U.S. patent application number 09/111723 was filed with the patent office on 2001-05-31 for fmod transceivers including continuous and burst operated tdma, fdma, spread spectrum cdma, wcdma, and csma.
Invention is credited to FEHER, KAMILO.
Application Number | 20010002202 09/111723 |
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Family ID | 27004830 |
Filed Date | 2001-05-31 |
United States Patent
Application |
20010002202 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
FEHER, KAMILO |
May 31, 2001 |
FMOD TRANSCEIVERS INCLUDING CONTINUOUS AND BURST OPERATED TDMA,
FDMA, SPREAD SPECTRUM CDMA, WCDMA, AND CSMA
Abstract
Binary and Quadrature Feher's
(F).-Modulation/Transmitter-Receiver (Transceiver) with reduced
envelope fluctuations and peak radiation, increased efficiency
delivered by baseband, intermediate frequency (IF) connected RF
(radio frequency), Infrared (IR) and other devices. A subclass of
these systems has a constant envelope. Power advantages, robust BER
performance and linearly or nonlinearly amplified narrow spectrum
without the pitfalls of conventional BPSK, DBPSK QPSK and pi/4 QPSK
is attained. Feher's FBPSK improved efficiency transmitter is
compatible with conventional BPSK receivers. FBPSK modems are based
on using quadrature structure where Q channel data is inserted in
quadrature with I channel data for certain applications. The Q
channel data is "offset" from the changed data by an amount
selectable between zero (0) and a specified time. Further
improvement in the spectrum is attained using correlation between I
and Q channels. FBPSK modem is shown to meet the IEEE 802.11
specified spectral direct sequence spread spectrum mask (-30 dB
point) for wireless LAN, and leads output power gain of 6.5 dB over
BPSK modems. The Crosscoupled Quadrature Structure is also suitable
continuous mode and for burst operated TDMA, FDMA, CDMA, WCDMA and
CSMA Frequency Modulation Quadrature AM (QAM), pi/4-shifted QPSK
modems/processors are also disclosed. Reduced modulation index
Gaussian FSK (GFSK), multilevel FM and crosscoupled Quadrature
Amplitude Modulated (QAM) transmitters and combinations of these
modulations and corresponding coherent demodulators are disclosed.
Controlled rise and fall time descriptions of burst operated
systems are included.
Inventors: |
FEHER, KAMILO; (EL MACERO,
CA) |
Correspondence
Address: |
INTEL CORPORATION
ATTN: KEN SEDDON
5000 W. CHANDLER BLVD., CH-404
CHANDLER,
AZ
85226-3699
US
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Family ID: |
27004830 |
Appl. No.: |
09/111723 |
Filed: |
July 8, 1998 |
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Current U.S.
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375/130 ;
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H03C 3/005 20130101;
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Claims
What is claimed is:
1. A structure comprising: a input port for receiving input data; a
splitter having an input coupled to said input port, and serving to
split said input data into baseband signals; and a baseband signal
processing network for receiving said baseband signal streams and
providing cross-correlated processed in phase and quadrature phase
baseband signals and a spreading circuit for spreading the split
baseband signals.
2. A structure as in claim 1 which further comprises a quadrature
modulator for receiving said processed in phase and quadrature
phase baseband signals and providing a quadrature modulated output
signal.
3. A cross correlated quadrature architecture signal processor for
producing cross correlated in phase and quadrature phase signal
streams for modulation by a Quadrature Modulator comprising: a
filter for receiving an input signal selected from the group of
binary, multi-level, and analog signals and combinations thereof
and producing a filtered input signal; signal shaping means for
integrating said filtered input signal; an amplifier for varying
the modulation index of said signal processor, said amplifier
receiving said filtered input signal and providing an amplified
input signal; a splitter receiving said amplified input signal and
providing cross correlated data streams; and a signal processor
having an in phase and quadrature phase channel each receiving one
of said cross correlated data streams, each of said in phase and
quadrature phase channel having a first delay gain filter, means
for generating linearly and/or nonlinearly values for said in phase
and quadrature phase channel datastream, a wave shaper and a second
delay gain filter, such that said signal processor provides in
phase and quadrature phase cross correlated data signals for
quadrature modulation with a modulated signal adaptable for
coherent demodulation of the quadrature frequency modulated (FM)
signal.
