Patent classifications
H03D5/00
Polar Transmitter with FeedThrough Compensation
A circuit includes a polar transmitter to generate a radio frequency output from amplitude and phase signal components. The polar transmitter includes an amplifier to combine amplitude and phase signal components. A processor is coupled to the polar transmitter to provide the amplitude and phase signal components. The processor includes: a digital modulation circuit to generate a modulated digital signal including in-phase and quadrature signal components and a correction circuit to calculate and apply a complex digital offset for local oscillator feedthrough of the amplifier. The complex digital offset includes an in-phase offset correction factor and a quadrature offset correction factor.
Device for generating and detecting a magnetic resonance of a sample
A device for generating and detecting a magnetization of a sample includes a magnetic field generator configured to generate a static magnetic field of a predetermined direction and strength at a sample location, a transmitter configured to provide an additional magnetic field at the sample location, and a receiver configured to detect a magnetization of the sample. An assembly of at least two LC oscillators, the oscillation frequency of which is a function of a value of an inductive element of the LC oscillators and which are frequency-synchronized via a wiring, and forced by a control voltage to have a same oscillation frequency, is used as the receiver and/or the transmitter. A controller configured to control the assembly is connected, the assembly and the controller are configured to generate a magnetic field capable of deflecting a magnetization of the sample out of equilibrium.
MIXER
A mixer includes: a VGA (12) configured to amplify one of divided two portions of an input signal at a gain of cos ; a VGA (13) configured to amplify another one of the divided two portions of the input signal at a gain of sin ; an IQ generator (15) configured to input an LO wave, and output an LO wave in phase with the input LO wave and an LO wave having a phase difference of 90 with respect to the input LO wave; a mixer (16) configured to input the signal output from the VGA (12) and the LO wave which is output from the IQ generator (15) , to output an RF signal; a second mixer (17) configured to input the signal from the VGA (13) and the LO wave which is output from the IQ generator, to output an RF signal; and a combiner (18).
Polar transmitter with feedthrough compensation
A circuit includes a polar transmitter to generate a radio frequency output from amplitude and phase signal components. The polar transmitter includes an amplifier to combine amplitude and phase signal components. A processor is coupled to the polar transmitter to provide the amplitude and phase signal components. The processor includes: a digital modulation circuit to generate a modulated digital signal including in-phase and quadrature signal components and a correction circuit to calculate and apply a complex digital offset for local oscillator feedthrough of the amplifier. The complex digital offset includes an in-phase offset correction factor and a quadrature offset correction factor.
Transpositional modulation
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for modulating and demodulating transpositional modulated (TM) signals. One aspect features a method of modulating a carrier signal that include the actions of generating a TM signal by generating a sinusoidal signal, and modulating the sinusoidal signal based on a data signal to provide the TM signal. Inserting the TM signal into a carrier signal to provide a TM modulated carrier signal. Modulating the TM modulated carrier signal with a non-TM signal to provide a combined signal. Transmitting the combined signal.
DEVICE FOR GENERATING AND DETECTING A MAGNETIC RESONANCE OF A SAMPLE
A device for generating and detecting magnetization of a sample includes a magnetic field generator configured to generate a static magnetic field of a predetermined direction and strength at a sample location, a transmitter configured to provide an additional magnetic field at the sample location, and a receiver configured to detect a magnetization of the sample. An assembly of at least two LC oscillators, the oscillation frequency of which is a function of a value of an inductive element of the LC oscillators and which are frequency-synchronized via a wiring, and forced by a control voltage to have a same oscillation frequency, is used as the receiver and/or the transmitter. A controller configured to control the assembly is connected, the assembly and the controller are configured to generate a magnetic field capable of deflecting a magnetization of the sample out of equilibrium.
Driving circuit producing DSB-SC modulation signal
A driving circuit comprises a first capacitor. During a sampling operation, the first capacitor is coupled between a first and a second input terminals. During a transferring operation, an end of the first capacitor receives a voltage and another end of the first capacitor is coupled to a load. The driving circuit produces a first driving signal to drive the load, the first driving signal comprises a plurality of first portions with a first polarity and a plurality of second portions with a second polarity opposite to the first polarity. The plurality of first portions and the plurality of second portions form a generalized DSB-SC modulated component of the first driving signal, which is modulated according to an input signal between the first input terminal and the second input terminal.
Driving circuit producing DSB-SC modulation signal
A driving circuit comprises a first capacitor. During a sampling operation, the first capacitor is coupled between a first and a second input terminals. During a transferring operation, an end of the first capacitor receives a voltage and another end of the first capacitor is coupled to a load. The driving circuit produces a first driving signal to drive the load, the first driving signal comprises a plurality of first portions with a first polarity and a plurality of second portions with a second polarity opposite to the first polarity. The plurality of first portions and the plurality of second portions form a generalized DSB-SC modulated component of the first driving signal, which is modulated according to an input signal between the first input terminal and the second input terminal.
Method, control system and communication system for adapting beam patterns
The present invention relates to a method and control system for adapting beam patterns generated by at least one array antenna serving one or more users. Each array antenna comprising multiple antenna subarrays within an aperture and is configured to provide coverage to a service area using a set of fixed beams, each fixed beam having a beam pattern covering a portion of the service area which beam pattern is generated by applying weights to the antenna subarrays.
Communications device with adaptive demodulator for PSK and FSK modulations and related methods
A wireless communications device may include a wireless receiver, and an adaptive demodulator coupled to the wireless receiver. The adaptive demodulator is configured to apply first and second bandpass filters to amplitude information of a received signal at first and second frequency bands, respectively, and classify the received signal as one of a PSK modulation type, a second PSK modulation type, and a third FSK modulation type based upon whether a tone exists in the amplitude information of the received signal in one or more of the first and second frequency bands. The adaptive demodulator is configured to adjust a demodulating parameter based upon a classified modulation type of the received signal.