Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080232443 | SIGNAL GENERATING APPARATUS - A signal generating apparatus for generating a synthesized signal according to an input signal is provided. The signal generating apparatus includes a phase-locked loop device and a control unit. The phase-locked loop device has a phase/frequency detector for generating a detected signal according to a reference oscillating signal and a feedback signal, a control signal generator for generating a control signal according to the detected signal, a voltage controlled oscillator for generating the synthesized signal according to the control signal, and a divider for dividing the synthesized signal according to a dividing factor to generate the feedback signal. The control unit is for controlling the control signal generator to adjust the control signal in a calibration mode to thereby adjust a frequency of the synthesized signal. The phase/frequency detector does not output the detected signal to the control signal generator in the calibration mode. | 09-25-2008 |
20080272811 | SIGNAL GENERATING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A signal generating apparatus is disclosed for generating a synthesized signal according to an input signal. The signal generating apparatus includes a phase-locked loop device for generating the synthesized signal; a detecting device for detecting a reference signal to generate a calibrating signal; a filtering device for filtering the input signal and calibrating the input signal according to the calibrating signal to generate a filtered input signal; and a modulating device for modulating the filtered input signal in the normal operation mode and setting the dividing factor according to a first factor setting or a second factor setting in the calibration mode. | 11-06-2008 |
20090072911 | SIGNAL GENERATING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A signal generating apparatus is disclosed. The signal generating apparatus includes a phase-locked loop device for generating a synthesized signal, wherein the phase-locked loop device includes a phase detector, a charge pump device, a filtering device, a controllable oscillator, and a switch device coupled to the controllable oscillator for selectively coupling the controllable oscillator to the filtering device or a tuning reference signal; a calibration controller generates a tuning reference signal and controls the switch device; and a first calibrator tunes the controllable oscillator into a predetermined sub-band according to a reference oscillating signal and a synthesized signal when the switch device couples the controllable oscillator to the tuning reference signal of the calibration controller. | 03-19-2009 |
20090080563 | SIGNAL GENERATING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A signal generating apparatus is disclosed. The signal generating apparatus includes a test data generator for generating a test data; a fractional-N phase-locked loop device coupled to the test data generator for generating a synthesized signal according to the test data when the test data is received; and a calibrating device coupled to the fractional-N phase-locked loop device for measuring power of the synthesized signal to generate a calibration signal utilized for adjusting the fractional-N phase-locked loop device. | 03-26-2009 |
20100073048 | PHASE LOCKED LOOP AND CALIBRATION METHOD - A phase locked loop (PLL) directly uses a charge pump and loop filter therein for fast and low-costly calibration. The PLL comprises a charge pump, a loop filter, a voltage comparator, a counting device, and a calibration device. The loop filter comprises a voltage storage device coupled to the charge pump for charging by the charge pump, wherein the voltage storage device comprises a variable impedance. The voltage comparator is coupled to a voltage reference and to the voltage storage device for comparing a voltage of the storage device and a voltage of the voltage reference. The counting device is coupled to the voltage comparator to measure the charge time required for the voltage of the voltage storage device to substantially equal to the voltage of the voltage reference. The calibration device adjusts the variable impedance to adjust the time measured by the counting device to a desired time. | 03-25-2010 |
20100105341 | TRANSMITTER AND CONTROL METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND CALIBRATING A PHASE SIGNAL AND AN AMPLITUDE SIGNAL - A transmitter for transmitting and calibrating a phase signal and an amplitude signal. The transmitter comprises a phase modulation path, an amplitude modulation path, and a control unit. The phase modulation path transmits the phase signal. The amplitude modulation path transmits the amplitude signal. The control unit delays the signal on at least one of the phase modulation path and the amplitude modulation. | 04-29-2010 |
20100151802 | AMPLITUDE MODULATION CIRCUIT IN POLAR TRANSMITTER AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING AMPLITUDE OFFSET IN POLAR TRANSMITTER - An amplitude modulation circuit in a polar transmitter and a method for calibrating amplitude offset in the polar transmitter are provided. The amplitude modulation circuit includes a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), a low pass filter (LPF), a gm stage, and a calibration module. The DAC is coupled to an amplitude modulation signal input. The LPF is coupled to the DAC, and the gm stage is coupled to the LPF. The calibration module has an input coupled to the gm stage, and an output coupled to a node on a path between the DAC and the gm stage. The method includes: generating an amplitude offset calibration signal according to an amplitude modulation signal generated from the gm stage; and transmitting the amplitude offset calibration signal via the output of the calibration module to a node on a path between the DAC and the gm stage so as to calibrate the amplitude offset. | 06-17-2010 |
20100253401 | SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - A signal processing circuit includes: a first operation circuit for receiving a phase component of an input signal, and generating an adjusted phase component and at least one weighting factor according to the phase component of the input signal; a second operation circuit, coupled to the first operation circuit, for receiving the adjusted phase component and converting the adjusted phase component into a frequency component corresponding to the adjusted phase component; a third operation circuit, coupled to the first operation circuit, for receiving an amplitude component of the input signal, and adjusting the amplitude component according to the at least one weighting factor to generate an adjusted amplitude component; and a fourth operation circuit, coupled to the second operation circuit and the third operation circuit, for generating an output signal according to the frequency component and the adjusted amplitude component. | 10-07-2010 |
20110163790 | SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - A signal processing circuit includes: a phase modulating path arranged to adjust a phase component of an input signal to generate an adjusted phase component such that a phase difference of the input signal falls within a target phase difference range; and an amplitude modulating path arranged to exchange a sign of an amplitude component of the input signal corresponding to the phase component to generate an adjusted amplitude component when the phase modulating path adjusts the phase component. | 07-07-2011 |
20120040630 | AMPLITUDE MODULATION CIRCUIT IN POLAR TRANSMITTER AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING AMPLITUDE OFFSET IN POLAR TRANSMITTER - An amplitude modulation circuit in a polar transmitter includes a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), a filter, a gm stage, and a calibration module. The DAC is arranged to be coupled to an amplitude modulation signal input in a normal mode. The filter is coupled to the DAC, and the gm stage is coupled to the filter. The calibration module has an input coupled to the gm stage, and an output coupled to a node on a path between the DAC and the gm stage. A method for calibrating an amplitude offset in the polar transmitter includes: generating an amplitude offset calibration signal according to an amplitude modulation signal generated from the gm stage; and transmitting the amplitude offset calibration signal via the output of the calibration module to a node on a path between the DAC and the gm stage so as to calibrate the amplitude offset. | 02-16-2012 |