Communication apparatus
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1. A communication apparatus comprising:
- a pulse generation unit configured to alternately generate a positive pulse and a negative pulse indicating presence of a data pulse in accordance with a logical value of a data signal, and generate a constant voltage signal, which have a certain constant voltage, indicating absence of the data pulse in accordance with a logical value of the data signal, wherein the positive pulse and the negative pulse generated by the pulse generation unit have a power spectrum density with notches arisen at frequencies equal to integer multiples of communication speed;
a band-pass filter configured to filter the positive pulse or the negative pulse generated by the pulse generation unit; and
a transmission amplifier configured to amplify a signal filtered by the band-pass filter, and to output the amplified signal as a transmission signal;
wherein the pulse generation unit includes a pulse generator configured to shorten a pulse width of a return-to-zero signal, and to alternately generate the positive pulse and the negative pulse;
wherein the pulse generation unit includes a trigger flip-flop configured to invert an output signal for each one cycle of the return-to-zero signal, and the pulse generator receives the output signal of the trigger flip-flop and the return-to-zero signal.
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A communication apparatus includes: a pulse generation unit configured to alternately generate a positive pulse and a negative pulse indicating presence or absence of a pulse in accordance with a value of a data signal; a band-pass filter configured to filter the pulse generated by the pulse generator; and a transmission amplifier configured to amplify a signal filtered by the band-pass filter, and to output the signal as a transmission signal.
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1. A communication apparatus comprising:
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a pulse generation unit configured to alternately generate a positive pulse and a negative pulse indicating presence of a data pulse in accordance with a logical value of a data signal, and generate a constant voltage signal, which have a certain constant voltage, indicating absence of the data pulse in accordance with a logical value of the data signal, wherein the positive pulse and the negative pulse generated by the pulse generation unit have a power spectrum density with notches arisen at frequencies equal to integer multiples of communication speed; a band-pass filter configured to filter the positive pulse or the negative pulse generated by the pulse generation unit; and a transmission amplifier configured to amplify a signal filtered by the band-pass filter, and to output the amplified signal as a transmission signal; wherein the pulse generation unit includes a pulse generator configured to shorten a pulse width of a return-to-zero signal, and to alternately generate the positive pulse and the negative pulse; wherein the pulse generation unit includes a trigger flip-flop configured to invert an output signal for each one cycle of the return-to-zero signal, and the pulse generator receives the output signal of the trigger flip-flop and the return-to-zero signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 5, 6, 7)
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3. A communication apparatus comprising:
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a pulse generation unit configured to alternately generate a positive pulse and a negative pulse indicating presence or absence of a data pulse in accordance with a logical value of a data signal, wherein the positive pulse and the negative pulse generated by the pulse generation unit have a power spectrum density with notches arisen at frequencies equal to integer multiples of communication speed; a band-pass filter configured to filter the positive pulse or the negative pulse generated by the pulse generation unit; and a transmission amplifier configured to amplify a signal filtered by the band-pass filter, and to output the amplified signal as a transmission signal, wherein the pulse generation unit includes a nonreturn-to-zero/return-to-zero conversion unit configured to convert the data signal from a nonreturn-to-zero signal to a return-to-zero signal, and a pulse generator configured to shorten a pulse width of the return-to-zero signal, and to alternately generate the positive pulse and the negative pulse; wherein the pulse generation unit includes a trigger flip-flop configured to invert an output signal for each one cycle of the return-to-zero signal, and the pulse generator receives the output signal of the trigger flip-flop and the return-to-zero signal.
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4. A communication apparatus comprising:
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a pulse generation unit configured to alternately generate a positive pulse and a negative pulse indicating presence or absence of a data pulse in accordance with a logical value of a data signal, wherein the positive pulse and the negative pulse generated by the pulse generation unit have a power spectrum density with notches at frequencies equal to integer multiples of communication speed; a band-pass filter configured to filter the positive pulse or the negative pulse generated by the pulse generation unit; and a transmission amplifier configured to amplify a signal filtered by the band-pass filter, and to output the amplified signal as a transmission signal, wherein a transmission speed of the data signal is one of integer divisions of a difference between an upper-limit pass frequency and a lower-limit pass frequency of the band-pass filter; wherein the pulse generation unit includes a pulse generator configured to shorten a pulse width of a return-to-zero signal, and to alternately generate the positive pulse and the negative pulse; wherein the pulse generation unit includes a trigger flip-flop configured to invert an output signal for each one cycle of the return-to-zero signal, and the pulse generator receives the output signal of the trigger flip-flop and the return-to-zero signal.
