Charge-coupled-device based transmitters and receivers
US5557641A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 19, 1994 |
| Grant date | Sep 17, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 19, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF02B2075/027
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A radio transmitter having a source of first signals for radio transmission, includes a modulator for modulating the first signals on an intermediate carrier frequency second signal to produce a third signal. A charge coupled device (CCD) is connected to receive and process the third signal in the absence of digital waveform shaping and digital-to-analog conversion. The CCD has a sampling rate which is a multiple of the intermediate carrier frequency second signal to provide aliased fourth signal components that are spectrally spaced in accordance with the multiple and provide upconversion to a fifth signal. A bandpass filter receiving the fifth signal is centered around a selected aliased signal component and a power amplifier/antenna means coupled to receive said selected aliased component for transmission. In a preferred embodiment, the multiple is 4. Moreover, the tap weights of the CCD are selected to provide wave shaping of the aliased fourth signal components. A transceiver including the radio transmitter has a radio receiver, with the radio receiver having a CCD signal processing circuit for receiving and demodulating received radio signals.
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