MILLIMETER-WAVE UP/DOWN CONVERTER WITH AN INTERNAL SIGNAL SOURCE THEREIN CAPABLE OF MANUAL COARSE TUNING AND FINE TUNING

Abstract

the present invention provides a millimeter-wave up/down converter, with an internal signal source therein capable of manual coarse tuning and fine tuning, used for receiving and converting a low frequency/high frequency signal into a high frequency/low frequency signal to be used by a device in a user terminal, and comprises a micro-controller module, an adjusting switch, and a frequency-converter module. The micro-controller module is provided therein with a frequency control signal with a frequency within a frequency range. The adjusting switch is connected to the micro-controller module for adjusting the frequency control signal; thereby the adjusted frequency control signal is outputted from the micro-controller module. The frequency-converter module is connected to the micro-controller module to receive the adjusted frequency control signal, such that after further receiving an external low frequency and high frequency signal, the frequency-converter module generates and outputs the high frequency/low frequency signal.

Claims

1. A millimeter-wave up/down converter with an internal signal source therein capable of manual coarse tuning and fine tuning, used for receiving and converting a low frequency/high frequency signal into a high frequency/low frequency signal to be used by a device in a user terminal, and comprising: a micro-controller module, provided therein with a frequency control signal for a frequency within a frequency range; an adjusting switch, connected to the micro-controller module for adjusting the frequency control signal, thereby the adjusted frequency control signal is outputted from the micro-controller module, wherein the adjusting switch includes a coarse tuning multi-bit controlling switch and a fine-tuning multi-bit controlling switch that are respectively connected to the micro-controller module; a frequency-converter module, connected to the micro-controller module to receive the adjusted frequency control signal, such that after receiving an additional external low frequency or high frequency signal, the frequency-converter module generates and outputs the high frequency/low frequency signal.

2. The millimeter-wave up/down converter of claim 1, wherein the micro-controller module is further connected with a display module for displaying the value of the adjusted frequency control signal.

3. The millimeter-wave up/down converter of claim 2, wherein the adjusting switch includes a coarse tuning multi-bit controlling switch and a fine-tuning multi-bit controlling switch that are respectively connected to the micro-controller module.

4. The millimeter-wave up/down converter of claim 1, further includes a signal-synthesizer module for frequency mixing, and the signal-synthesizer module is respectively connected to the micro-controller module and the frequency-converter module.

5. The millimeter-wave up/down converter of claim 4, wherein the signal-synthesizer module is further connected with a clock-generator module for providing a reference clock to the signal-synthesizer module.

6. The millimeter-wave up/down converter of claim 1, wherein after the high frequency/low frequency signal is generated, the value of the high frequency/low frequency signal is detected and displayed on a display module by connecting the frequency-converter module with a signal detection module and the display module.

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Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0014] FIG. 1 is an architectural diagram of the embodiment of the present invention when the frequency is increased.

[0015] FIG. 2 is an architectural diagram of the embodiment of the present invention when the frequency is decreased.

DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0016] Please refer to FIG. 1, which is an embodiment of a millimeter-wave up/down converter with an internal signal source therein is capable of manual coarse tuning and fine tuning, used for receiving and converting a low frequency/high frequency signal into a high frequency/low frequency signal to be used by a device in a user terminal. The following shows an example of receiving and converting a low frequency signal into a high frequency for being used by a device in a user terminal.

[0017] The millimeter-wave up/down converter of the present invention with an internal signal source therein capable of manual coarse tuning and fine tuning, comprises a micro-controller module 1, an adjusting switch 2, and a frequency-converter module 3.

[0018] The micro-controller module 1 is provided with a frequency control signal with a frequency within a frequency range.

[0019] The adjusting switch 2 is connected to the micro-controller module 1 for adjusting the frequency control signal; thereby the adjusted frequency control signal is outputted from the micro-controller module 1. The adjusting switch 2 includes a coarse tuning multi-bit controlling switch 21 and a fine-tuning multi-bit controlling switch 22 that can be used to adjust the frequency control signal by way of manual coarse tuning and fine tuning. The micro-controller module 1 is further connected with a display module 11 for displaying the value of the adjusted frequency control signal.

[0020] The frequency-converter module 3 is connected to the micro-controller module 1 to receive the adjusted frequency control signal, such that after receiving an additional external low frequency 5G signal, the frequency-converter module 3 generates and outputs the high frequency signal. After the frequency-converter module 3 generates the high frequency signal, the value of the high frequency signal is detected and displayed on a display module 32 by connecting the frequency-converter module 3 with a signal detection module 31 and the display module 32.

[0021] Moreover, the present invention further comprises a signal-synthesizer module 4 for frequency mixing, and the signal-synthesizer module 4 is respectively connected to the micro-controller module 1 and the frequency-converter module 3. The signal-synthesizer module 4 is further connected with a clock-generator module 5 for providing a reference clock to the signal-synthesizer module 4.

[0022] Therefore, in an implementation, after the present invention and a signal input port receive a low frequency 5G signal, a user can manually adjust the adjusting switch 2 to adjust the frequency control signal by way of manually coarse tuning or fine tuning, thereby the adjusted frequency control signal in the micro-controller module 1 can be outputted from the micro-controller module 1, and the value of the adjusted frequency control signal can be displayed by the display module 11, and the low frequency 5G signal is converted by the frequency-converter module 3 to produce a high frequency signal, and the high frequency signal is then outputted to a client device 6, such as an antenna.

[0023] Therefore, through the arrangement of the present invention, users can manually adjust the inputted frequency control signal by way of manual coarse turning or fine turning at any time, and a low frequency signal originally received is converted into a high frequency, so as to improve the transmission speed and efficiency.

[0024] Similarly, when users need to transmit the high frequency signal back to a base station, the users can use the present invention to perform down-conversion, that is, when the signal input port receives the high frequency signal, the users can adjust the adjusting switch 2 capable of manual coarse tuning or fine tuning, so that the frequency control signal in the micro-controller module 1 can be adjusted and outputted from the micro-controller module 1 to form a low-frequency signal and output the low-frequency signal to the base station as shown in FIG. 2.

[0025] The description referred to in the drawings and stated above is only for the preferred embodiments of the present invention. Many equivalent variations and modifications can still be made by those skilled in the field of the present invention without departing from the spirit of the present invention, so they should be regarded to fall into the scope defined by the appended claims.

[0026] To sum up, the millimeter-wave up/down converter with an internal signal source therein capable of manual coarse tuning and fine tuning provided by the present invention can indeed meet its anticipated object, and can be put into industrial use.