Receiver
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorYutaka Matsumoto
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Abstract
AM receiver 20 is provided with antenna 1, RF amplifier 2, I/Q mixer 3, VCO 4, impulse noise detector 5, interpolator 6, BPF 7, IF amplifier 8 and AM detector 9. I/Q mixer 3 is composed of I mixer 11a as an in-phase mixer and Q mixer 11b as an orthogonal mixer. Impulse noise detector 5 generates an interpolation signal from in-phase and orthogonal output signals from I/Q mixer 3. Interpolator 6 carries out shaping of waveforms of the output signals from I/Q mixer 3 in response to the interpolation signal and eliminates impulse noises from the output signals from I/Q mixer 3.
Claims13
A receiver comprising:
- an antenna to make a received signal out of a transmitted signal;
- a local oscillator to generate a reference local oscillation signal and an orthogonal local oscillation signal phase-shifted by 90° from the reference local oscillation signal;
- an I/Q mixer including an I mixer and a Q mixer wherein the I mixer mixes the received signal with the reference local oscillation signal from the local oscillator and the Q mixer mixes the received signal with the orthogonal local oscillation signal from the local oscillator;
- a noise detector to carry out peak and differential detections of output signals from the I and Q mixers to detect impulse noises in a form of a pulse signal from the transmitted signal received by the antenna;
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- an interpolator to carry out shaping of waveforms of the output signals from the I and Q mixers in response to the pulse signal.
A receiver comprising:
- an antenna to make a received signal out of a transmitted signal;
- a local oscillator to generate a reference local oscillation signal and an orthogonal local oscillation signal phase-shifted by 90° from the reference local oscillation signal;
- an I/Q mixer including an I mixer and a Q mixer wherein the I mixer mixes the received signal with the reference local oscillation signal from the local oscillator and the Q mixer mixes the received signal with the orthogonal local oscillation signal from the local oscillator;
- a noise detector to carry out peak and differential detections of output signals from the I/Q mixer to detect impulse noises in a form of a pulse signal from the received signal;
- a first interpolator carrying out shaping of waveforms of the output signals from the I/Q mixer in response to the pulse signal;
- a demodulator connected to the first interpolator;
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- a second interpolator which carries out shaping of waveforms of the output signals from the demodulator in response to the pulse signal from the noise detector.
A receiver comprising:
- an antenna to make a received signal out of a transmitted signal;
- a local oscillator to generate a reference local oscillation signal and an orthogonal local oscillation signal phase-shifted by 90° from the reference local oscillation signal;
- an I/Q mixer including an I mixer and a Q mixer wherein the I mixer mixes the received signal with the reference local oscillation signal from the local oscillator and the Q mixer mixes the received signal with the orthogonal local oscillation signal from the local oscillator;
- an analog-to-digital converter to convert output signals from the I/Q mixer into digital signals;
- an I/Q differential detector which detects differences between the digital signals from the analog-to-digital converter to generate a synchronous signal synchronizing with noises in the digital signals;
- a distortion detector which carries out an arithmetic operation of the digital signal from the analog-to-digital converter in response to the synchronous signal from the I/Q differential detector to detect a distorted degree of the digital signals from the analog-to-digital converter;
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- a processor which carries out an arithmetic operation of the digital signals from the analog-to-digital converter and the distorted degree thereof detected by the distortion detector to shape the digital signals.
