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US 8,498,583 B2Granted
Signal receiving apparatus, signal receiving method and electronic apparatus
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorKatsuhisa Ito
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a signal receiving apparatus including a frequency conversion section configured to carry out frequency conversion on a modulated signal transmitted to the signal receiving apparatus by adoption of a radio transmission technique, wherein the frequency conversion section carries out the frequency conversion by adoption of a frequency conversion method selected from a plurality of frequency conversion methods adoptable by the frequency conversion section in the frequency conversion to be executed on the modulated signal.
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A signal receiving apparatus comprising:
- an input configured to receive a modulated signal through a radio transmission;
- and
- a frequency conversion section configured to carry out frequency conversion on the modulated signal,
- wherein the frequency conversion section carries out the frequency conversion by adoption of a frequency conversion technique selected from a plurality of frequency conversion techniques adoptable by the frequency conversion section in the frequency conversion to be executed on the modulated signal,
- the frequency conversion techniques comprise an injection-locked detection technique and a square-law detection technique, and
- the frequency conversion section converts the modulated signal into a baseband signal by adoption of one of the injection-locked detection technique and the square-law detection technique.
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A signal receiving apparatus comprising:
- an input configured to receive a modulated signal through a radio transmission;
- and
- a frequency conversion section configured to carry out frequency conversion on the modulated signal,
- wherein the frequency conversion section carries out the frequency conversion by adoption of a frequency conversion technique selected from a plurality of frequency conversion techniques adoptable by the frequency conversion section in the frequency conversion to be executed on the modulated signal, and
- the frequency conversion section selects the frequency conversion technique in accordance with an operation carried out on an operation section as an operation making a request for the frequency conversion technique.
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A signal receiving apparatus comprising:
- an input configured to receive a modulated signal through a radio transmission;
- and
- a frequency conversion section configured to carry out frequency conversion on the modulated signal,
- wherein the frequency conversion section carries out the frequency conversion by adoption of a frequency conversion technique selected from a plurality of frequency conversion techniques adoptable by the frequency conversion section in the frequency conversion to be executed on the modulated signal,
- wherein the frequency conversion section selects the frequency conversion technique in accordance with a data rate of the modulated signal.
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A signal receiving apparatus comprising:
- an input configured to receive a modulated signal through a radio transmission;
- and
- a frequency conversion section configured to carry out frequency conversion on the modulated signal,
- wherein the frequency conversion section carries out the frequency conversion by adoption of a frequency conversion technique selected from a plurality of frequency conversion techniques adoptable by the frequency conversion section in the frequency conversion to be executed on the modulated signal,
- wherein the frequency conversion section selects the frequency conversion technique in accordance with the level of the modulated signal.
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A signal receiving apparatus comprising:
- an input configured to receive a modulated signal through a radio transmission;
- and
- a frequency conversion section configured to carry out frequency conversion on the modulated signal, technique,
- wherein the frequency conversion section carries out the frequency conversion by adoption of a frequency conversion technique selected from a plurality of frequency conversion techniques adoptable by the frequency conversion section in the frequency conversion to be executed on the modulated signal,
- wherein the frequency conversion section selects the frequency conversion technique in accordance with a command received from a signal transmitting apparatus transmitting the modulated signal.
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A signal receiving method for a signal receiving apparatus having a frequency conversion section configured to carry out frequency conversion on a modulated signal received by the signal receiving apparatus according to a radio transmission technique, the method comprising:
- carrying out, by the frequency conversion section, the frequency conversion by adoption of a frequency conversion method selected from a plurality of frequency conversion methods adoptable by the frequency conversion section in the frequency conversion to be executed on the modulated signal, wherein
- the frequency conversion methods comprise an injection-locked detection method and a square-law detection method, and
- the frequency conversion section converts the modulated signal into a baseband signal by adoption of one of the injection-locked detection method and the square-law detection method.
An electronic apparatus having a case for accommodating:
- one or more semiconductor chips each including a signal transmitting apparatus created therein for transmitting a modulated signal obtained as a result of modulation of a carrier by adoption of a radio transmission technique;
- and
- a plurality of semiconductor chips each including a signal receiving apparatus created therein for receiving said modulated signal, wherein
- each of said signal receiving apparatus has a frequency conversion section used for carrying out frequency conversion on said modulated signal,
- any specific one of said frequency conversion sections is included in a specific one of said semiconductor chips whereas another one of said frequency conversion sections is included in another one of said semiconductor chips, and
- said specific frequency conversion section carries out said frequency conversion by adoption of a specific frequency conversion method selected from a plurality of frequency conversion methods adoptable for said frequency conversion whereas said other frequency conversion section carries out said frequency conversion by adoption of another frequency conversion method which is selected from said frequency conversion methods adoptable for said frequency conversion as a frequency conversion method different from said specific frequency conversion method.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.