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Methods and apparatus for controlling signals

US7295816B2 · kind B2 · utility

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127Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 9, 2003
Grant dateNov 13, 2007
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Expiry dateJan 3, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B1/0475
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A communication and/or amplifier system according to various aspects of the present invention includes an excursion signal generator and a filter system. The excursion signal generator identifies a peak portion of a signal that exceeds a threshold, such as a magnitude threshold. The filter system filters a corresponding excursion signal having a magnitude and waveform corresponding to the portion exceeding the threshold to remove unwanted frequency components from a delayed version of the excursion signal. The filtered excursion signal may then be subtracted from the original signal to reduce the peak. In one embodiment, the communication and/or amplifier system operates in conjunction with signals having multiple channels and subchannels. The system may include a magnitude adjustment system configured to adjust magnitudes of the excursion signal subchannels according to magnitudes of the first signal subchannels. The system may also adjust the excursion signal magnitude in a time division environment according to the magnitude of the original signal in the same time slot.

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