Signal receiving device and signal receiving method

• US 9,166,642 B2
• Filed: 02/24/2012
• Issued: 10/20/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LAPIS Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (ROHM Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: LAPIS Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (ROHM Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Ochiai, Toshiyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Chen, Junpeng
• Application Number:
  US13/404,343
• Publication Number:
  US 20120220250A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,334 Days
• Field of Search: 455/296, 455/269, 455/323, 375/316, 348/723
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H03J 1/0008 using a central processing unit, e.g. a microprocessor digital tuning in general H03J5/0245
• CPC Class Codes: H03J 2200/10 Tuning of a resonator by means of digitally controlled capacitor bank
• CPC Class Codes: H03J 3/08 by varying a second parameter simultaneously with the tuning, e.g. coupling bandpass filter
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/28 the receiver comprising at least one semiconductor device having three or more electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/406 with more than one transmission mode, e.g. analog and digital modes
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2001/1054 by changing bandwidth

Abstract

A signal receiving device and signal receiving method to pass a desired frequency component of an intermediate frequency signal by using an IF filter without increasing a chip area. The signal receiving device comprises: a mixer to mix a received frequency signal with a local oscillation frequency signal to generate an intermediate frequency signal; an IF filter to pass a predetermined frequency component of the intermediate frequency signal; a controlling part which adjusts, according to a frequency band of the intermediate frequency signal, the frequency band of the IF filter, and adjust, according to a center frequency set in the IF filter that fluctuates with the adjustment, a center frequency of the intermediate frequency signal to be inputted in the IF filter; and a demodulating part to demodulate a frequency component of the intermediate frequency signal outputted after passing through the IF filter.

Claims

1. A frequency signal receiving device comprising:

a mixer generating an intermediate frequency which has a predetermined center frequency by mixing a received frequency signal with a local oscillation frequency signal generated by a local oscillator, and outputting the intermediate frequency signal;

an IF filter comprising a high-pass filter and a low-pass filter connected in series to each other each of which includes a resistance and condenser block that is connected to the resistance and a capacity thereof is changeable comprising a plurality of condensers connected in parallel to each other via at least one corresponding switch respectively, and receiving said intermediate frequency signal, and causing a frequency signal to pass therethrough, the passed frequency signal existing within a range of a frequency band determined by a center frequency and a size of a frequency bandwidth set in the IF filter;

a controlling part providing the high-pass filter and the low-pass filter with a filter adjusting input signal, which part changes the size of the frequency bandwidth set in the IF filter by changing a capacity value of the condenser block by turning said switch on or off according to frequency components contained in the passed frequency signal, and providing the local oscillator with an oscillating frequency setting input signal, which changes the local oscillation frequency signal so as to match a center frequency of said intermediate frequency signal with the center frequency set in the IF filter that fluctuates with the change of the size of the frequency bandwidth set in the IF filter,

wherein the local oscillator is a Phase Locked LOOP oscillator;

the center frequency and the size of the frequency bandwidth of the IF filter are set by a resistance element having a changeable resistance value or a capacity element having a changeable capacitance value;

the controlling part comprises;

a first storing part in which a plurality of frequency bandwidth setting data pieces each consisting of digital data for setting the size of the frequency bandwidth of the IF filter by changing one of the resistance values of the resistance element and the capacitance value of the capacity element are stored for a plurality of mutually different sizes of the frequency bandwidth, respectively;

a first selecting circuit for selecting one of the frequency bandwidth setting data pieces and outputting the selected data piece to the IF filter;

a second storing part in which a plurality of local oscillation frequency signal setting data pieces each indicating a division ratio for setting the frequency of the local oscillation frequency signal to the local oscillator are stored correspondingly to a plurality of mutually different frequencies of the local oscillation frequency signal; and

a second selecting circuit for selecting one of the local oscillation frequency signal setting data pieces and outputting the selected data piece to the oscillator, and

the controlling part outputs, in accordance with a setting signal inputted from an outside of the frequency signal receiving device, the filter adjusting input signal to the IF filter by issuing a first selection command for selecting one of the frequency bandwidth setting data pieces to the first selecting circuit, and the oscillation frequency setting input signal to the local oscillator by issuing a second selection command for selecting one of the local oscillation frequency signal setting data pieces to the second selecting circuit,

the plurality of local oscillation signal setting data pieces stored in the second storing part are associated to each other with the frequency bandwidth setting data pieces stored in the first storing part so that the center frequency of the intermediate frequency signal matches the center frequency set in the IF filter that fluctuates by setting one of a plurality of mutually different sizes of the frequency bandwidth provided by the frequency bandwidth setting data pieces to the IF filter.

2. The frequency signal receiving device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of condensers are connected in parallel to each other so that connection to the resistance can be selected;

and

a capacity value of the condenser block is changed by changing the number of the plurality of condensers to be connected to the resistance.

3. The frequency signal receiving device according to claim 1, wherein a capacity value of the condenser block is changed on the basis of first information of a first memory part in which the first information on the number of the plurality of condensers to be connected to the resistance is memorized in advance, to be selected according to a frequency bandwidth of the intermediate frequency signal.

4. The frequency signal receiving device according to claim 3, wherein the first memory part is equipped with a plurality of first registers equipped with the first information set for each frequency bandwidth of the intermediate frequency signal that is assumed in advance;

and

a capacity value of the condenser block is changed on the basis of the first information of the first register selected according to a frequency bandwidth of the intermediate frequency inputted.

5. The frequency signal receiving device according to claim 1, wherein a center frequency of the intermediate frequency signal is adjusted based on second information of a second memory part in which memorized in advance is the second information on the center frequency of the intermediate frequency signal to be selected according to a frequency bandwidth of the IF filter that is changed according to the frequency components contained in the passed frequency signal.

6. The frequency signal receiving device according to claim 5, wherein the second memory part is equipped with a plurality of second registers equipped with the second information set for each frequency bandwidth of the intermediate frequency signal that is assumed in advance;

and

a center frequency of the local oscillation frequency signal is adjusted on the basis of the second information of the second register selected according to a frequency band of the intermediate frequency inputted.

7. The signal receiving device according to claim 1, wherein the condenser block in the high-pass filter comprises:

an inputting terminal to receive the intermediate frequency signal;

a connecting terminal to connect to the low-pass filter; and

the plurality of condensers are connected in parallel to each other between the inputting terminal and the connecting terminal via the corresponding switch respectively, and

the switch is turned on or off based on a content of a first control input.

8. The signal receiving device according to claim 1, wherein the condenser block in the low-pass filter comprises:

a connecting terminal to connect to the high-pass filter;

an outputting terminal to output the predetermined band signal; and

the plurality of condensers are connected in parallel to each other between the connecting terminal and the outputting terminal via the corresponding switch respectively, and

the switch is turned on or off on the basis of a content of the first control input.

9. The frequency signal receiving device according to claim 1 wherein the IF filter comprises a capacity element and a resistance block that is connected to the capacity element and a resistance value is changeable;

and

the size of the frequency bandwidth set in the IF filter is changed by changing a resistance value of the resistance block.