Radio communication apparatus

A radio communication apparatus comprising:

• an analog unit configured to perform frequency conversion of a reception signal;
• a digital unit configured to perform demodulation processing of the reception signal subjected to the frequency conversion by the analog unit;
• a PLL circuit configured to generate a clock to the digital unit;
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• a PLL-setting changing unit configured to perform, based on the reception signal, a setting change of parameters of the PLL circuit to thereby control a jitter of the clock, wherein the analog unit includes:
• an RF reception unit configured to receive the reception signal in a radio frequency band;
• a demodulation unit configured to down-convert the received reception signal in the radio frequency band to a baseband;
• an analog baseband (BB) unit configured to subject the down-converted reception signal or a transmission signal to analog processing in the baseband;
• a modulation unit configured to up-convert the transmission signal in the baseband to the radio frequency band;
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• an RF transmission unit configured to transmit the transmission signal in the radio frequency band, wherein the digital unit includes a channel-frequency setting unit configured to set a channel frequency at which the reception signal can be received, and
• the PLL-setting changing unit performs the setting change of the parameters of the PLL circuit based on the channel frequency, wherein the PLL circuit includes:
• a voltage control oscillator configured to control an oscillation frequency of the clock based on voltage control;
• a frequency divider configured to subject the clock generated by the voltage control oscillator to frequency division;
• a phase comparator configured to compare a phase of the clock subjected to the frequency division by the frequency divider and a phase of a reference signal;
• a charge pump circuit configured to generate a voltage corresponding to a phase error between the clock and the reference signal;
• a loop filter configured to reduce a high-frequency component included in the voltage generated by the charge pump circuit to generate the voltage control;
• a first selector configured to switch a current setting value of the charge pump circuit based on a setting control signal from the PLL-setting changing unit;
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• a second selector configured to switch a bandwidth setting value of the loop filter based on the setting control signal from the PLL-setting changing unit.

A radio communication apparatus comprising:

• an analog unit configured to perform frequency conversion of a reception signal;
• a digital unit configured to perform demodulation processing of the reception signal subjected to the frequency conversion by the analog unit;
• a PLL circuit configured to generate a clock to the digital unit;
• and
• a PLL-setting changing unit configured to perform, based on the reception signal, a setting change of parameters of the PLL circuit to thereby control a jitter of the clock, wherein the analog unit includes:
• an RF reception unit configured to receive the reception signal in a radio frequency band;
• a demodulation unit configured to down-convert the received reception signal in the radio frequency band to a baseband;
• an analog baseband (BB) unit configured to subject the down-converted reception signal or a transmission signal to analog processing in the baseband;
• a modulation unit configured to up-convert the transmission signal in the baseband to the radio frequency band;
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• an RF transmission unit configured to transmit the transmission signal in the radio frequency band, wherein the digital unit includes a communication-state managing unit configured to manage whether a present communication state is a reception state or a transmission state, and
• the PLL-setting changing unit performs the setting change of the parameters of the PLL circuit based on the present communication state, wherein the PLL circuit includes:
• a voltage control oscillator configured to control an oscillation frequency of the clock based on voltage control;
• a frequency divider configured to subject the clock generated by the voltage control oscillator to frequency division;
• a phase comparator configured to compare a phase of the clock subjected to the frequency division by the frequency divider and a phase of a reference signal;
• a charge pump circuit configured to generate a voltage corresponding to a phase error between the clock and the reference signal;
• a loop filter configured to reduce a high-frequency component included in the voltage generated by the charge pump circuit to generate the voltage control;
• a first selector configured to switch a current setting value of the charge pump circuit based on a setting control signal from the PLL-setting changing unit;
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• a second selector configured to switch a bandwidth setting value of the loop filter based on the setting control signal from the PLL-setting changing unit.

A radio communication apparatus comprising:

• an analog unit configured to perform frequency conversion of a reception signal;
• a digital unit configured to perform demodulation processing of the reception signal subjected to the frequency conversion by the analog unit;
• a PLL circuit configured to generate a clock to the digital unit;
• and
• a PLL-setting changing unit configured to perform, based on the reception signal, a setting change of parameters of the PLL circuit to thereby control a jitter of the clock, wherein, when spurious is present in a channel frequency and a reception power of the reception signal is smaller than a threshold, the PLL-setting changing unit increases the jitter of the clock, and when spurious is present in the channel frequency and the reception power of the reception signal is equal to or larger than the threshold, the PLL-setting changing unit normalizes the jitter of the clock.