Phase modulation apparatus and wireless communication apparatus

• US 20070149148A1
• Filed: 11/09/2006
• Published: 06/28/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Yoshikawa, Hiroyuki, Hirano, Shunsuke
• Granted Patent: US 7,826,811 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/110
• CPC Class Codes: H03C 3/0925 applying frequency modulation at the divider in the feedback loop
• CPC Class Codes: H03C 3/0941 applying frequency modulation at more than one point in the loop
• CPC Class Codes: H03C 3/095 applying frequency modulation to the loop in front of the voltage controlled oscillator
• CPC Class Codes: H03C 5/00 Amplitude modulation and angle modulation produced simultaneously or at will by the same modulating signal H03C7/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2092 with digital generation of the modulated carrier (does not include the modulation of a digitally generated carrier)

Abstract

A two-point modulation type phase apparatus and a wireless communication apparatus capable of achieving a reduction in circuit scale and low power consumption while maintaining modulation precision. It is possible to provide a D/A converter (150) that converts the inputted digital baseband signal to an analog signal, an adder (110) that adds an output signal of a D/A converter (150) and an output of a loop filter (135) to output to a control voltage terminal of the voltage controlled oscillator (105), and a peak control section (140) provided at a front stage of the D/A converter (150) that carries out smoothing of peak portions appearing at the inputted digital baseband signal, at a two-point modulation type phase modulation apparatus (100) that modulates a-carrier frequency signal using an inputted digital baseband signal by setting a frequency dividing ratio of a frequency divider (115) of a PLL circuit based on an inputted digital baseband modulation signal, and adding a voltage corresponding to a signal that is an inputted digital baseband signal analog-converted for supply to a control voltage terminal of a voltage controlled oscillator (105).

Claims

1. A two-point modulation type phase modulation apparatus for modulating a carrier frequency signal using an inputted digital baseband modulation signal by setting a frequency dividing ratio of a frequency divider of a PLL circuit based on the inputted digital baseband modulation signal, and adding a voltage corresponding to an analog-converted signal to the inputted digital baseband signal for supply to a control voltage terminal of a voltage controlled oscillator of the PLL circuit, comprising:

a D/A converter that converts the inputted digital baseband signal to an analog signal;

an adding section that adds an output signal of the D/A converter and an output of a loop filter of the PLL circuit, and outputs the addition signal to the control voltage terminal of the voltage controlled oscillator; and

a peak control section provided at a front stage of the D/A converter, that carries out smoothing of peak portions appearing in the inputted digital baseband signal.

2. The two-point modulation type phase modulation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the peak control section carries out smoothing of the peak portions by moving portions of the peak portions exceeding a predetermined threshold value to portions less than the predetermined threshold value after the appearance of the peak portion.

3. The two-point type phase modulation apparatus according to claim 2, wherein:

the peak control section comprises;

an adding section that adds a phase fluctuation speed signal denoted by the inputted digital baseband signal and a phase fluctuation differential signal every sample timing;

a determination section that determines a phase fluctuation speed indicated by an addition signal from the adding section using the threshold value; and

a delay section that subjects the phase differential signal from the determination section to a delay corresponding to an interval of the sample timing; and

when phase fluctuation speed indicated by the addition signal exceeds the threshold value, the determination section outputs portions exceeding the threshold value as the phase fluctuation differential signal, and outputs a phase fluctuation speed signal corresponding to the threshold value to the D/A converter and when the phase fluctuation speed indicated by the addition signal is less than or equal to the threshold value, outputs the addition signal as is to the D/A converter.

4. The two-point modulation type phase modulation apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a threshold value changing section that changes the threshold value according to an average voltage supplied to the control voltage terminal, wherein the peak control section carries out smoothing of the peak portion using a threshold value for after changing.

5. The two-point modulation type phase modulation apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the threshold value changing section determines whether or not the threshold value enters a non-linear region of the voltage controlled oscillator based on the average voltage supplied, the threshold value, and the boundary voltage of the non-linear region and the linear region, and when it is determined that the non-linear region has been entered, changes the threshold value in such a manner as to be less than the clearance voltage between the boundary voltage and the average voltage supplied.

6. The two-point modulation type phase modulation apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a threshold value changing section that changes the threshold value according to temperature information, wherein the peak control section carries out smoothing of the peak portion using a threshold value for after changing.

7. The two-point modulation type phase modulation apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the threshold value changing section changes the boundary voltage according to the temperature information, and when the threshold value enters the non-linear region, changes the threshold value to be less than or equal to a clearance voltage between the boundary voltage after changing and the average voltage supplied.

8. The two-point modulation type phase modulation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the peak control section carries out smoothing of the peak portions by moving portions of the peak portions exceeding a predetermined threshold value to portions less than the predetermined threshold value before the appearance of the peak portion.

9. The two-point modulation type phase modulation apparatus according to claim 8, wherein:

the peak control section comprising;

a determination section that determines the phase fluctuation speed signal denoted by the inputted digital baseband signal;

a delay section that subjects an output signal of the determination section to a delay by integer multiples of the sample timing; and

an adding section that adds a phase fluctuation differential signal from the determination section and the output signal from the delay section to output to the D/A converter; and

the determination section outputs a portion exceeding the threshold value as the phase differential signal and outputs a phase differential speed signal corresponding to the threshold value to the delay section when phase fluctuation speed denoted by the inputted digital baseband signal exceeds the threshold value, and outputs the inputted digital baseband signal as is to the delay section when phase fluctuation speed denoted by the inputted digital baseband signal is less than or equal to the threshold value.

10. The two-point modulation type phase modulation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the peak control section carries out smoothing of the peak portions by moving portions of the peak portions exceeding a predetermined threshold value to portions less than the predetermined threshold value before and after the appearance of the peak portion.

11. A wireless communication apparatus comprising:

an amplitude-phase separating section that forms a baseband phase modulation signal and an amplitude modulation signal based on a baseband modulation signal;

a two-point modulation type phase modulation apparatus according to claim 1 that inputs the baseband phase modulation signal as an inputted digital baseband modulation signal, and outputs an RF phase modulation signal; and

a high-frequency power amplifier that changes the amplitude of the RF phase modulation signal outputted by the two-point modulation type phase modulation apparatus according to the amplitude modulation signal.