Apparatus for generation of corrected vector wideband RF signals
First Claim
1. A signal generation system, comprising:
- an input source configured to provide an input signal;
a calibration memory configured to store calibration data pertaining to an analog channel performance of the signal generation system across various frequencies and system settings of the signal generation system, wherein the calibration data includes an effect of various automatic level control attenuator settings on the analog channel performance;
a correction filter calculation block configured to determine correction filter parameters for the signal generation system based on the calibration data;
a predistortion component configured to receive the input signal and correction filter parameters and generate a filtered output signal through application of a correction filter to the input signal, wherein the correction filter is based at least in part on the correction filter parameters; and
an automatic level control loop including;
an automatic level control attenuator configured to receive the filtered output signal and output an attenuated output signal, andan automatic level control controller configured to provide an indicator of a current setting of the automatic level control attenuator to the correction filter calculation block, wherein the correction filter parameters are further determined based at least in part on the current setting of the automatic level control attenuator.
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Abstract
A signal generation system can include an input source configured to provide an input radio frequency (RF) signal, a correction filter calculation (CFC) block configured to determine correction filter parameters, and an automatic level control (ALC) loop configured to provide ALC loop information to the CFC block. The correction filter parameters may be determined based at least in part on the ALC information. The system can also include a predistortion field programmable gate array (FPGA) configured to apply a correction filter to the input RF signal, wherein the correction filter is based at least in part on the correction filter parameters, and an RF output configured to provide an RF output signal.
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20 Claims
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1. A signal generation system, comprising:
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an input source configured to provide an input signal; a calibration memory configured to store calibration data pertaining to an analog channel performance of the signal generation system across various frequencies and system settings of the signal generation system, wherein the calibration data includes an effect of various automatic level control attenuator settings on the analog channel performance; a correction filter calculation block configured to determine correction filter parameters for the signal generation system based on the calibration data; a predistortion component configured to receive the input signal and correction filter parameters and generate a filtered output signal through application of a correction filter to the input signal, wherein the correction filter is based at least in part on the correction filter parameters; and an automatic level control loop including; an automatic level control attenuator configured to receive the filtered output signal and output an attenuated output signal, and an automatic level control controller configured to provide an indicator of a current setting of the automatic level control attenuator to the correction filter calculation block, wherein the correction filter parameters are further determined based at least in part on the current setting of the automatic level control attenuator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for correcting radio frequency (RF) signals in a signal generation system, the method comprising:
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receiving an input RF signal from an input source; receiving, by a correction filter calculation block, an indicator of a current setting of an automatic level control attenuator; receiving, by the correction filter calculation block, calibration data pertaining to an analog channel performance of the signal generation system across various frequencies and system settings of the signal generation system, the calibration data including an effect of various automatic level control attenuator settings on the analog channel performance; determining, by the correction filter calculation block, correction filter parameters based at least in part on the indicator of the current setting of the automatic level control attenuator and the calibration data and generating, by a predistortion component, a filtered RF signal by applying a correction filter to the input RF signal, wherein the correction filter is based on the correction filter parameters. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by one or more processors of a signal generation system cause the signal generation system to:
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receive an input signal from an input source; receive an indicator of a current setting of an automatic level control attenuator; receive calibration data pertaining to an analog channel performance of the signal generation system across various frequencies and system settings of the signal generation system, the calibration data including an effect of various automatic level control attenuator settings of the automatic level control attenuator on the analog channel performance; determine correction filter parameters based at least in part on the current setting of the automatic level control attenuator and the calibration data; and generate a filtered signal by applying a correction filter to the input signal, wherein the correction filter is based on the correction filter parameters. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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