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Amplitude modulation

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375 - Pulse or digital communications

375295000 - TRANSMITTERS

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Class / Patent application numberDescriptionNumber of patent applications / Date published
375300000 Amplitude modulation 89
20080198947Inductive Power and Data Transmission System Based on Class D and Amplitude Shift Keying - A rf signal transfer link is described which uses amplitude shift keying (ASK) to transfer rf data pulses. The link minimizes state transition time at the end of each data pulse.08-21-2008
20080240291PRE-EMPHASIS AUTOMATIC ADJUSTING SYSTEM, METHOD OF ADJUSTING PRE-EMPHASIS AND PRE-EMPHASIS SETTING SIGNAL GENERATING CIRCUIT - A pre-emphasis automatic adjusting system is provided which is capable of placing the best suitable emphasis against attenuation occurring in a through hole. A step signal is transmitted from a transmitting circuit via a signal transmission path to a receiving circuit with termination of the receiving circuit being released. A voltage of its reflected signal is compared with a first reference voltage of a first reference voltage source. Based on a comparison result in a capacitive reflection section in which a voltage of the reflected signal is less than the first reference voltage, a section detecting signal is outputted from a reflected wave detecting circuit.10-02-2008
20080253479SINGLE AND MULTIPLE SINEWAVE MODULATION AND DEMODULATION TECHNIQUES, APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS - A method for transmitting digital data from a substantially sinusoidal waveform containing encoded digital data having one of a first and second value at selected phase angles θ10-16-2008
20080304594METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING PEAK-TO-RMS AMPLITUDE RATIO IN COMMUNICATION SIGNALS - A pulse amplitude modulation (PAM) signal generator that injects a copy of a pulse into the PAM baseband signal prior to frequency upconversion and power amplification. The pulse comprises a function of, or an extra copy of, a pulse in the PAM baseband signal. The pulse injector analyzes the PAM baseband signal for times when a predetermined threshold is exceeded and forms a pulse that is constructed and arranged to reduce the amplitude of the PAM baseband signal to a desired peak amplitude when the pulse is added to the PAM baseband signal. In other embodiments the peak-to-RMS amplitude ratio reducing methods and apparatus used to process PAM signal are adapted for reducing peak-to-RMS amplitude ratios of amplitude modulation signals in polar modulation transmitters. Peak-to-RMS amplitude ratio reduction is performed in the quadrature domain, the polar domain, or both the quadrature and polar domains.12-11-2008
20080317169POLAR MODULATOR ARRANGEMENT AND POLAR MODULATION METHOD - A polar modulator arrangement has a first and a second node to receive a digital signal with a first and a second component corresponding to a digital amplitude component and a digital phase component. A digital interpolation filter generates an interpolated first component by interpolating and filtering the first component. A polar modulated radio frequency signal is generated by a combination element as a function of the interpolated first component and the second component.12-25-2008
20090003487REDUCING AMPLITUDE MODULATED NOISE FOR A WIRELESS TRANSCEIVER - Mechanisms for reducing amplitude-modulated noise in a wireless transceiver are generally described. In one example, an apparatus includes a radio-frequency identification (RFID) transceiver, a digital-analog converter (DAC) coupled with the transceiver, a reconstruction filter coupled with the digital-analog converter, and hold logic associated with the reconstruction filter to enable the reconstruction filter to hold its output voltage.01-01-2009
20090041156UWB System Employing Gaussian Minimum Shift Key Modulation, Common Mode Signaling, and Beamforming - A multi-mode transmission system supporting OFDM and single-carrier signals is configured to perform interpolation and decimation such that the ratio of the interpolation factor to the decimation factor equals the ratio between the OFDM sampling rate and the single-carrier chip rate. A constant-envelope modulator comprises a π/4 fixed rotator, a π/2 continuous rotator, and in-phase and quadrature-phase analog Bessel filters. Frame formats and signaling protocols are provided for signal acquisition, synchronization, and tracking between wireless devices that employ different antenna configurations. Spreading gains are selected to compensate for different antenna gains such that the total gain (antenna gain plus spreading gain) is substantially equal for transmissions employing different beam patterns.02-12-2009
20090060089POLAR MODULATION TRANSMITTER CIRCUIT AND COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - Provided is a transmitter circuit capable of operating with low distortion and high efficiency even in a modulation method using wide modulation bandwidth. In the transmitter circuit, a signal generation section (03-05-2009
20090147883DATA TRANSMITTER - Data transmitter includes a first and second output nodes terminated to a first level, a controller configured to generate an off signal that is activated by logically combining first and second data during a low-power mode, a first driver configured to drive the first or second output node to a second level in response to the first data and a second driver configured to drive the first or second output node to the second level with a driving force different from that of the first driver in response to the second data, the second driver being turned off when the off signal is activated.06-11-2009
20090175380Complex Signal Scaling for Phase and/or Amplitude Modulated Signals - A signal scaling device (D), for a transmission path of a wireless communication equipment, comprises a processing means (PM) adapted to receive a phase and/or amplitude modulated signal (I/Q) to transmit, and arranged to multiply said phase and/or amplitude modulated signal with a chosen complex gain in order to output said phase and/or amplitude modulated signal with a chosen scaled amplitude and a chosen phase offset.07-09-2009
20090257527TRANSMISSION CIRCUIT, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND USE - A method for the transmission and use of a power amplifier and transmission circuit of a radio network is provided that includes a power amplifier, which is connectable to an antenna, a counter whose output is connected to a control input of the power amplifier to output a count value to control the amplification of the power amplifier, a register for storing a register value, a comparator whose inputs are connected to the output of the counter and the register for comparing the register value with the count value, and a control circuit whose input is connected to the comparator and whose output is connected to the counter to control a counting process depending on the comparison result of the comparator.10-15-2009
20090262863AMPLITUDE CONTROL CIRCUIT, POLAR MODULATION TRANSMISSION CIRCUIT AND POLAR MODULATION METHOD - The amplitude control circuit of the present invention can reduce output noise and suppress a decrease in reception sensitivity. An amplitude control section (10-22-2009
