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US 8,476,985 B2Granted
Method and arrangement for generating a frequency-modulated signal
AssigneeRohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsNorbert Richt, Petr Lorenz
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Abstract
In order to generate a broadband, frequency-modulated output signal, of which the carrier frequency is adjustable within a wide frequency range, a frequency-modulated signal is generated on an arbitrary, fixed carrier frequency, which is then converted into IQ signals, and the IQ signals generated in this manner are combined with the desired carrier frequency by IQ modulation to form the frequency-modulated output signal. By preference, the generated IQ signals are low-pass filtered before the IQ modulation.
Claims15
A method, comprising:
- generating a frequency-modulated signal from an input signal using a frequency modulator, wherein the frequency-modulated signal is with a first carrier of an arbitrary fixed carrier frequency and wherein said first carrier is generated using an RF generator operating at said arbitrary fixed carrier frequency;
- vectorially converting the frequency-modulated signal into IQ signals, said conversion comprising demodulating the frequency-modulated signal using an IQ demodulator driven by the same RF generator,
- wherein circuit path of the frequency-modulated signal is separate from the circuit path from the RF generator to the IQ demodulator;
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- combining the IQ signals with a second carrier of a desired carrier frequency through IQ modulation to form a frequency-modulated output signal, wherein the desired carrier frequency of the second carrier is adjustable within a wide frequency range;
- wherein an amplitude modulation occurs upstream of the vectorial converting during an amplitude modulation of the frequency modulated signal with an amplitude modulation signal, and
- wherein an amplitude modulation also occurs in I and Q branches between the vectorial converting and the IQ modulation.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a frequency modulator configured to generate a frequency-modulated signal from an input signal, wherein the frequency modulated signal is with a first carrier of an arbitrary fixed carrier frequency and said carrier is generated using an RF generator operating at said arbitrary fixed carrier frequency;
- a vectorial converter configured to vectorially convert the frequency-modulated signal into IQ signals;
- an IQ demodulator configured to demodulate the frequency-modulated signal as part of the vectorial conversion, wherein the IQ demodulator is driven by the same RF generator, wherein circuit path of the frequency-modulated signal is separate from the circuit path from the RF generator to the IQ demodulator;
- an IQ modulator configured to combine the IQ signals with a second carrier of a desired carrier frequency to form a frequency-modulated output signal, wherein the desired carrier frequency of the second carrier is adjustable within a wide frequency range;
- an amplitude modulator, located upstream of the vectorial converter, configured to amplitude modulate the frequency-modulated signal with an amplitude modulation signal;
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- an amplitude modulator, located in I and Q branches between the vectorial converter and the IQ modulator.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.