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Dantoni
Francesco Dantoni, Richardson, TX US
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
|---|---|---|
| 20090143022 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING CARRIER LEAKAGE IN A DIRECT CONVERSION WIRELESS DEVICE - According to one embodiment of the invention, a system for controlling carrier leakage in a communications device is provided. The system includes a first mixer unit operable to receive a first signal, to convert the first signal into a second signal having a higher frequency than the first signal, and to transmit the second signal. The system also includes a second mixer unit. The second mixer unit is operable to receive the second signal, to convert the second signal into an in-phase signal and a quadrature signal each having lower frequency than the second signal, and to transmit the in-phase signal and the quadrature signal. The system also includes a processor coupled to the first mixer and the second mixer. The processor is operable to perform a leakage reduction procedure by receiving the in-phase signal and the quadrature signal from the second mixer, sampling the in-phase signal and the quadrature signal, determining that a result from the sampling is not equal to a predetermined value, initiating a transmission of a direct current offset signal to the first mixer unit, and adjusting a voltage of the direct current offset signal until a next result of the sampling approximately equals the predetermined value. | 06-04-2009 |
Francesco Dantoni, Atella (pz) IT
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
|---|---|---|
| 20090010358 | Methods and apparatus to pre-compensate for I/Q distortion in quadrature transmitters - Methods and apparatus to pre-compensate for in-phase/quadrature (I/Q) distortion in quadrature transmitters are disclosed. A disclosed example method comprises coupling a portion of an analog baseband in-phase signal to an analog baseband quadrature signal through an impedance, and selecting a resistance value for the impedance to pre-distort the analog baseband quadrature signal to compensate for an error introduced by modulation of the analog baseband in-phase signal and the analog baseband quadrature signal. | 01-08-2009 |
Francesco Dantoni, Roma IT
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
|---|---|---|
| 20110267146 | OPEN LOOP COARSE TUNING FOR A PLL - In many types of wireless applications (like wireless modems), it is important that the phase locked loops (PLLs) be able to synthesize clock frequencies in a wide tuning range. Because of the complexity of many conventional PLLs (which were deigned to cover wide tuning ranges), there was often a significant delay to achieve phase and frequency lock. Here, an open loop calibration system is provided to coarse tune a PLL very rapidly. Generally, this calibration system employs binary searches to coarsely adjust a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) from a VCO bank to within a predetermined range around a target frequency. | 11-03-2011 |