Signal processing system

• US 5,793,818 A
• Filed: 06/07/1995
• Issued: 08/11/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Coases Investments Bros LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Discovision Associates (Pioneer Corporation)
• Inventors: Claydon, Anthony Peter J., Gammack, Richard J.
• Primary Examiner(s): VO, DON NGUYEN
• Application Number:
  US08/471,874
• Time in Patent Office: 1,161 Days
• Field of Search: 375/326, 375/324, 375/325, 375/327, 375/340, 375/343, 375/355, 375/371, 375/376, 375/377, 375/344, 364/724.1, 364/724.11
• US Class Current: 375/326
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0054 Maximum-likelihood or sequential decoding, e.g. Viterbi, Fano, ZJ algorithms
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0057 Block codes H04L1/0061, H04L1/0064 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0065 Serial concatenated codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0068 by puncturing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2027/0028 at passband only
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2027/0057 quadrature phase
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2027/0067 Phase error detectors
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/3872 Compensation for phase rotation in the demodulated signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 7/0029 interpolation of received data signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 7/0334 Processing of samples having at least three levels, e.g. soft decisions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 7/0335 Gardner detector
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2383 Channel coding or modulation of digital bit-stream, e.g. QPSK modulation arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received by adapting the channel coding H04L1/0009; analogue front ends or means for connecting modulators, demodulators or transceivers to a transmission line H04L27/0002
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4382 Demodulation or channel decoding, e.g. QPSK demodulation analog front ends or means for connecting modulators, demodulators or transceivers to a transmission line H04L27/0002

Abstract

A CMOS integrated signal processing system for a sampling receiver includes a timing recovery circuit, wherein an on-chip numerically controlled oscillator is operative at periods T that are initially equal to the nominal baud rate of the signals controls a sinc interpolator receiving samples at the sampling rate. A loop filter is coupled to the sinc interpolator and to the numerically controlled oscillator. The arrangement is capable of handling various symbol rates. The system includes a circuit for carrier recovery, having a second on-chip numerically controlled oscillator, a digital derotation circuit responsive to the second numerically controlled oscillator, accepting an in phase component and a quadrature component of the sampled signals. An adaptive phase error estimation circuit is coupled in a feedback loop.

Claims

1. A circuit for processing modulated signals, comprising a semiconductor integrated carrier recovery circuit operative to control a demodulator, comprising:

a numerically controlled oscillator;

a digital derotation circuit responsive to said numerically controlled oscillator and accepting an in phase component and a quadrature component of sampled signals;

an adaptive phase error estimation circuit, coupled to an output of said derotation circuit, wherein said adaptive phase error estimation circuit error executes a least-mean-square algorithm and comprises;

first and second slicers, accepting a derotated in-phase value and a derotated quadrature value respectively;

first and second subtracters, for respectively determining first and second differences between said derotated in phase value and said sliced in phase value, and between said derotated quadrature value and said sliced quadrature value; and

an angulator, accepting said first and second differences and outputting a phase error estimate; and

a loop filter coupled to an output of said adaptive phase error estimation circuit;

wherein said numerically controlled oscillator is responsive to said loop filter.

2. The circuit according to claim 1, wherein said integrated circuit is a CMOS circuit.

3. A signal processing apparatus for processing modulated signals that have a modulation carrier frequency, the apparatus comprising:

a demodulator;

a sampler operative at a sampling rate on an output of said demodulator; and

a carrier recovery circuit operative to control said demodulator in accordance with said modulation carrier frequency, the circuit comprising;

a numerically controlled oscillator;

a digital derotation circuit responsive to said numerically controlled oscillator and accepting an in phase component and a quadrature component of sampled signals;

a phase error estimation circuit, coupled to an output of said derotation circuit; and

a loop filter coupled to an output of said phase error estimation circuit;

wherein said numerically controlled oscillator is responsive to said loop filter;

a circuit for adaptively estimating the phase error;

comprising means for executing a least-mean-square algorithm, and further comprising;

first and second slicers, accepting a derotated in-phase value and a derotated quadrature value respectively;

first and second subtracters, for respectively determining first and second differences between said derotated in phase value and said sliced in phase value, and between said derotated quadrature value and said sliced quadrature value; and

an angulator, accepting said first and second differences and outputting a phase error estimate;

wherein said sampler and said carrier recovery circuit are integrated in a semiconductor integrated circuit.

