Radio apparatus

• US 9,590,663 B2
• Filed: 04/14/2016
• Issued: 03/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Aono, Masahiro, Takei, Ken
• Primary Examiner(s): Perez, James M
• Application Number:
  US15/098,694
• Publication Number:
  US 20160336973A1
• Time in Patent Office: 327 Days
• Field of Search: 375242-254, 375295-315
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 3/24 of transmitter output stages
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/04 Circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/0475 with means for limiting noise, interference or distortion H04B1/0483 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2001/0408 with power amplifiers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/20 Modulator circuits; Transmitter circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2046 in which the data are represented by carrier phase

Abstract

A radio apparatus includes a baseband signal generator to generate a baseband signal; a sine wave substituting device to substitute a transition part of the baseband signal in which a logic level switches from “0” to “1” or “1” to “0” with a sine wave represented with multi-values; and a delta sigma modulator to modulate the signal represented in the multi-values into a binary signal.

Claims

1. A radio apparatus comprising:

a baseband signal generator to generate a baseband signal;

a sine wave substituting device to substitute a transition part of the baseband signal having a logic level switching from “

0”

to “

1”

or “

1”

to “

0”

with a multivalue signal of a sine wave;

a delta sigma modulator to modulate the multivalue signal into a binary signal;

a carrier wave generator to generate a carrier wave; and

a carrier wave modulator to modulate the carrier wave with the binary signal of the delta sigma modulator;

a power amplifier to amplify a transmission signal from the carrier wave modulator;

a band-pass filter to band-limit the amplified transmission signal; and

an antenna to output the band-limited transmission signal from the band-pass filter as a radio wave.

2. The radio apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the carrier wave modulator modulates the carrier wave in a Binary Phase Shift Keying modulation method.

3. The radio apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the baseband signal generator, the sine wave substituting device, and the delta sigma modulator are digital circuits.

4. The radio apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the baseband signal generator, the sine wave substituting device, and the delta sigma modulator are installed in a Field Programmable Gate Array.

5. A radio apparatus comprising:

a baseband signal generator to generate a baseband signal;

a transition part substituting device to substitute a transition part of the baseband signal having a logic level switching from “

0”

to “

1”

or “

1”

to “

0”

with a multivalue sigmoid function;

a delta sigma modulator to modulate the multivalue signal into a binary signal;

a carrier wave generator to generate a carrier wave;

a carrier wave modulator to modulate the carrier wave with the binary signal of the delta sigma modulator;

a power amplifier to amplify a transmission signal from the carrier wave modulator;

a band-pass filter to band-pass the amplified transmission signal; and

an antenna to output the band-limited transmission signal from the band-pass filter as a radio wave.

6. The radio apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the carrier wave modulator modulates the carrier wave in a Binary Phase Shift Keying modulation method.

7. The radio apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the baseband signal generator, the transition part substituting device, and the delta sigma modulator are digital circuits.

8. The radio apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the baseband signal generator, the sine wave substituting device, and the delta sigma modulator are installed in a Field Programmable Gate Array.

9. A radio apparatus comprising:

a baseband signal generator to generate a baseband signal;

a sine wave substituting device to substitute a transition part of the baseband signal in which a logic level switches from “

0”

to “

1”

or “

1”

to “

0”

with a multivalue signal of sine wave;

a carrier wave modulator to generate a carrier wave and modulate the carrier wave with the baseband signal outputted by the sine wave substituting device;

a delta sigma modulator to modulate an output signal from the carrier wave modulator into a binary signal;

a power amplifier to amplify a transmission signal from the delta sigma modulator;

a band-pass filter to band-limit the amplified transmission signal; and

an antenna to output the band-limited transmission signal from the band-pass filter as a radio wave.

10. The radio apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the baseband signal generator, the sine wave substituting device, the carrier wave modulator, and the delta sigma modulator are installed in a Field Programmable Gate Array.

11. The radio apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the carrier wave modulator modulates the carrier wave in a Binary Phase Shift Keying modulation method.

12. The radio apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the baseband signal generator, the sine wave substituting device, and the delta sigma modulator are digital circuits.

13. A radio apparatus comprising:

a baseband signal generator to generate a first baseband signal and a second baseband signal;

a first sine wave substituting device to substitute a transition part of the first baseband signal having a logic level switching from “

0”

to “

1”

or “

1”

to “

0”

with a first multivalue signal of a sine wave;

a first delta sigma modulator to modulate the first multivalue signal into a first binary signal;

a first carrier wave generator to generate a first carrier wave; and

a first carrier wave modulator to modulate the first carrier wave with the first binary signal of the first delta sigma modulator;

a second sine wave substituting device to substitute a transition part of the second baseband signal having a logic level switching from “

0”

to “

1”

or “

1”

to “

0”

with a second multivalue signal of a sine wave;

a second delta sigma modulator to modulate the second multivalue signal into a second binary signal;

a second carrier wave generator to generate a second carrier wave; and

a second carrier wave modulator to modulate the second carrier wave with the second binary signal of the second delta sigma modulator;

an adder to synthesize a modulated carrier wave from a first transmission signal from the first carrier wave modulator and a second transmission signal from the second carrier wave modulator;

a power amplifier to amplify the modulated carrier wave from the adder;

a band-pass filter to band-limit an amplified transmission signal from the power amplifier; and

an antenna to output the band-limited transmission signal from the band-pass filter as a radio wave.

14. The radio apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the baseband signal generator, the first sine wave substituting device, the second sine wave substituting device, the first delta sigma modulator and the second delta sigma modulator are installed in a Field Programmable Gate Array.

15. The radio apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the first baseband signal and the second baseband signal correspond to an I-phase signal and a Q-phase signal in a Quadrature Phase Shift Keying modulation method.

16. The radio apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the baseband signal generator, the first sine wave substituting device, the second sine wave substituting device, the first delta sigma modulator and the second delta sigma modulator are digital circuits.