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8. A communication apparatus comprising:
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a pulse generation unit configured to alternately generate a positive pulse and a negative pulse indicating presence of a data pulse in accordance with a logical value of a data signal, and generate a constant voltage signal, which have a certain constant voltage, indicating absence of the data pulse in accordance with a logical value of the data signal, wherein the positive pulse and the negative pulse generated by the pulse generation unit have a power spectrum density with notches arisen at frequencies equal to integer multiples of communication speed; a band-pass filter configured to filter the positive pulse or the negative pulse generated by the pulse generation unit; and a transmission amplifier configured to amplify a signal filtered by the band-pass filter, and to output the amplified signal as a transmission signal, wherein, in a signal output from the band-pass filter, bright line spectra having frequencies equal to the integer multiples of the communication speed are removed, wherein the communication speed of the data signal is set to integer divisions of a difference between upper-limit pass frequency of the bandpass filter and lower-limit pass frequency of the band-pass filter; wherein the pulse generation unit includes a pulse generator configured to shorten a pulse width of a return-to-zero signal, and to alternately generate the positive pulse and the negative pulse; wherein the pulse generation unit includes a trigger flip-flop configured to invert an output signal for each one cycle of the return-to-zero signal, and the pulse generator receives the output signal of the trigger flip-flop and the return-to-zero signal.
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9. A communication apparatus comprising:
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a pulse generation unit configured to alternately generate a positive pulse and a negative pulse indicating presence or absence of a data pulse in accordance with a logical value of a data signal, wherein the positive pulse and the negative pulse generated by the pulse generation unit have a power spectrum density with notches arisen at frequencies equal to integer multiples of communication speed; a band-pass filter configured to filter the positive pulse or the negative pulse generated by the pulse generation unit; and a transmission amplifier configured to amplify a signal filtered by the band-pass filter, and to output the amplified signal as a transmission signal, wherein the pulse generation unit includes a nonreturn-to-zero/return-to-zero conversion unit configured to convert the data signal from a nonreturn-to-zero signal to a return-to-zero signal, and a pulse generator configured to shorten a pulse width of the return-to-zero signal, and to alternately generate the positive pulse and the negative pulse, wherein, in a signal output from the band-pass filter, bright line spectra having frequencies equal to the integer multiples of the communication speed are removed, wherein the communication speed of the data signal is set to integer divisions of a difference between upper-limit pass frequency of the bandpass filter and lower-limit pass frequency of the band-pass filter; wherein the pulse generation unit includes a trigger flip-flop configured to invert an output signal for each one cycle of the return-to-zero signal, and the pulse generator receives the output signal of the trigger flip-flop and the return-to-zero signal.
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10. A communication apparatus comprising:
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a pulse generation unit configured to alternately generate a positive pulse and a negative pulse indicating presence or absence of a data pulse in accordance with a logical value of a data signal, wherein the positive pulse and the negative pulse generated by the pulse generation unit have a power spectrum density with notches at frequencies equal to integer multiples of communication speed; a band-pass filter configured to filter the positive pulse or the negative pulse generated by the pulse generation unit; and a transmission amplifier configured to amplify a signal filtered by the band-pass filter, and to output the amplified signal as a transmission signal, wherein a transmission speed of the data signal is one of integer divisions of a difference between an upper-limit pass frequency and a lower-limit pass frequency of the band-pass filter, wherein, in a signal output from the band-pass filter, bright line spectra having frequencies equal to the integer multiples of the communication speed are removed; wherein the pulse generation unit includes a pulse generator configured to shorten a pulse width of a return-to-zero signal, and to alternately generate the positive pulse and the negative pulse; wherein the pulse generation unit includes a trigger flip-flop configured to invert an output signal for each one cycle of the return-to-zero signal, and the pulse generator receives the output signal of the trigger flip-flop and the return-to-zero signal.
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