20090310709Amplitude modulated pulse transmitter - An amplitude modulated pulse transmitter designed to operate across a multi MHz range of modulation frequencies. A wire wound rare earth magnet is to be utilized instead of the typical modulation transformer. Additionally, a plurality of electrolytic capacitors are also employed in the transmitter.12-17-2009
20090316830Method and transmitting device for encoding data in a differential space-time block code - A method and a corresponding transmitting device to encode data with a differential space-time block code. A code matrix is calculated recursively from a momentary data matrix with a previous code matrix as a DSTBC block with symbols that are to be transmitted, the data matrix is formed from at least two data symbols that are to be transmitted, and the amplitude is modulated. Amplitude modulation data is encoded into an amplitude difference of at least two data symbols within each individual DSTBC block.12-24-2009
20100002803COMMUNICATION METHOD AND DEVICE - The present invention relates to the field of communication and transmission of signals. In particular, the present invention relates to a new communication and/or modulation method. The present invention also relates to improving channel occupancy. The present specification discloses the adoption of phase transitions/changes in a manner that indicates a code by virtue of their position (timing) in the communication. This is referred to as Phase Position Modulation.01-07-2010
20100002804RADIO TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND RADIO TRANSMISSION METHOD - It is possible to provide a radio transmission device and a radio transmission method which can avoid degradation of a channel estimation accuracy using a reference signal formed by a ZC sequence even when the RS transmission band of a local cell is different from that of an adjacent cell. A mobile station decides a cyclic shift sequence corresponding to RB allocation information from an RS table which correlates different frequency bandwidths from a reference point of respective transmission bands to a spectrum start number of the cyclic shift sequence so as to satisfy a particular relationship based on the sequence length and transmits the decided cyclic shift sequence as RS to a base station. The base station uses the same RS table as the RS table of the mobile station and performs correlation calculation of the RS transmitted from the mobile station, thereby performing channel estimation.01-07-2010
20100061483PULSE RADIO TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND TRANSCEIVER - A radio transmission apparatus has a first duty adjustment circuit which changes a duty of a clock signal, a second duty adjustment circuit which changes the duty of the clock signal to a duty different from the duty of the clock signal changed by the first duty adjustment circuit, a first AND circuit which takes a logical product between a data signal and the clock signal having passed through the first duty adjustment circuit, and a second AND circuit which takes a logical product between an output signal of the first AND circuit and the clock signal having passed through inversion of the output of the second duty adjustment circuit to generate a pulse signal.03-11-2010
20100086081MODULATION DEVICE AND DEMODULATION DEVICE - Provided is a modulation device which generates a phase modulation signal and an amplitude modulation signal and can correct an I/Q orthogonal shift and reduce degradation of the ON/OFF ratio. In the device, a phase shifter (04-08-2010
20100111227DIGITAL POLAR RADIO FREQUENCY TRANSMITTING DEVICE WITH A RADIOFREQUENCY REFERENCE OSCILLATOR AND AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT COMPRISING SUCH DEVICE - A radiofrequency transmitting device delivers output signals having a chosen radiofrequency from input data split up into complementary phase data and amplitude data. This device includes a radiofrequency reference oscillator for outputting a reference signal having a fixed radiofrequency reference, and a digital phase modulator for synthesizing the chosen radiofrequency from the fixed radiofrequency reference and for phase modulating the reference signal with the phase data, in order to produce an output signal having the chosen radiofrequency.05-06-2010
20100135435METHOD OF ESTIMATING FADING COEFFICIENTS OF CHANNELS AND OF RECEIVING SYMBOLS AND RELATIVE SINGLE OR MULTI-ANTENNA RECEIVER AND TRANSMITTER - The method is for estimating the fading coefficients of a plurality of transmission channels on which signals to be sent, generated as a function of a sequence of symbols, are transmitted according to a particular modulation, e.g. AM-PSK modulation. The fading coefficients are estimated by using estimations of the transmitted symbols obtained in advance, thus obtaining DC components of the received signal by coherent demodulation locked to the phases of the transmitted AM-PSK signals, and processing these DC components. The method may not require the choice of a stochastic distribution model of the channel fading, thus it remains efficient even when the channel characteristics vary significantly. Moreover, the method works correctly even if the received stream is disturbed by inter-symbolic interference (ISI) and/or by multi-path fading.06-03-2010
20100135436SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, a first encoder encodes main information, a second encoder encodes sub-information, a first modulator modulates a carrier based on an output of the first encoder, a duplicating module duplicates an output of the second encoder to generate encoded sub-information units, and a second modulator amplitude-modulates an output of the first modulator based on the encoded sub-information units. The second modulator amplitude-modulates with σ/(μ×(206-03-2010
20100183092ADAPTIVE DIFFERENTIAL PULSE CODE MODULATION/DEMODULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - An adaptive differential pulse-code modulation-demodulation system and method thereof is provided. The method includes steps of modulating an analog audio input signal into a data packet, including a plurality of digital data through adaptive differential pulse-code modulation, an initial value and a scale factor associated with the digital data, to be sent to the communication network, and demodulating the data packet according to the digital data, the initial value and the scale factor, thereby reconstructing the data packet to an analog audio output signal.07-22-2010
20100189192RADIO TRANSMISSION DEVICE, RADIO RECEPTION DEVICE, AND PRECODING METHOD - Provided is a radio transmission device which can improve an error ratio characteristic in a radio communication system which performs precoding. There are two types of modulation methods: a first modulation method having a small error ratio improvement width by precoding and a second modulation method having a large error ratio improvement width by precoding. In the radio transmission device (07-29-2010
20100232546Relay Link Control Channel Design - A method for wireless communication is provided. The method comprises transmitting a relay downlink control information (R-DCI) block in a plurality of resource blocks.09-16-2010
20100254490Variable-Size Mixer for High Gain Range Transmitter - Implementations of a high gain range transmitter with variable-size mixers are described.10-07-2010