A receiver system comprising AM and FM receivers:
- the AM receiver including;
- an antenna to make first and second received signals out of transmitted signals,
- a first local oscillator to generate a first reference local oscillation signal and a first orthogonal local oscillation signal phase-shifted by 90° from the first reference local oscillation signal,
- a first I/Q mixer having a first I mixer and a first Q mixer wherein the first I mixer mixes the first received signal with the first reference local oscillation signal from the first local oscillator and the first Q mixer mixes the first received signal with the first orthogonal local oscillation signal from the first local oscillator,
- a first noise detector to carry out peak and differential detections of output signals from the first I/Q mixer to detect impulse noises in a form of a first pulse signal from the first received signal, and
- a first interpolator carrying out shaping of waveforms of the output signals from the first I/Q mixer in response to the first pulse signal from the first noise detector;
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- the FM receiver including;
- a second local oscillator to generate a second reference local oscillation signal and a second orthogonal local oscillation signal phase-shifted by 90° from the second reference local oscillation signal,
- a second I/Q mixer having a second I mixer and a second Q mixer wherein the second I mixer mixes the second received signal with the second reference local oscillation signal from the second local oscillator and the second Q mixer mixes the first received signal with the second orthogonal local oscillation signal from the second local oscillator,
- a second noise detector to carry out peak and differential detections of output signals from the second I/Q mixer to detect impulse noises in a form of a second pulse signal from the second received signal, and
- a second interpolator carrying out shaping of waveforms of the output signals from the second I/Q mixer in response to the second pulse signal from the second noise detector.
A receiver system comprising AM and FM receivers:
- the AM receiver including,
- an antenna to make first and second received signals out of transmitted signals,
- a first local oscillator to generate a first reference local oscillation signal and a first orthogonal local oscillation signal phase-shifted by 90° from the first reference local oscillation signal,
- a first I/Q mixer having a first I mixer and a first Q mixer wherein the first I mixer mixes the first received signal with the first reference local oscillation signal from the first local oscillator and the first Q mixer mixes the first received signal with the first orthogonal local oscillation signal from the first local oscillator,
- a first noise detector to carry out peak and differential detections of output signals from the first I/Q mixer to detect impulse noises in a form of a first pulse signal from the first received signal,
- a first interpolator carrying out shaping of waveforms of the output signals from the first I/Q mixer in response to the first pulse signal from the first noise detector,
- an AM detector to demodulate the output signal from the first interpolator, and
- a second interpolator carrying out shaping of waveforms of the output signals from the AM detector in response to the first pulse signal from the first noise detector;
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- the FM receiver including,
- a second local oscillator to generate a second reference local oscillation signal and a second orthogonal local oscillation signal phase-shifted by 90° from the second reference local oscillation signal,
- a second I/Q mixer having a second I mixer and a second Q mixer wherein the second I mixer mixes the second received signal with the second reference local oscillation signal from the second local oscillator and the second Q mixer mixes the first received signal with the second orthogonal local oscillation signal from the second local oscillator,
- a second noise detector to carry out peak and differential detections of output signals from the second I/Q mixer to detect impulse noises in a form of a second pulse signal from the second received signal,
- a third interpolator carrying out shaping of waveforms of the output signals from the second I/Q mixer in response to the second pulse signal from the second noise detector,
- an FM detector to demodulate the output signal from the first interpolator, and
- a fourth interpolator carrying out shaping of waveforms of the output signals from the FM detector in response to the second pulse signal from the second noise detector.
A receiver comprising:
- an antenna to make a received signal out of a transmitted signal;
- a local oscillator to generate a reference local oscillation signal and an orthogonal local oscillation signal phase-shifted by 90° from the reference local oscillation signal;
- an I/Q mixer including an I mixer and a Q mixer wherein the I mixer mixes the received signal with the reference local oscillation signal from the local oscillator and the Q mixer mixes the received signal with the orthogonal local oscillation signal from the local oscillator;
- an analog-to-digital converter to convert output signals from the I/Q mixer into digital signals;
- an I/Q differential detector which detects differences between the digital signals from the analog-to-digital converter to generate a synchronous signal synchronizing with noises in the digital signals;
- a distortion detector which carries out an arithmetic operation by a constant modulus algorithm of the digital signal from the analog-to-digital converter in response to the synchronous signal from the I/Q differential detector to detect a distorted degree of the digital signals from the analog-to-digital converter;
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- a processor which carries out an arithmetic operation of the digital signals from the analog-to-digital converter and the distorted degree thereof detected by the distortion detector to shape the digital signals.
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