Radio transmitter IQ imbalance measurement and correction methods and apparatus
US8233524B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 12, 2009 |
| Grant date | Jul 31, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 30, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2027/0042
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Embodiments include transceivers and transmit IQ imbalance correction methods. A transmitter lineup, which includes an equalizer and an RF modulator, receives a stream of baseband samples having real and imaginary components, processes the real components along a first channel, and processes the imaginary components along a second channel to produce processed real and imaginary components. The equalizer equalizes at least one of the processed real components and the processed imaginary components to compensate for offset frequency-dependent components of transmitter IQ imbalance. The RF modulator receives and modulates analog versions of the equalized samples, resulting in an analog RF signal. An embodiment also includes a balancer adapted to apply IQ gain and phase correction to the equalized samples to compensate for offset frequency-independent components of the transmitter IQ imbalance. A calibration processing subsystem determines filter coefficients used by the equalizer and IQ gain and phase correction values used by the balancer.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.