4. The circuit according to claim 3, wherein said integrated circuit is a CMOS circuit.

5. A signal processing apparatus for processing modulated signals that are sampled by a sampler operative at a sampling rate, the signals having a transmitted symbol rate, the apparatus comprising:

a first numerically controlled oscillator operative at periods T;

a sinc interpolator receiving samples at said sampling rate;

a first loop filter, coupled to said sinc interpolator and said first numerically controlled oscillator having an output responsive to a difference between said periods T and said transmitted symbol rate of said sampled signals;

wherein said first numerically controlled oscillator is responsive to said first loop filter and generates an output signal that is representative of an interpolation distance between succeeding samples, and said sinc interpolator interpolates said received samples according to said interpolation distance, and produces an output signal representative of said interpolated samples; and

a carrier recovery circuit, comprising;

a second numerically controlled oscillator;

a digital derotation circuit responsive to said second numerically controlled oscillator and accepting an in phase component and a quadrature component of sampled signals;

a phase error estimation circuit, coupled to an output of said derotation circuit; and

a loop filter coupled to an output of said phase error estimation circuit;

wherein said second numerically controlled oscillator is responsive to said loop filter;

wherein said first and second numerically controlled oscillators, said sinc interpolator, said first and second loop filters, and said digital derotation circuit are integrated in a semiconductor integrated circuit.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising an analog-to-digital converter unit for sampling an input signal at said sampling rate and having an output coupled to said sinc interpolator, wherein said analog to digital converter unit is integrated in said semiconductor integrated circuit.

7. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein an input signal is modulated, further comprising:

an I,Q demodulator; and

a sampler, comprising first and second analog-to-digital converters respectively coupled to an in phase output and a quadrature output of said demodulator;

wherein said sync interpolator accepts in phase and quadrature outputs of said sampler.

8. The apparatus according to any of claims 5-7, wherein said circuit means accepts an in phase component of said interpolated samples, and an error signal is computed according to the equation:

##EQU13## wherein I is the in phase component;

T is the symbol period; and

r is the interval between alternate samples.

9. The apparatus according to any of claims 5-7, wherein said first loop filter accepts an in phase component and a quadrature component of said interpolated samples, and an error signal is computed according to the equation:

##EQU14## wherein I is the in phase component;

Q is the quadrature component;

T is the symbol period; and

r is the interval between alternate samples.

10. The apparatus according to any of claims 5-7, wherein said integrated semiconductor circuit is a CMOS circuit.

11. The apparatus according to any of claims 5-7, further comprising a matched filter having an input coupled to said sinc interpolator and an output coupled to said first loop filter.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said matched filter is a square-root raised cosine filter.

13. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein said matched filter is integrated in said integrated semiconductor circuit.

14. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said matched filter is integrated in said integrated semiconductor circuit.

15. The apparatus according to any of claims 5-7, wherein said output of said first numerically controlled oscillator comprises a first output signal that is generated whenever a state Ω

exceeds a division of said symbol period, and said sinc interpolator generates an output in response to said first output signal.

16. The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein said output of said first numerically controlled oscillator further comprises a second output signal that is representative of a value Δ

according to the equation;

##EQU15## wherein;

system clock is said sampling rate;

baud rate is a nominal baud rate; and

Ω

is a state representative of a number of elapsed operative periods of said first numerically controlled oscillator, and said sinc interpolator emits an interpolated sample upon receiving said second output signal.

17. The apparatus according to any of claims 5-7, wherein said sinc interpolator comprises:

a first sinc interpolator that receives an in phase component of said samples; and

a second sinc interpolator that receives a quadrature component of said samples.

18. The apparatus according to any of claims 5-7, wherein said sinc interpolator comprises a finite impulse response filter having a bank of coefficients.

19. The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein said bank of coefficients comprises a plurality of banks, said sinc interpolator further comprising:

an addressable memory containing a plurality of coefficients.

20. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said sinc interpolator performs a plurality of sinc interpolations that precede and follow a required sinc interpolation point, further comprising:

a linear interpolator that performs linear interpolation on said plurality of sinc interpolations.

21. The apparatus according to any of claims 5-7, wherein said periods T are initially equal to a nominal baud rate divided by said sampling rate.

22. A circuit for processing modulated signals, comprising a semiconductor integrated carrier recovery circuit operative to control a demodulator, comprising:

an adaptive phase error estimation circuit executing a least-mean-square algorithm and comprising;

first and second slicers, accepting a derotated in-phase value and a derotated quadrature value respectively;

first and second subtracters, for respectively determining first and second differences between said derotated in phase value and said sliced in phase value, and between said derotated quadrature value and said sliced quadrature value; and

an angulator, accepting said first and second differences and outputting a phase error estimate; and

a digital derotation circuit responsive to said phase error estimation circuit, and accepting an in phase component and a quadrature component of sampled signals.

23. The circuit according to claim 22, wherein said integrated circuit is a CMOS circuit.