20100260289Method, System, and Apparatus for Balanced Frequency Up-Conversion of a Baseband Signal - A balanced transmitter up-converts a baseband signal directly from baseband-to-RF. The up-conversion process is sufficiently linear that no IF processing is required, even in communications applications that have stringent requirements on spectral growth. In operation, the balanced modulator sub-harmonically samples the baseband signal in a balanced and differential manner, resulting in harmonically rich signal. The harmonically rich signal contains multiple harmonic images that repeat at multiples of the sampling frequency, where each harmonic contains the necessary information to reconstruct the baseband signal. The differential sampling is performed according to a first and second control signals that are phase shifted with respect to each other. In embodiments of the invention, the control signals have pulse widths (or apertures) that operate to improve energy transfer to a desired harmonic in the harmonically rich signal. A bandpass filter can then be utilized to select the desired harmonic of interest from the harmonically rich signal. The sampling modules that perform the sampling can be configured in either a series or a shunt configuration. In embodiments of the invention, DC offset voltages are minimized between the sampling modules to minimize or prevent carrier insertion into the harmonic images.10-14-2010
20100290562Digital Compensation for Nonlinearities in a Polar Transmitter - A polar transmitter includes a digital processor coupled to receive a complex modulated digital signal and a feedback signal produced from the complex modulated digital signal and that is operable to compare the complex modulated digital signal to the feedback signal to determine an error signal indicative of a difference between the complex modulated digital signal and the feedback signal. The digital processor is further operable to produce a correction signal from the error signal and to add the correction signal to the complex modulated digital signal to produce a corrected complex modulated digital signal.11-18-2010
20100290563Hybrid Radio Frequency Transmitter - A hybrid transmitter includes first and second up-conversion modules, a combining module, and a power amplifier circuit. The first up-conversion module is operably coupled to generate a first up-conversion signal based on a normalized in-phase (I) symbol, an in-phase local oscillation, and phase or frequency information. The second up-conversion module is operably coupled to generate a second up-conversion signal based on a normalized quadrature (Q) symbol, a quadrature local oscillation, and the phase or frequency information. The combining module is operably coupled to combine the first and second up-conversion signals to produce a radio frequency (RF) signal. The power amplifier circuit is operably coupled to adjust amplitude of the RF signal based on amplitude information to produce an amplitude and phase modulated RF signal.11-18-2010
20100303171SYSTEM AND METHOD PERFORMING QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION BY COMBINING CO-SETS AND STRONGLY CODED CO-SET IDENTIFIERS - A method of encoding a stream of data elements is provided which involves splitting the stream of data elements into a first stream and a second stream; encoding the first stream to produce a first encoded stream; performing a constellation mapping using a combination of the first encoded stream and a third stream which is based on the second stream. This may involve defining a signal constellation; defining a plurality of co-sets within the constellation such that a minimum distance between constellation points within each co-set is larger than a minimum distance between any constellation points within the signal constellation; performing said constellation mapping by using the first encoded stream to identify a sequence of co-sets of said plurality of co-sets, and by using the third stream to identify a sequence of constellation points within respective co-sets of the sequence of co-sets identified by said first encoded stream.12-02-2010
20100310008CIRCUIT TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND TRANSMISSION METHOD - A transmission apparatus includes: a multiplier configured to multiply a signal provided on a complex plane by a multiplication coefficient corresponding to a number of transmission sub-carriers; and an inverse fast Fourier transformer configured to perform an inverse fast Fourier transform on the multiplied signal.12-09-2010
20100329388FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZER AND POLAR TRANSMITTER HAVING THE SAME - A frequency synthesizer includes a distributed phase detector circuit, a multiple charge pump, a loop filter, a voltage-controlled oscillator and a dividing circuit. The distributed phase detector circuit delays an up signal and a down signal to generate a delayed up signal and a delayed down signal. The multiple charge pump generates a distributed current signal including a plurality of current pulse signals. Each of the current pulse signal is based on each bit of the delayed up signal and the delayed down signal. The loop filter filters the distributed current signal to generate a control voltage. The voltage-controlled oscillator generates an oscillation frequency signal based on the control voltage. The dividing circuit divides the oscillation frequency signal to generate a plurality of division frequency signals in response to a plurality of control signals, where the frequency signals are fedback to the distributed phase detector circuit.12-30-2010
20110007842TRANSMISSION ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR MODULATING USEFUL SIGNALS ONTO A CARRIER FREQUENCY SIGNAL - A transmission arrangement for modulating useful signals onto a carrier frequency signal has a frequency generator for generating the carrier frequency signal, a first modulation path for modulating a first useful signal onto the carrier frequency signal, and a second modulation path for modulating a second useful signal onto the carrier frequency signal. The first modulation path has a digital modulator for providing an amplitude signal and a Cartesian signal pair from the first useful signal and a Cartesian modulator for modulating the Cartesian signal pair onto the carrier frequency signal in order to provide an intermediate signal. The first modulation path is configured in such a manner that the amplitude signal is modulated onto the intermediate signal in order to provide an output signal.01-13-2011
20110116576METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AND RECEIVING MODULATED RADIO WAVES - A transmitter includes an oscillator that generates a clock signal and a mapping unit that maps received data-bits to symbols and designates each of the symbols as three or more signal coding levels, where each of the signal coding levels are represented by a plurality of digital codes. The three or more signal coding levels representing each symbol are DC balanced and include a plurality of peak amplitudes. The transmitter further includes a digital to analog convertor that converts the plurality of digital codes to a corresponding plurality of analog amplitude levels at a rate determined by the clock signal, whereby the analog amplitude levels generate a signal coding level. A filter then smoothes the plurality of analog amplitude levels and generates a modulated carrier wave that is coded by the symbols.05-19-2011