4. A cross correlated quadrature architecture signal processor for
producing cross correlated in phase and quadrature phase data
streams for modulation by a Quadrature Modulator and subsequent
BPSK or QPSK demodulation of the quadrature modulated signal
comprising: a splitter for receiving an input signal selected from
the group of binary, multi-level, and analog signals and
combinations thereof and providing a pair of in-phase and
quadrature phase data signals; and a signal processor including an
in phase and quadrature phase channel each receiving one of said
pair of data signals, each of said channels including a delay
element for receiving said one of said pair of identical data
signals and producing a delayed signal in the range of zero delay
to a specified value; an amplifier for receiving said delayed
signal and producing an amplified data signal; a filter for
receiving said amplified signal and producing a filtered data
signal; such that said signal processor provides in phase and
quadrature phase cross correlated data signals for quadrature
modulation with a modulated signal suitable for amplification in
linear and non-linear mode and adaptable for BPSK or QPSK
demodulation.
5. A structure comprising: a input port for receiving a plurality
of input data signals; cross-correlator means for receiving said
input data signals and for generating cross-correlated processed in
phase and quadrature phase signals in response thereto.
6. A structure comprising: an input port for receiving input
signal(s); a circuit having an input coupled to said input port and
serving to said input signal(s) into baseband signal; and a
baseband signal processing circuit for receiving said baseband
signals and providing cross correlated in phase and quadrature
phase bandband signals.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This application is a Continuation-in-Part of U.S. patent
application Ser. No. 08/370,117 filed Jan. 9, 1995, now U.S. Pat.
No. 5,491,457.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] This invention relates to signal processors,
modulators/demodulators (modems), transmitters/receivers
(transceivers), and particularly to crosscoupled signal processors
for increasing the spectral and power efficiency of modulated NRZ
(non return to zero) signals, of digital binary and multilevel,
binary and multi-phase, and of analog modulated signals in power
efficient partly-linearized and nonlinearly amplified systems.
Cross-coupled binary, quadrature phase, frequency and amplitude
modulated systems transceivers are described. Tranceivers include
continuous mode and TDMA, FDMA, spread spectrum, CDMA, WCDMA, and
CSMA access and multiple access.
BACKGROUND
[0003] In radio, infrared, cable, fiber optics and practically all
communication transmission systems, power and spectral efficiency
combined with robust bit error rate (BER) performance in a noisy
and/or strong interference environment is a most desirable system
requirement. Robust BER performance is frequently expressed in
terms of the BER as a function of Energy per Bit (E.sub.b) divided
by Noise Density (N.sub.o), that is, by the BER=f(E.sub.b/N.sub.o)
expression. Cost, reduced size, compatibility and interoperability
with other conventional or standardized systems is highly desired.
Several recently-developed draft standards have adopted modulation
techniques such as conventional binary phase shift keying (BPSK),
quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK), and .pi./4-QPSK techniques
including differential encoding variations of the same. For
spectrally-efficient (i.e. bandlimited) signalling, these
conventional methods exhibit a large envelope fluctuation of the
modulated signal, and thus a large increase in peak radiation
relative to the average radiated power. Within the present state of
the art, for numerous transmitter applications, it is not practical
to introduce bandpass filtering after the radio frequency (RF)
final amplifier stage. Here we are using the term "radio frequency"
in its broadest sense, implying that we are dealing with a
modulated signal. The RF could be, for example, as high as the
frequency (inverse of the wavelength) of infrared or fiber optic
transmitters, it could be in the GHz range, e.g., between 1 GHz and
100 GHz, or it could be in the MHz range or just in the kHz
range.
[0004] In conventional BPSK and differentially-encoded phase-shift
keying systems such as DBPSK and DQPSK, large envelope fluctuations
require linearized or highly linear transmitters including
upconverters and RF power amplifiers and may require expensive
linear receivers including linear automatic gain control (AGC)
circuits. A transmitter nonlinear amplifier (NLA) reduces the time
domain envelope fluctuation of the bandlimited signal and this
reduction of the envelope fluctuation, being a signal distortion,
is the cause of spectral restoration or spectral regrowth and the
cause of unacceptable high levels of out-of-band spectral energy
transmission, also known as out-of-band interference. Additionally,
for conventional BPSK, QPSK, and also QAM (Quadrature Amplitude
Modulation) signals, in phase channel (I) to quadrature channel (Q)
crosstalk is generated which degrades the BER=f(E.sub.b/N.sub.o)
performance of the modulated radio transmitter.
[0005] Experimental work, computer simulation, and theory
documented in many recent publications indicates that for
bandlimited and standardized BPSK, QPSK, .pi./4-QPSK, and QAM
system specifications, a highly linear amplifier is required to
avoid the pitfalls of spectral restoration and of BER degradation.
