Improved method and apparatus for up- and down- conversion...

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H04B 1/04 (2006.01) H03D 7/16 (2006.01) H04B 1/30 (2006.01)

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CA 2421173

This patent describes a method and system which overcomes the LO-leakage problem during modulation and demodulation, common to direct conversion and similar RF transmitters and receivers. This problem is solved using a virtual local oscillator (VLOTM) signal which emulates mixing with a local oscillators (LO) signal. The VLO signal is constructed using complementary mixing signals that suppress mixing power in the bandwidth of the input signal, and within the bandwidth of the output frequency. Specifically, mixing is done in two or more stages, using time-varying mixing signals .phi.1 and .phi.2 which satisfy the following criteria: .phi.1 * .phi.2 having significant power at the frequency of the LO being emulated, one of .phi.1 and .phi.2 having minimal p ower around the frequency of the output signal y(t), and the other of .phi.1 and .phi.2 having minimal power around the centre frequency, fRF, of the input signal x(t).

La présente invention concerne un procédé et un système qui permettent de surmonter le problème de perte de l'oscillateur local lors d'une modulation et d'une démodulation, problème commun aux émetteurs et aux récepteurs RF à conversion directe et similaires. Ce problème est résolu par l'utilisation d'un signal d'oscillateur local virtuel (VLO?TM¿) qui émule un mélange avec un signal d'oscillateur local (LO). Le signal VLO est établi par utilisation de signaux de mélange complémentaires qui suppriment la puissance de mélange dans la bande passante du signal d'entrée et dans la bande passante de la fréquence de sortie. De manière spécifique, le mélange est réalisé en deux ou plusieurs étapes, par utilisation de signaux de mélange variables dans le temps, .phi.¿1? et .phi.¿2?, qui obéissent aux critères suivants : .phi.¿1? * .phi.¿2? a une puissance importante à la fréquence du LO qui est émulé, l'un de .phi.¿1? et .phi.¿2? a une puissance minimale autour de la fréquence du signal de sortie <i>y(t)</i> et l'autre de .phi.¿1? et .phi.¿2? a une puissance minimale autour de la fréquence centrale f¿RF? du signal d'entrée <i>x(t)</i>.

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