Spread spectrum communication transmitter an LSI therefor

• US 5,500,871 A
• Filed: 04/08/1994
• Issued: 03/19/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mitsui Mining and Smelting Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Mitsui Mining and Smelting Company Limited
• Inventors: Kato, Shunji, Miyajima, Hiromitsu
• Primary Examiner(s): CANGIALOSI, SALVATORE A
• Application Number:
  US08/225,252
• Time in Patent Office: 711 Days
• Field of Search: 375/1, 375/200, 375/202, 375/208-210, 364/721
• US Class Current: 375/146
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/69 Spread spectrum techniques

Abstract

High-sensitivity transmission can be performed in a wide temperature range, and spread spectrum communication free from jitters and bit errors in high-speed digital signal transmission can be performed. There is provided a spread spectrum communication transmitter for performing FSK modulation for switching the frequency in correspondence with the level of each bit of the serial digital data, performing spread spectrum modulation of a resultant FSK-modulated signal, and transmitting the data, wherein an FSK modulation unit (1) for performing the FSK modulation has a direct digital synthesizer and a synchronization circuit (19) is arranged to synchronize an FSK signal having a frequency corresponding to at least one level of the each bit with a PN code for the spread spectrum modulation.

Claims

1. A spread spectrum communication transmitter comprising:

FSK modulation means for performing FSK modulation for switching frequency in correspondence with whether a binary level of each bit of the serial digital data to be transmitted is high or low, and

SS modulation means for performing spread spectrum modulation of a resultant FSK-modulated signal and transmitting resultant data,

wherein said FSK modulation means comprises a direct digital synthesizer and synchronizes an FSK modulation signal having a frequency corresponding to at least one binary level of said each bit with a PN code for the spread spectrum modulation, said PN code having a period which does not vary based upon a ratio of a number of said high level bits of said serial data to a number of said low level bits of said serial data.

2. A transmitter according to claim 1 further comprising a synchronization means for synchronizing a first clock for said direct digital synthesizer with a second clock for generating the PN code, wherein said FSK modulation means reads out, in a phase of every integer fraction of 2 in response to the first clock, an amplitude value of a sine or cosine wave stored in a sine or cosine wave memory constituting said direct digital synthesizer, said integer being switched in its number in accordance with whether a binary level of each bit of said serial digital data is high or low,-thereby forming sine or cosine wave FSK signals each having a frequency corresponding to said binary level.

3. An integrated circuit used in a spread spectrum communication transmitter for performing an FSK modulation of digital data, performing spread spectrum modulation of an FSK-modulated signal, and transmitting resultant data, comprising a direct digital synthesizer for forming the FSK-modulated signal in response to a first clock, a PN code generator for generating a PN code for the spread spectrum modulation in response to a second clock, said PN code having a sequence that is independent of serial digital data that is to be transmitted, and a synchronization circuit for synchronizing the first clock with the second clock.

4. A spread spectrum communication transmitter comprising:

PN generating means for generating a PN code sequence;

FSK modulation means for subjecting serial digital data to be transmitted to a frequency shift keying modulation and outputting a resultant FSK-modulated signal; and

SS modulation means for subjecting said FSK-modulated signal to a spectrum spread modulation using said PN code, said PN code having a sequence that is independent of said serial digital data that is to be transmitted,

wherein said FSK modulation means comprises a direct digital synthesizer and at least one of FSK modulation signals for said frequency shift keying modulation is synchronized with said PN code.

5. A transmitter according to claim 4 additionally comprising a synchronization means for synchronizing a first clock for said direct digital synthesizer with a second clock for generating the PN code, wherein said FSK modulation means reads out, in a phase of every integer fraction of 2π

in response to the first clock, an amplitude value of a sine or cosine wave stored in a sine or cosine wave memory constituting said direct digital synthesizer, said integer being switched in its number in accordance with whether a binary level of each bit of said serial digital data is high or low, thereby forming sine or cosine wave FSK modulation signals each having a frequency corresponding to said binary level.

6. A transmitter according to claim 5, wherein said synchronization means synchronizes a predetermined number of the first clock with one period of said PN code.