20110135035EFFICIENT OUTPHASING TRANSMITTER - Techniques for producing an output signal using an outphasing transmitter are disclosed. In some examples, constant modulation (CM) signals may be produced from a digital input signal. The CM signals may be converted to an analog state and filtered. The signals may then be modulated to produce modulated signals, which may be amplified. The amplified signals may be combined to produce combined signals, which may further be combined to produce an output signal.06-09-2011
20110142168TRANSMITTING APPARATUS WITH BIT ARRANGEMENT METHOD - A method of transmitting data that includes controlling generation of bit sequences to adjust an occupation rate occupied with predetermined bits included in a first data block, which is obtained by encoding first data in a first encoding process, to be equal or closer to an occupation rate occupied with predetermined bits included in a second data block, which is obtained by encoding second data in a second encoding process, in regard to first bit positions of the bit sequences generated using bits included in the first and second data blocks; and performing multi-level modulation for transmission based on the generated bit sequences.06-16-2011
20110150133BITS-TO-SYMBOL MAPPING METHOD FOR 4+12+16 APSK MODULATION - Disclosed is a bits-to-symbol mapping method of 4+12+16 amplitude phase shift keying (APSK) having excellent performance against the non-linearity of a high power amplifier. According to the present invention A bits-to-symbol mapping method of 4+12+16 APSK modulation, comprising: representing 32 symbols of the 4+12+16 APSK modulation by a polar coordinate and arranging the 32 symbols by a size of θ while giving priority to a symbol having a small signal size when the size of θ of two or more symbols are same; grouping the arranged 32 symbols into 4 groups according to quadrant regions where the symbols are located; and allocating bits so that the same bits are allocated to the symbols belonging to the same region for each region with respect to each of the first to fifth bits of the symbols grouped into four regions.06-23-2011
20110274211APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING A SIGNAL AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING A SIGNAL - The present invention relates to a method of transmitting and a method of receiving signals and corresponding apparatus. One aspect of the present invention relates to an efficient L11-10-2011
20110280340Frequency Synthesis - An apparatus including a spin torque oscillator configured to receive an input electric current and to produce a radio frequency output signal; and a tunable current source for providing an input electric current to the spin torque oscillator.11-17-2011
20120002754TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND TRANSMISSION METHOD - Disclosed is a transmission apparatus, a radio communication apparatus, and a transmission method for making it possible to obtain stable characteristics by controlling the difference of time between an amplitude signal and a phase signal to an optimal point, without depending on a modulated signal nor making the circuit size larger. A multiplier (01-05-2012
20120027127AMPLIFIER - An amplifier includes a separating unit, a generator, first to fourth switching amplifiers, and an outputting unit. The separating unit separates a pulse signal into a first separated pulse signal and a second separated pulse signal. The generator generates first to fourth low speed pulse signals by using the first and the second separated pulse signal. The first switching amplifier amplifies the first low speed pulse signal. The second switching amplifier amplifies the second low speed pulse signal by using the output of the first switching amplifier as a power-supply. The third switching amplifier amplifies the third low speed pulse signal. The fourth switching amplifier amplifies the fourth low speed pulse signal by using the output of the third switching amplifier as a power-supply. The outputting unit combines and outputs the first and the second output pulse signal.02-02-2012
20120045022METHOD AND CIRCUIT FOR AMPLITUDE MODULATION OF A CARRIER SIGNAL WITH A SPECIFIED MODULATION FACTOR - An amplitude of a carrier signal at an output of an impedance matching block is measured as a first amplitude value. A value of the signal amplitude at the output of the impedance matching block is calculated as a second amplitude value that a signal resulting from amplitude modulation with said modulation factor from said carrier signal should assume, said carrying signal having an amplitude with the first amplitude value. A setting of a transmitter is changed to decrease the carrier signal amplitude at the output of the impedance matching block. An amplitude of a new carrier signal at the output of the impedance matching block is measured as a new amplitude value. The transmitter setting keeps changing so many times until the new amplitude value is equal to or lower than said second amplitude value or within a predetermined tolerance range around said second amplitude value. Parameters of the last new transmitter setting are stored as the parameters of the transmitter setting, by means of which the transmitter will generate a transmitted signal being amplitude-modulated in the specified manner. The setting of the amplitude modulation with the specified modulation factor is carried out automatically. The designing of the transmitter circuit is simplified.02-23-2012
20120057655Polar Transmitter Suitable for Monolithic Integration in SoCs - The disclosed polar modulation transmitter circuit is configured to generate an output signal having a transmission frequency that minimizes crosstalk effects between different transmission bands (e.g., Bluetooth, GSM, UMTS, etc.). In particular, a polar modulation transceiver circuit, having an amplitude modulated (AM) signal and a phase modulated (PM) signal, comprises a digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) configured to generate a DCO signal having a DCO frequency. The DCO signal is provided to one or more frequency dividers that are configured to selectively divide the DCO signal to generate various lower frequency signals, used to select a sampling rate for a DAC operating on the AM signal and an RF carrier signal frequency, which result in an output signal having a frequency that does not interfere with other RF systems on the same IC (e.g., that falls outside of the downlink frequency of other RF systems). Other systems and methods are also disclosed.03-08-2012
20120076239TRANSMITTER FOR MULTI-FORMAT DATA - A data transmitter (A, B, C, D) wherein, in a first operating mode, the first and second carrier signals are mutually phase-shifted, and the data module generates said first and second data signals based on different data, so as to produce, at the transmitter's output, a modulated signal exhibiting a first constellation of states (A, B, C, D) in a complex plane,03-29-2012
20120082265AMPLITUDE CONTROL CIRCUIT, POLAR MODULATION TRANSMISSION CIRCUIT, AND POLAR MODULATION METHOD - A reference voltage adjustment unit (04-05-2012
20120099675TRANSMISSION CIRCUIT AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Provided is a transmission circuit which allows smooth switching of the operation mode when switching the operation mode of the transmission circuit. A power amplifier 04-26-2012
