer and the quadrature-phase mixer, wherein the at least one spurious frequency of the first signal is canceled from the first signal output from the summer.

2. The spurious frequency attenuation servo of claim 1, wherein the at least one spurious frequency includes a second harmonic of the first frequency.

3. The spurious frequency attenuation servo of claim 1, wherein the first signal includes at least a first spur at a first-spurious frequency and a second spur at a second-spurious frequency, wherein the in-phase mixer is a first in-phase mixer and the quadrature-phase mixer is a first quadrature-phase mixer, wherein the in-phase error accumulator is a first in-phase error accumulator and the quadrature-phase error accumulator is a first quadrature-phase error accumulator, wherein the in-phase multiplier is a first in-phase multiplier and the quadrature-phase multiplier is a first quadrature-phase multiplier, wherein

the second function generator generates the second signal in-phase with the first signal and at the first-spurious frequency;

the third function generator generates the third signal ninety degrees out-of-phase with the first signal and at the first-spurious frequency, the servo further comprising;

a fourth function generator that generates a fourth signal in-phase with the first signal and at the second-spurious frequency;

a fifth function generator that generates a fifth signal ninety degrees out-of-phase with the first signal and at the second-spurious frequency;

a second in-phase mixer configured to input the feedback signal and the fourth signal;

a second quadrature-phase mixer configured to input the feedback signal and the fifth signal;

a second in-phase error accumulator configured to input the signal from the in-phase mixer;

a second quadrature-phase error accumulator configured to input the signal from the quadrature-phase mixer;

a second in-phase multiplier to multiply an output from the second in-phase error accumulator with the fourth signal; and

a second quadrature-phase multiplier to multiply an output from the second quadrature-phase error accumulator with the fifth signal,

wherein the at least one summing node is further configured to sum the first signal with an output from the second in-phase multiplier, and an output from the second quadrature-phase multiplier to form the output signal that is fed back to the second in-phase mixer and the second quadrature-phase mixer, and wherein the output signal has no spurs at the first and second spurious frequencies.

4. The spurious frequency attenuation servo of claim 3, further comprising:

a bandpass filter to input the signal output from the summing node and to output a filtered signal to an amplifier; and

the amplifier to input the filtered signal and to output an amplified signal as the feedback signal to the first and second in-phase mixers and to the first and second quadrature-phase mixers.

5. The spurious frequency attenuation servo of claim 3, further comprising:

a function generator word control to;

set the first function generator to the first frequency with 0 degree phase;

set the second function generator to the first-spurious frequency with 0 degree phase;

set the third function generator to the first-spurious frequency with 90 degree phase;

set the fourth function generator to the second-spurious frequency with 0 degree phase;

set the fifth function generator to the second-spurious frequency with 90 degree phase.

6. The spurious frequency attenuation servo of claim 3, further comprising:

a clock to synchronize the first, second, third, fourth and fifth function generators with each other.

7. The spurious frequency attenuation servo of claim 3, wherein the at least two spurs include a first spur at a second harmonic of the first frequency.

8. The spurious frequency attenuation servo of claim 1, further comprising:

a high pass filter to input the signal from the summing node and to output a filtered signal to an amplifier; and

the amplifier to input the filtered signal and to output an amplified signal as the feedback signal to the in-phase mixer and to the quadrature-phase mixer.

9. The spurious frequency attenuation servo of claim 1, further comprising:

a function generator word control to set the first function generator to the first frequency with 0 degree phase, to set the second function generator to the spurious frequency with 0 degree phase, and to set the third function generator to the spurious frequency with 90 degree phase.

10. The spurious frequency attenuation servo of claim 1, further comprising:

a clock to synchronize the first, second, and third function generators with each other.

