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Method for reducing the out-of-band emission in AM transmitters for digital transmission

US7248639B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 17, 2002
Grant dateJul 24, 2007
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Expiry dateDec 10, 2023

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04H20/46
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for reducing out-of-band emission in an AM transmitter for digital transmission includes generating, from a digital modulation signal, an amplitude signal and a phase-modulated radio frequency signal configured to control the AM transmitter. A digital modulation process is used in which a hole is formed around a 0/0 point so that a zero crossing is avoided by a substantial margin in a vector diagram representation. Thereby a respective bandwidth of the amplitude signal and the phase-modulated radio frequency signal is limited so that the out-of-band emission decreases as a function of a shoulder distance achievable by the AM transmitter at a rate where a spectrum mask is not exceeded.

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