20120163501METHOD FOR GENERATING A MODULATED SIGNAL, AND TRANSMISSION DEVICE - In the field of communications, a method for generating a modulated signal and a transmission device are disclosed. The method for generating a modulated signal includes: generating first monochromatic light and second monochromatic light between which a frequency difference exists ; modulating the first monochromatic light and the second monochromatic light respectively to obtain a first modulated optical signal and a second modulated optical signal; superimposing the first modulated optical signal and the second modulated optical signal to obtain a hybrid optical signal; and performing photoelectric conversion on the hybrid optical signal to obtain a modulated signal.06-28-2012
20120300879High Bandwidth Modulation and Transmission - This disclosure relates systems and methods for a high bandwidth modulation and transmission of communication signals.11-29-2012
20130070872AMPLITUDE MODULATION OF CARRIER TO ENCODE DATA - A method and system is provided for communicating distinct data over a single frequency using on-off keying, a form of amplitude modulation, or phase changes timed to the zero crossing point of the carrier. A data signal is synchronized with the carrier by adding padding bits so that the number of bits is equal to the frequency of the carrier. The carrier is then modified by attenuating the carrier as needed once per cycle. Said carrier is then transmitted. The resulting transmitted carrier carries a number of bits equal to the transmit frequency. At the receive end, the received signal is compared to a sine wave to determine if the incoming signal is at full strength or at reduced strength, allowing for the detection of encoded digital information. In a another embodiment, the phase of the carrier is changed instead of attenuating the carrier, timed to the carrier cycles,once or twice per cycle.03-21-2013
20130121444DRIVER CIRCUIT FOR DRIVING A POWER AMPLIFIER - A circuit for providing AM/PM modulation is described. The circuit includes a signal generator, which provides two phase modulated (PM) signals used to form two drive signals which are later combined in a constructive/destructive fashion. The combination of the two phase modulated signals form a signal for driving a load. When the load is driven, the resulting signal is AM/PM modulated.05-16-2013
20130142283TRANSMITTER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - An RF signal generator divides an input radio signal into an amplitude signal and a phase signal and outputs the amplitude signal and the phase signal. A switching amplifier amplifies the radio signal with the amplitude signal and the phase signal. The switching amplifier includes at least one variable current sources that is controlled by the amplitude signal and supplies a current to the switching amplifier. The switching amplifier includes at least one switching elements that connects the variable current sources to one of a terminal connected a ground potential and an output terminal of the switching amplifier according to the phase signal.06-06-2013
20130163697CIRCUIT FOR TRANSMITTING ASK RF SIGNALS WITH DATA SIGNAL EDGE ADAPTATION - The circuit is provided for the transmission of data amplitude modulated radio frequency signals. The circuit includes a local oscillator for generating an oscillating signal at a determined carrier frequency, a unit for shaping data pulses to supply a data amplitude modulation control signal (Vmod), and a power amplifier receiving the oscillating signal and the data amplitude modulation control signal (Vmod) for the transmission of data amplitude modulated radio frequency signals by an antenna or an antenna arrangement. The data pulse shaping unit (06-27-2013
20130170583TRANSMITTING SYSTEM, RECEIVING SYSTEM, TRANSMITTING METHOD, AND RECEIVING METHOD - Provided are a transmitting system including a pulse amplitude modulator section that pulse amplitude modulates an input signal into a set of first and second pulse amplitude modulated signals, a first frequency signal output section that outputs a first frequency signal, a first amplitude shift keying modulator section that amplitude shift keying modulates, using the first frequency signal, the first pulse amplitude modulated signal into an amplitude shift keying modulated signal, an adder section that adds together the amplitude shift keying modulated signal and the second pulse amplitude modulated signal to generate a transmission signal, and a transmitter section that transmits the transmission signal, a transmitting method, a receiving system for receiving the signal transmitted from the transmitting system and a receiving method.07-04-2013
20130188754TRANSMITTER AND FREQUENCY DEVIATION REDUCTION METHOD THEREOF - A transmitter is provided. The transmitter includes a phase/frequency deviation input, a controller and a frequency modulating path. The phase/frequency deviation input receives multiple phase/frequency deviation samples. The controller outputs a modified phase/frequency deviation signal and generates a phase/frequency deviation carry-out signal in response to the phase/frequency deviation samples and a previous time sample of the phase/frequency deviation carry-out signal. The frequency modulating path performs frequency modulation in response to the modified phase/frequency deviation signal and outputs a frequency modulated carrier signal.07-25-2013
20130195222Array amplitude modulation system and method - Array amplitude modulation which includes mapping a data symbol to a phase modulation signal and an amplitude modulation signal for transmission from antenna elements; applying the phase modulation signal to the antenna element amplifiers; and generating a pattern of enabling/disabling the antenna element amplifiers as a function of the amplitude modulation to produce a phase and amplitude modulated transmission from the antenna elements.08-01-2013
20130202060COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A modulator generates a modulation signal from an input signal, and a serial-parallel converter generates a subcarrier modulation signal from the modulation signal. An IFFT unit performs an inverse fast Fourier transformation on the subcarrier modulation signal to generate first data. An operator multiplies respective elements of the first data by amplitude coefficients, and further adds dispersion coefficients to the multiplication result, the amplitude coefficients being real numbers other than 0 defined for the respective elements, at least one of the amplitude coefficients having a value other than 1, the dispersion coefficients being complex numbers defined for the respective components, and at least one of the dispersion coefficients having a value other than 0. Then, data symbols are generated based on a calculation result. A transmitter transmits a transmission frame including the data symbols to another apparatus via an antenna.08-08-2013
20130208829SYSTEM FOR SIMULTANEOUS TRANSMISSION OF MORSE SIGNALLING OVER A RADIO COMMUNICATION USING DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY - System for simultaneous transmission (08-15-2013
20130230124Method and Apparatus for Transmit Signal Pulse Shaping - A method and apparatus for transmit signal pulse shaping. Automotive vehicle manufacturers that incorporate electronic components into an automotive vehicle must consider emission requirements masks that can be dependent on particular geographic markets as well as the other electronic components contained within a particular automotive vehicle design. A physical layer device is provided that can be configured to operate in multiple emissions configurations using configurable parameters.09-05-2013
