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Transmitter for wireless applications incorporation spectral emission shaping sigma delta modulator

US7787563B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 7, 2005
Grant dateAug 31, 2010
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Expiry dateFeb 17, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03M7/3042
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A transmitter employing a sigma delta modulator having a noise transfer function adapted to shift quantization noise outside at least one frequency band of interest. A technique is presented to synthesize the controllers within a single-loop sigma delta modulator such that the noise transfer function can be chosen arbitrarily from a family of functions satisfying certain conditions. Using the novel modulator design technique, polar and Cartesian (i.e. quadrature) transmitter structures are supported. A transmitter employing polar transmit modulation is presented that shapes the spectral emissions of the digitally-controlled power amplifier such that they are significantly and sufficiently attenuated in one or more desired frequency bands. Similarly, a transmitter employing Cartesian transmit modulation is presented that shapes the spectral emissions of a hybrid power amplifier such that they are significantly and sufficiently attenuated in one or more desired frequency bands.

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