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US 5,627,499 AGranted
Digital modulator and upconverter having single-bit delta-sigma data converters
AssigneePacific Communication Sciences, Inc.
InventorSteven H. Gardner
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AssigneePacific Communication Sciences, Inc.
InventorSteven H. Gardner
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A method and apparatus for digitally phase modulating and frequency upconverting communication signals to an intermediate frequency, producing the IF output with only digital hardware and without the use of digital to analog converters, analog multipliers (mixers) or power combiners. A digital phase modulator provides an in-phase and a quadrature output, each of which is coupled to one input of a relatively simple multi-bit to single-bit delta-sigma data converter. The output from the converter is a pair of single-bit digital output signals. Each such single-bit output is inverted and both the inverted single-bit output and the non-inverted single-bit output of both the in-phase and the quadrature outputs are coupled to a 4:1 multiplexer. One of these four inputs is then selected by a modulo-4 counter. The modulo-4 counter is incremented at a rate that is selected based upon the desired IF frequency.
A digital upconverter/modulator including:
A digital upconverter/modulator, including:
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