# US 7,609,793 B2 · Radio receiver and radio receiving method

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- Number: US 7,609,793 B2
- Document ID: US7609793B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 11/356,956
- Filed: 2006-02-21
- Published: 2006-11-16
- Granted: 2009-10-27
- Earliest claimed: 2005-05-11
- Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Inventors: Tazuko Tomioka; Hiroshi Yoshida; Katsuya Nounin; Tomoya Horiguchi; Ren Sakata
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7609793B2

## CPC

- H04B 1/71637: {Receiver aspects (H04B1/7183 takes precedence)}
- H04B 7/0857: {using maximum ratio combining techniques, e.g. signal-to- interference ratio [SIR], received signal strenght indication [RSS]}
- H04L 27/2647: {Arrangements specific to the receiver only (equalisation H04L27/01)}
- H04B: TRANSMISSION
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)

## Abstract

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided with a radio receiver including: one or more antenna which receives radio signals; a plurality of filters which selectively output signals in respective reception bands from the radio signals received by the antenna, adjacent reception bands partially overlapping each other; a plurality of A/D converters disposed correspondingly to the filters to convert the signals output from the respective filters to digital signals; extracting units which extract signal components of a boundary radio signal spreading across at least two reception bands adjacent to each other from digital signals associated with the at least two reception bands adjacent to each other; a combining unit which combines the signal components extracted by the extracting units to restore the boundary radio signal; and a demodulation unit which demodulates the boundary radio signal restored by the combining unit.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A radio receiver comprising:
one or more antenna to receive radio signals;
a plurality of filters to selectively output signals in respective reception bands from the radio signals received by the antenna, adjacent reception bands partially overlapping each other;
a plurality of down converters disposed correspondingly to the filters to conduct down-conversion from radio frequency to intermediate frequency on signals output from respective ones of the filters;
a plurality of A/D converters disposed correspondingly to the down converters to convert the signals on intermediate frequency output from respective ones of the down converters to digital signals;
extracting units to extract signal components of a boundary radio signal spreading across at least two reception bands adjacent to each other from digital signals associated with the at least two reception bands adjacent to each other;
a combining unit to combine the signal components extracted by the extracting units to restore the boundary radio signal; and
a demodulation unit to demodulate the boundary radio signal restored by the combining unit,
wherein
as regards down converters and A/D converters which conduct processing on the at least two reception bands adjacent to each other, a ratio of a down conversion frequency difference between the down converters to a sampling frequency used in the A/D converters is definite.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The radio receiver according to claim 1, further comprising:
a frequency synthesizer;
a sampling clock generation unit to generate sampling clocks to be supplied to the A/D converters, by using a frequency synthesizer output; and
a local signal generation unit to generate local signals for the down converters, by using the frequency synthesizer output.

### Claim 3

A radio receiver comprising:
one or more antenna to receive radio signals;
a plurality of filters to selectively output signals in respective reception bands from the radio signals received by the antenna, adjacent reception bands partially overlapping each other;
a plurality of down converters disposed correspondingly to the filters to conduct down-conversion from radio frequency to intermediate frequency on signals output from respective ones of the filters;
a plurality of A/D converters disposed correspondingly to the down converters to convert the signals on intermediate frequency output from respective ones of the down converters to digital signals;
a plurality of FFT units disposed correspondingly to the A/D converters to conduct fast Fourier transform on digital signals generated by respective ones of the A/D converters;
extracting units which extract signal components of a boundary radio signal spreading across at least two reception bands adjacent to each other from transformed digital signals associated with the at least two reception bands adjacent to each other;
a combining unit to combine the signal components extracted by the extracting units to restore the boundary radio signal;
an IFFT unit to conduct inverse fast Fourier transform on the boundary radio signal restored by the combining unit; and
a demodulation unit to demodulate the transformed boundary radio signal,
wherein
as regards down converters and FFT units which conduct processing on the at least two reception bands adjacent to each other, a ratio of a down conversion frequency difference between the down converters to a reciprocal of a frame length used in the FFT units is definite.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The radio receiver according to claim 3, further comprising:
a frequency synthesizer;
a sampling clock generation unit to generate sampling clocks to be supplied to the A/D converters, by using a frequency synthesizer output; and
a local signal generation unit to generate local signals for the down converters, by using the frequency synthesizer output.

### Claim 5 (depends on 3)

The radio receiver according to claim 3, further comprising a timing supply unit to supply a timing signal indicating a timing of framing to each of the FFT units that conduct processing on the signals of at least two reception bands adjacent to each other, on the basis of a previously given delay difference of digital signals input to the FFT units.