US 7,127,268 B2Granted

Radio transmission apparatus and radio transmission method

AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

InventorsTakayuki Kato, Hiroshi Yoshida

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Abstract

According to the present invention, there is disclosed a radio transmitter comprising: a signal processing section which outputs a control signal for designating one of first and second communication systems and a base band signal; a frequency synthesizer for outputting an LO signal corresponding to the control signal; a quadrature modulator into which the base band signal and LO signal are inputted; a first terminal for the first communication system; a second terminal for the second communication system; a first radio section which is disposed between the quadrature modulator and the first terminal and corresponds to the first communication system; a second radio section which is disposed between the quadrature modulator and the second terminal and corresponds to the second communication system; and a switch which passes an output signal from the quadrature modulator through any one of the first and second radio sections in response to the control signal.

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Dependent claims

A radio transmitter comprising:

a digital signal processing section which outputs a base band signal for a first or second radio communication system;
a frequency synthesizer which outputs a local oscillator signal for said first or second radio communication system;
a quadrature modulator which generates a modulated signal based on said base band signal and said local oscillator signal;
a first output terminal which outputs a transmission signal for said first radio communication system;
a second output terminal which outputs a transmission signal for said second radio communication system;
a first transmission processing section which is disposed between said quadrature modulator and said first output terminal, corresponds to said first radio communication system, and conducts a frequency conversion of said modulated signal to apply the frequency-converted signal to said first output terminal;
a second transmission processing section which is disposed between said quadrature modulator and said second output terminal, corresponds to said second radio communication system, and applies said modulated signal to said second output terminal without conducting the frequency conversion;
and
a first switch section which changes whether or not to supply an output signal of said quadrature modulator to said first or second transmission processing section.

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A radio transmitter comprising:

a digital signal processing section which can output a base band signal for a first or second radio communication system;
a first frequency synthesizer which can output a first local oscillator signal for said first radio communication system, or a second local oscillator signal for said second radio communication system;
a quadrature modulator which can generate a quadrature modulation signal based on said base band signal and said first local oscillator signal, or a quadrature modulation signal based on said base band signal and said second local oscillator signal;
a first output terminal which outputs a transmission signal for said first radio communication system;
a second output terminal which outputs a transmission signal for said second radio communication system;
a first transmission processing section which is disposed between said quadrature modulator and said first output terminal and converts a frequency of a signal relating to said quadrature modulation signal for said first radio communication system in a frequency converter;
a second transmission processing section which is disposed between said quadrature modulator and said second output terminal and converts a frequency of said quadrature modulation signal for said second radio communication system in said frequency converter;
a second frequency synthesizer which supplies a third local oscillator signal for said first radio communication system or a fourth local oscillator signal for said second radio communication system to said frequency converter;
and
a first switch section which changes whether or not to supply an output signal of said quadrature modulator to said first or second transmission processing section,
wherein said first transmission processing section includes:
a phase comparator configured to compare a phase of said quadrature modulation signal which is passed through said first switch section and corresponds to said first radio communication system with a phase of an output signal of said frequency converter;
a first filter section which removes an unnecessary frequency signal included in an output signal of said phase comparator;
and
a voltage control oscillator which generates an oscillator signal in accordance with an output voltage of said first filter section and supplies the oscillator signal to said first output terminal and said frequency converter,
wherein said second transmission processing section includes:
a variable gain amplifier to adjust a gain of said quadrature modulation signal which is passed through said first switch section and corresponds to said second radio communication system;
and
a second filter section which removes an unnecessary frequency signal included in an output of said variable gain amplifier.

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A radio transmitter comprising:

a digital signal processing section which can output a base band signal for a first or second radio communication system;
a first frequency synthesizer which can output a first local oscillator signal for said first radio communication system, or a second local oscillator signal for said second radio communication system;
a quadrature modulator which can generate a quadrature modulation signal based on said base band signal and said first local oscillator signal, or a quadrature modulation signal based on said base band signal and said second local oscillator signal;
a first output terminal which outputs a transmission signal for said first radio communication system;
a second output terminal which outputs a transmission signal for said second radio communication system;
a first transmission processing section which is disposed between said quadrature modulator and said first output terminal and converts a frequency of a signal relating to said quadrature modulation signal for said first radio communication system in a frequency converter;
a second transmission processing section which is disposed between said quadrature modulator and said second output terminal and converts a frequency of said quadrature modulation signal for said second radio communication system in said frequency converter;
a second frequency synthesizer which supplies a third local oscillator signal for said first radio communication system or a fourth local oscillator signal for said second radio communication system to said frequency converter;
a first switch section which changes whether or not to supply an output signal of said quadrature modulator to said first or second transmission processing section;
a third output terminal which outputs a transmission signal for a third radio communication system;
and
a third transmission processing section which is disposed between said quadrature modulator and said third output terminal and corresponds to said third radio communication system,
wherein said digital signal processing section can output the base band signal for said third radio communication system,
said first frequency synthesizer can output the third local oscillator signal for said third radio communication system,
said quadrature modulator can generate the quadrature modulation signal based on said base band signal and said third local oscillator signal, and
said first switch section can supply an output signal of said quadrature modulator to said first, second or third transmission processing section.

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A radio transmitter comprising:

a digital signal processing section which can output a base band signal for a first, second or third radio communication system;
a first frequency synthesizer which can output a first local oscillator signal for said first radio communication system, a second local oscillator signal for said second radio communication system or a third local oscillator signal for said third radio communication system;
a quadrature modulator which can generate a quadrature modulation signal based on said base band signal and said first local oscillator signal, a quadrature modulation signal based on said base band signal and said second local oscillator signal, or a quadrature modulation signal based on said base band signal and said third local oscillator signal;
a first output terminal which outputs a transmission signal for said first radio communication system;
a second output terminal which outputs a transmission signal for said second radio communication system;
a third output terminal which outputs a transmission signal for said third radio communication system;
a first transmission processing section which is disposed between said quadrature modulator and said first output terminal and converts a frequency of a signal relating to said quadrature modulation signal for said first radio communication system in a frequency converter;
a second transmission processing section which is disposed between said quadrature modulator and said second and third output terminals, converts a frequency of said quadrature modulation signal for said second radio communication system in said frequency converter, and processes said quadrature modulation signal for said third radio communication system;
a second frequency synthesizer which supplies the third local oscillator signal for said first radio communication system and a fourth local oscillator signal for said second radio communication system to said frequency converter;
and
a first switch section which changes whether or not to supply said quadrature modulation signal to said first or second transmission processing section.

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