11. A method of cancelling one or more spurs in a spurious frequency attenuation servo, the method comprising:

generating a first signal at a first frequency, the first signal including at least one spur at at least one respective spurious frequency;

generating a second signal in-phase with the first signal and at a spurious frequency;

generating a third signal ninety degrees out-of-phase with the first signal and at the spurious frequency;

inputting the second signal and a feedback signal to an in-phase mixer;

inputting the third signal and the feedback signal to a quadrature-phase mixer;

inputting the in-phase mixer output to an in-phase error accumulator;

inputting the quadrature-phase mixer output to a quadrature-phase error accumulator;

multiplying an output from the in-phase error accumulator with the second signal at an in-phase multiplier;

multiplying an output from the quadrature-phase error accumulator with the third signal at a quadrature-phase multiplier;

summing the first signal, an output from the in-phase multiplier, and an output from the quadrature-phase multiplier to form an output signal; and

feeding back the output signal to the in-phase mixer and the quadrature-phase mixer, to cancel the at least one spurious frequency from the first signal.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the first signal includes at least a first spur at a first-spurious frequency and a second spur at a second-spurious frequency,

wherein generating the second signal in-phase with the first signal and at the spurious frequency comprises generating the second signal at the first-spurious frequency,

wherein generating the third signal ninety degrees out-of-phase with the first signal and at the spurious frequency comprises generating the third signal at the first-spurious frequency, the method further comprising:

generating a fourth signal in-phase with the first signal and at the second-spurious frequency;

generating a fifth signal ninety degrees out-of-phase with the first signal and at the second-spurious frequency.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the in-phase mixer is a first in-phase mixer and the quadrature-phase mixer is a first quadrature-phase mixer, wherein the in-phase error accumulator is a first in-phase error accumulator and the quadrature-phase error accumulator is a first quadrature-phase error accumulator and, wherein the in-phase multiplier is a first in-phase multiplier and the quadrature-phase multiplier is a first quadrature-phase multiplier, the method further comprising:

inputting the fourth signal and the feedback signal to a second in-phase mixer;

inputting the fifth signal and the feedback signal to a second quadrature-phase mixer;

inputting the signal from the second in-phase mixer output to a second in-phase error accumulator;

inputting the signal from the second quadrature-phase mixer output to a second quadrature-phase error accumulator;

multiplying an output from the second in-phase error accumulator with the fourth signal; and

multiplying an output from the second quadrature-phase error accumulator with the fifth signal, wherein the summing further comprises summing outputs from the first, second, third, and fourth multipliers.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

setting the first function generator to the first frequency with 0 degree phase;

setting the second function generator to a first-spurious frequency with 0 degree phase; and

setting the third function generator to the first-spurious frequency with 90 degree phase.

15. A spurious frequency attenuation servo, comprising:

a dual direct digital synthesizer that generates a digitized signal and a square wave signal at a first frequency;

a low pass filter to input the digitized signal and to output a reconstructed signal at the first frequency, the reconstructed signal including at least one spur at at least one respective spurious frequency;

a frequency multiplier to multiply the square wave signal by a factor, wherein the frequency-multiplied-square wave signal is in-phase with the digitized signal and at a spurious frequency;

an in-phase mixer configured to input the multiplied-digitized signal and the reconstructed signal;

a ninety-degree phase shifter to phase-shift the multiplied-digitized signal;

a quadrature-phase mixer configured to input the phase-shifted-frequency-multiplied signal and the reconstructed signal;

an in-phase error accumulator configured to input the signal from the in-phase mixer;

a quadrature-phase error accumulator configured to input the signal from the quadrature-phase mixer, wherein processed output from the in-phase error accumulator and the quadrature-phase error accumulator is fed back to the dual direct digital synthesizer to cancel the at least one spur at the spurious frequency.

16. The spurious frequency attenuation servo of claim 15, further comprising:

an R/θ

module to convert the output from the in-phase error accumulator and the quadrature-phase error accumulator to polar coordinate values;

a serializer to organize the polar coordinate values input from the R/O module and to output data to the dual direct digital synthesizer.

17. The spurious frequency attenuation servo of claim 15, further comprising:

an analog-to-digital convertor to input the reconstructed signal including at least one spur at at least one respective spurious frequency and to send output to the in-phase mixer and the quadrature-phase mixer.

18. The spurious frequency attenuation servo of claim 17, further comprising:

a filter to input the reconstructed signal and to send an output to a signal conditioning module; and

the signal conditioning module to send an output to the analog-to-digital convertor.

19. The spurious frequency attenuation servo of claim 15, further comprising:

an in-phase low pass filter operably positioned between the in-phase mixer and the in-phase error accumulator.

20. The spurious frequency attenuation servo of claim 19, further comprising:

a quadrature-phase low pass filter operably positioned between the quadrature-phase mixer and the quadrature-phase error accumulator.