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Modulation circuit for a radio device and a method thereof

US9379798B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 6, 2015
Grant dateJun 28, 2016
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Expiry dateFeb 6, 2035

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03D2200/0086
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a modulation circuit and a method for suppressing energy content of spectral side lobes caused by high-frequency content present in a baseband signal, with the energy content of the spectral side lobes being outside an intended operational bandwidth in a modulated radio-frequency signal. An example circuit is configured to: receive a digital baseband signal, feed the digital baseband signal to a first and a second signal path, with the first signal path comprising a first mixer and the second signal path comprising a delay circuit and a second mixer. The first mixer and the second mixer may receive a same local oscillator signal, and may respectively provide a first radio-frequency signal and a second radio-frequency signal that are delayed with respect to each other. The example circuit is further configured to generate an output radio-frequency signal by combining the first and second radio-frequency signals.

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