TRANSMISSION SIGNAL SHAPING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a transmitter configured to communicate with a logic device and to provide a shaped transmission signal, wherein the transmitter comprises;
a shaping circuit configured to provide a shaped voltage based, at least in part, on a digital shaping control signal provided by the logic device; and
a power amplifier configured to provide the shaped transmission signal based, at least in part, on the shaped voltage.
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Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods to provide transmission signal shaping for transmission signal-based sensor systems, such as radar and/or sonar sensor systems. A low noise signal shaping transmitter includes a digital to analog converter configured to convert a digital shaping control signal to an analog shaping control signal, a signal shaping circuit configured to convert the analog shaping control signal into a shaped voltage, and a power amplifier configured to provide a shaped transmission signal based on the shaped voltage and a digital transmission control signal. Each element of the transmitter may be formed from relatively slow switching analog and/or digital circuitry components. Resulting shaped transmission signals may be used to excite radar antennas, sonar transducers, sound cells, and/or other elements of sensor systems.
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1. A system comprising:
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a transmitter configured to communicate with a logic device and to provide a shaped transmission signal, wherein the transmitter comprises; a shaping circuit configured to provide a shaped voltage based, at least in part, on a digital shaping control signal provided by the logic device; and a power amplifier configured to provide the shaped transmission signal based, at least in part, on the shaped voltage. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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receiving a digital shaping control signal provided by a logic device; and controlling a transmitter to provide a shaped transmission signal to a transducer, wherein the transducer comprises a single channel or multichannel sonar or radar transducer, and wherein the controlling the transmitter comprises; generating a shaped voltage based, at least in part, on the digital shaping control signal, and generating the shaped transmission signal based, at least in part, on the shaped voltage. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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