20130251067ASK SIGNAL GENERATOR - According to one embodiment, an ASK signal generator includes a differential oscillator, a first modulator, a second modulator, a first transmission line, a second transmission line and an impedance adjustment circuit. The differential oscillator generates first and second signals having an opposite phase, and outputs the first and second signals from first and second output terminals. The first modulator connected to the first output terminal is set in the normally off state. The second modulator connected to the second output terminal is turned on or off according to a digital signal. The first and second transmission lines connected to the first and second output terminals have a length equal to a ¼ wavelength of the oscillation frequency of the differential oscillator. The impedance adjustment circuit is operated together with the second modulator according to the digital signal.09-26-2013
20130279631Dynamic Polarization Modulation and Control - A method for sending a data from an electromagnetic radiator by polarization modulation of an electromagnetic wave includes radiating from the radiator first and second electromagnetic waves including first and second polarizations respectively, the first polarization being different than the second polarization. The first and second electromagnetic waves form a third electromagnetic wave having a third polarization different from the first or second polarization. The method includes modulating the third polarization responsive to the data by modulating one or more parts of the third electromagnetic wave. The data is sent in the third polarization. A system for sending a data includes an oscillator adapted to generate an oscillating signal, and a phase shifter coupled to the oscillator and adapted to generate a first phase-shifted oscillating signal having a first phase. The phase shifter is adapted to vary the phase difference across a predefined range in response to the data.10-24-2013
20130336423Transmitter Utilizing a Leaky Wave Antenna - Methods and systems for a sub-harmonic transmitter utilizing a leaky wave antenna are disclosed and may include transmitting wireless signals at a harmonic frequency of a source signal utilizing one or more leaky wave antennas (LWAs) in a wireless device including one or more transceivers on a chip. The LWAs may be configured with a resonant frequency at the harmonic frequency. The source signal may be communicated to the LWAs utilizing a power amplifier, which may be operated in switching mode thereby generating a square wave from the source signal. The LWAs may be integrated on the chip, on a package to which the chip is affixed and/or on a printed circuit board to which the chip is affixed. The harmonic frequency may be three times a frequency of the source signal. The transmitted wireless signal may be amplitude modulated utilizing a bias voltage applied to the LWAs.12-19-2013
20140064410CHAOTIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Example chaotic communication systems and methods are described. In one implementation, a method receives a portion of a chaotic waveform that has a temporal length. The method also receives a data signal for communication to a destination. A chaotic data signal is generated based on the received data signal. The chaotic data signal includes the chaotic waveform inserted at periodic intervals based on the temporal length of the chaotic waveform.03-06-2014
20140119476POLAR TRANSMITTER SUITABLE FOR MONOLITHIC INTEGRATION IN SoCs - The disclosed polar modulation transmitter circuit is configured to generate an output signal having a transmission frequency that minimizes crosstalk effects between different transmission bands (e.g., Bluetooth, GSM, UMTS, etc.). In particular, a polar modulation transceiver circuit, having an amplitude modulated (AM) signal and a phase modulated (PM) signal, comprises a digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) configured to generate a DCO signal having a DCO frequency. The DCO signal is provided to one or more frequency dividers that are configured to selectively divide the DCO signal to generate various lower frequency signals, used to select a sampling rate for a DAC operating on the AM signal and an RF carrier signal frequency, which result in an output signal having a frequency that does not interfere with other RF systems on the same IC (e.g., that falls outside of the downlink frequency of other RF systems). Other systems and methods are also disclosed.05-01-2014
20140198880BROADBAND HIGH EFFICIENCY AMPLIFIER SYSTEM - Systems and methods are provided for generating a modulated radio frequency (RF) output signal representing a baseband input signal. A digitizer is configured to sample the baseband input signal and produce an N-bit binary digital signal representing a scaled linear function of the signal amplitude. An RF signal source configured to produce an RF carrier signal. N amplifier paths each include at least one amplifier configured to receive the RF carrier signal as an input and provide a corresponding output RF signal. The amplifiers associated with each of the N amplifier paths are active only when a corresponding bit of the digital signal assumes a first value. A power combiner assembly is configured to combine the outputs of the plurality of amplifier paths to deliver the modulated RF output signal.07-17-2014
20140198881COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication apparatus comprises an inserter that inserts an element having a value of 0 or nearly 0 into a predetermined position of a modulated signal to generate inserted data; an operator that adds a pilot signal comprising a data series of which the elements at the positions corresponding to the predetermined positions in the modulated signal are multiplied by a first amplitude coefficient and the elements other than the elements multiplied by the first amplitude coefficient are multiplied by a second amplitude coefficient to the inserted data to generate a post-operation data; an IFFT unit that performs IFFT on the post-operation data; and a transmitter that generates a baseband signal based on the post-operation data on which the IFFT is performed and transmits a transmission signal generated from the baseband signal.07-17-2014
20140314184WIRELESS TRANSMITTER FOR MULTI-MODE CONCURRENT TRANSMISSION OF SIGNALS COMPLYING WITH DIFFERENT COMMUNICATION STANDARDS - A wireless transmitter has a digital baseband module and a radio-frequency (RF) transmitter. The digital baseband module generates a multi-mode modulated signal by using a plurality of digital synthesizers. The RF transmitter has a frequency synthesizer and a digital power amplifier (DPA). The frequency synthesizer generates an oscillation signal with an RF carrier frequency. The DPA generates a multi-standard RF signal according to the multi-mode modulated signal and the oscillation signal.10-23-2014
20140348269DATA CONVERTING DEVICE, DIGITAL TRANSMITTING APPARATUS USING THE DATA CONVERTING DEVICE, AND RALATED DATA CONVERTING METHOD - A data converting device includes: a data sampling circuit arranged to up-sample a digital signal to generate an up-sampling signal according to a clock signal; a voltage level generating circuit arranged to generate an adjustable voltage; and a signal converting circuit arranged to generate a converting signal according to the adjustable voltage and the up-sampling signal.11-27-2014
20140355717RADIO FREQUENCY TRANSMITTER WITH EXTENDED POWER RANGE AND RELATED RADIO FREQUENCY TRANSMISSION METHOD - A radio frequency transmitter includes a digital power amplifier and a bias control circuit. The digital power amplifier is arranged for receiving at least a radio frequency input signal, a digital amplitude control word signal and at least one bias voltage to generate a radio frequency output signal. The bias control circuit is coupled to the digital power amplifier, and is arranged for adjusting the at least one bias voltage according to a power control signal.12-04-2014
20140355718DEVICE FOR MODIFYING TRAJECTORIES - The invention relates to a device for modifying trajectories.12-04-2014
20140376665METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MAPPING BIT SEQUENCES - A method of mapping a plurality of different bit sequences to a plurality of different signal points in a constellation, the number of bit sequences being greater than the number of signal points. The method includes, for a device in a telecommunication network, the acts of: determining, for each signal point in the constellation, a number of bit sequences to be mapped to each signal point, the numbers of bit sequences being distributed according to a discrete Gaussian distribution among the constellation, selecting in the plurality of bit sequences, for each signal point in the constellation, a set including the determined number of bit sequences (u) that minimize the maximal Hamming distance among the selected sets.12-25-2014
20150092887Compact antenna-transmitter system - A transmission system includes two sections. First transmitter section, located some distance from antenna, generates low power RF signal, which may be converted to digital format, modified for digital signal transport to second section transmitter, or it may transport low power RF analog signal to second section transmitter. The second section transmitter accepts signal from the first part transmitter. The incoming signal may be either pre-amplified for RF power amplifier, or if the imported signal is in the digital form it is converted into analog signal and pre-amplified for RF power amplifier. After final RF power amplification in the second section of the RF transmitter, the signal is transmitted directly to antenna radiating elements without transmission line.04-02-2015
20150110224INTERFACE DEVICE FOR PERFORMING ON-OFF KEYING MODULATION AND TRANSMITTER USING SAME - An interface device for performing on-off keying (OOK) modulation and a transmitter using the interface are disclosed. The interface device includes a first inverter and a second inverter. The first inverter outputs a signal to a first output terminal based on a digital baseband signal when the digital baseband signal is applied thereto. The second inverter outputs a signal to a second output terminal based on a signal obtained by inverting the phase of the digital baseband signal when the digital baseband signal is applied thereto.04-23-2015
20150124905APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CARRIER STATE MODULATION - A carrier state modulator system is described in which a stream of digital data bits is encoded by modulating the amplitude or phase of a carrier wave. A transmitter directly modulates the amplitude or phase of a selected number of cycles of the carrier in accordance with the state of each digital data bit. This method of direct generation of an amplitude or phase modulated carrier wave differs from mixing a phase amplitude baseband modulation onto a higher carrier frequency.05-07-2015
20150139362PULSE SHAPING CIRCUIT FOR IMPROVING SPECTRUM EFFICIENCY AND ON-OFF KEYING (OOK) TRANSMITTER INCLUDING PULSE SHAPING CIRCUIT - A pulse shaping circuit is configured to shape a waveform of an edge of a signal applied to a switch of a power amplifier included in an on-off keying transmitter.05-21-2015
20150318879METHOD FOR LOCATING DEFECTIVE POINTS IN A HIGH FREQUENCY (HF) SIGNAL TRANSMISSION PATH - A method for locating defects in a signal transmission path by generating an HF signal having a frequency f11-05-2015
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20160020929RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - A radio communication device comprises a processor configured to generate a transmission signal on the basis of data to be transmitted. The processor generates the transmission signal by a transmission scheme selected from a digital transmission scheme and an analog transmission scheme. The digital transmission scheme is a transmission scheme by which a bit stream obtained through binary encoding of the data to be transmitted is converted into the transmission signal. The analog transmission scheme is a transmission scheme by which the data to be transmitted directly is converted into the transmission signal without performing binary encoding of the data to be transmitted.01-21-2016
20160050095TRANSMITTER AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING PAYLOAD DATA, RECEIVER AND METHOD OF RECEIVING PAYLOAD DATA IN AN OFDM SYSTEM - A transmitter transmits payload data using Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) symbols. The transmitter comprises a frame builder configured to receive the payload data to be transmitted and to receive first signalling data for use in detecting and recovering the payload data at a receiver, and to form the payload data and the first signalling data into frames for transmission, the first signalling data forming a part of the frames with the payload data. A modulator is configured to modulate a first OFDM symbol with the first signalling data and to modulate one or more second OFDM symbols with the payload data. A signature sequence processor provides a signature sequence, a combiner combines the signature sequence with the first OFDM symbol, and a transmission unit transmits the first and second OFDM symbols. The signature sequence provided by the signature sequence processor comprises at least one of a first synchronisation sequence or a second message sequence, the first synchronisation sequence and/or the second message sequence being combined by the combiner with the first OFMD symbol. The first synchronisation sequence is provided for a receiver to detect and to recover the first signalling data from the first OFDM symbol and the second message sequence provides message information to the receiver. The message information may be used to convey a specific message to a user such as an emergency warning relating to a natural disaster such as an earthquake or a tsunami warning.02-18-2016
20160134450NON-CONTACT COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - Provided is a non-contact communication apparatus which uses a conventional IC chip without any change, while eliminating the need to transmit power to the IC chip and allowing an increase in communication range. A non-contact communication apparatus connectable to an IC chip includes an antenna section, a first detection section that retrieves a first detection signal from a signal received by the antenna section, an amplitude modulating section that amplitude-modulates a clock signal using the first detection signal retrieved by the first detection section and that inputs the amplitude-modulated signal to the IC chip, a second detection section that retrieves a second detection signal from an output signal from the IC chip, a load modulating section that load-modulates a carrier retrieved from the antenna section using the second detection signal retrieved by the second detection section and that inputs the load-modulated carrier to the antenna section, and a power supply section.05-12-2016
20160182263SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SWITCHING QUALITY FACTORS DURING INDUCTIVELY COUPLED COMMUNICATIONS06-23-2016
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20160191281SPINTRONIC WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY MODULATING MULTI-BAND FREQUENCY AND AMPLITUDE - A spintronic wireless communication system for simultaneously modulating multiband frequencies and amplitudes includes a plurality of spin-torque transfer devices which have different frequency characteristics from each other, and OOK modulate or multi-level ASK modulate input data to thereby output a multiband OOK modulation signal or a multiband, multi-level ASK modulation signal; a plurality of matching networks which match individual impedances of the plurality of spin-torque transfer devices; and a broadband antenna which receives the multiband OOK modulation signal or the multiband, multi-level ASK modulation signal from ends of the plurality of matching networks and simultaneously transmits the signals to the outside.06-30-2016
20160197718METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING DATA BY INDUCTIVE COUPLING WITH CONTROLLED SELF-OSCILLATION07-07-2016
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20090052579DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING DATA IN DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM - A digital broadcast receiving system and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. The method a method for controlling a digital broadcast receiving system includes the steps of receiving a broadcast signal having mobile service data and main service data multiplexed therein, extracting transmission parameter channel (TPC) signaling information and fast information channel (FIC) signaling information from a data group within the received mobile service data, acquiring a program table, by using the IP signaling channel within an ensemble included in the received broadcast signal, and controlling the system to create a list of channels mapped with all ensembles transmitted through at least one physical frequency, by using the acquired program table.02-26-2009
20090316831TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING DATA IN THE TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING SYSTEM - A receiving system and a data processing method are disclosed. The receiving system includes a receiving unit, a demodulator, a first handler, and a second handler. The receiving unit receives a broadcast signal including fast information channel (FIC) data, mobile service data, and a service signaling channel, the FIC data including a field indicating that a table signaling service guide bootstrap information to the service signaling channel is included therein, and the mobile service data and the service signaling channel are packetized into an RS frame belonging to a desired ensemble. The demodulator demodulates the received broadcast signal. The first handler acquires service guide bootstrap information from the table included in the service signaling channel. And, the second handler accesses a service guide announcement channel by using the service guide bootstrap information.12-24-2009
20100158156DIGITAL BROADCASTING RECEIVER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A method includes performing Reed Solomon (RS) and Cyclic Redundancy Check encoding on mobile data and a table including access information of the data and information identifying a stream where data decryption keys are obtained, thereby forming an RS frame, which is divided into groups. Each group includes a portion of the RS frame data, known data sequences, fast information channel (FIC) data, and transmission parameter channel (TPC) data. The FIC data includes information for rapid mobile service acquisition. The TPC data includes information for indicating an FIC data update. A broadcast signal including the groups is transmitted. The RS frame size is L (rows)×N (column size of the RS frame) bytes. Each row has an M-byte header, leaving the remainder available for data. Data in the rows are packed into the rows end-to-end, with possible wrapping around at the end of each row to the next row.06-24-2010
20110103514TRANSMITTER/RECEIVER AND DATA TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION METHOD IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A transmitter for transmitting data in a communication system includes: a serial/parallel (S/P) conversion unit configured to convert data into an I signal and a Q signal; multiplication units configured to multiply the converted I and Q signals by orthogonal sequences, respectively; conversion units configured to Hilbert-transform the I and Q signals multiplied by the orthogonal sequences; addition units configured to add the I and Q signals multiplied by the orthogonal sequences and the Hilbert-transformed Q and I signal, respectively; and an intermediate frequency (IF)/radio frequency (RF) unit configured to up-convert the added I signal and the added Q signal and transmit the converted I and Q signals.05-05-2011
20110103515APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING DATA IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus for transmitting data in a communication system includes: a processor configured to process broadcasting data regarding various types of digital broadcasts to be provided to users; an S/P converter configured to convert additional data of the broadcasting data into a parallel type; a phase selector configured to generate a phase selection value using additional data bits, except for a first additional data bit, of the converted parallel-type additional data; a sequence generator configured to generate a sequence using the first additional data bit and the phase selection value; and an adder configured to couple the generated sequence with the processed broadcasting data.05-05-2011
20110110462DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING DATA IN DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM - A digital broadcast receiving system and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. The method a method for controlling a digital broadcast receiving system includes the steps of receiving a broadcast signal having mobile service data and main service data multiplexed therein, extracting transmission parameter channel (TPC) signaling information and fast information channel (FIC) signaling information from a data group within the received mobile service data, acquiring a program table, by using the IP signaling channel within an ensemble included in the received broadcast signal, and controlling the system to create a list of channels mapped with all ensembles transmitted through at least one physical frequency, by using the acquired program table.05-12-2011
20120106677DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING DATA IN DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM - A method of transmitting a broadcast signal in a transmitter includes transmitting a transmission frame including a plurality of slots during which data groups of mobile data are transmitted, the mobile data being encoded through a Reed-Solomon (RS) frame and each row of a payload of the RS frame including a transport packet of the mobile data.05-03-2012

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