Linearized or linear amplifiers are less power efficient (during
the power "on" state, power efficiency is defined as the transmit
RF power divided by DC power), considerably more expensive and/or
have less transmit RF power capability, are larger in size, and are
not as readily available as NLA amplifiers. As an illustrative
example of technology achievements on two recently-released radio
frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) amplifiers, we measured a
maximum possible output power of 18 dBm in a linear mode of
operation and as much as 24 dBm in a nonlinear or saturated mode of
operation practically with the same DC current and DC power
requirement at 2.4 GHz (Minicircuits amplifier MRFIC 2403). The RF
power to DC drive power ratio, which is a practical measure of
power efficiency of an RF output stage, was doubled in the
saturated mode. The reduced linearly amplified output power of 18
dBm is required to meet the stringent spectral efficiency
requirements of the IEEE 802.11 direct sequence spread spectrum
draft standard for conventional DBPSK and DQPSK operation, as
depicted in FIG. 1. From FIG. 1 note that the linearly amplified
filtered BPSK signal could meet the spectral specifications of this
11M chip/second system. The nonlinearly amplified, filtered BPSK of
the prior art does not meet the specifications. The power
efficiency (RF power to DC power ratio) of these systems in the
"on" mode with linear low-cost commercial amplifiers driven by a 3
V battery was found to be as low as 10%.
[0006] In an extremely critical power-efficient requirement such as
all wireless and cellular telephones, computers, and other devices,
it is very wasteful to operate at such low power efficiency, which
leads to frequent replacement of the battery. The so-called "talk
time" is not efficient with these very-recently standardized IEEE
802.11 modulated conventional BPSK and DQPSK systems. As a specific
example, the out-of-band power spectral density is specified by the
IEEE 802.11 US and international standard to be attenuated at least
30 dB at 11 MHz away from the carrier frequency for an 1M-chip/sec
system as illustrated in FIG. 1, by the shaded area of
specification limits. In simple modulated signal terms the
11M-chip/sec rate is similar to an 1M-chip/sec DBPSK modulator. To
satisfy this -30 dB out-of-band spectral density requirement, an
"output backoff" (OBO) of the RF amplifiers of 4 dB to 6 dB is
required. See K. Feher, "Wireless Digital Communications:
Modulation and Spread Spectrum Techniques," book, Prentice Hall,
1995, and H. Mehdi, K. Feher, "FBPSK, Power and Spectrally
Efficient Nonlinearly Amplified (NLA) Compatible BPSK Modems for
Wireless LAN" submitted to RF Expo 95 San Diego proceedings to be
published, March 1995 and H. Mehdi, K. Feher, "FQPSK, Power and
Spectral Efficient Family of Modulations For Wireless Communication
System." Proceeding IEEE-VTC-94, June 94, FIG. 2a depicts DBPSK
modulation utilizing an amplifier (MRFIC 2403 available from
Motorola) with an output power of approximately 18.5 dBm, which is
linearly amplified with an output-backoff (OBO) of 5 dB.
[0007] FIG. 2b depicts a pre-modulation filtered conventional DBPSK
signal operated at saturation at approximately 24 dBm, in which
spectral restoration is evident. In FIG. 2c, the FBPSK modulated
signal power is 24 dBm at full saturation, with OdB OBO. The term
OBO is for the output power reduction required from the maximal or
saturated output power of the amplifier. In this case saturated
output power corresponds to 24 dBm while the 6 dB OBO reduces the
output power from 24 dBm to only 18 dBm. The DC power consumption
of the evaluated RF devices did not change significantly between
the saturated full-output RF power and the 6 dB OBO reduced-output
power. Thus if we could have a modulated system which could operate
at full saturation of 24 dBm and meet the standardization
requirements and specifications we could achieve approximately a 6
dB (400%) increased output power. Thus a modulation technique which
could attain 24 dBm from existing RF devices and meet the
standardized system specifications as well as the desired
compatibility with conventional standardized BPSK or QPSK systems
would be very attractive. To put things even more into perspective
for this illustrative application, at 2.4 GHz FCC Part 15 permits
transmission of 1 watt=+30 dBm transmit power. The IEEE 802.11
Standardization Committee specifies the same +30 dBm maximal output
power. In a strongly interference polluted environment of the
unregulated FCC-15 band it is very desirable to transmit the
strongest possible and permitted RF signal in order to achieve good
performance and the best possible coverage. With conventional BPSK
modulators (such as specified by IEEE 802.11) utilizing linearly
operated amplifier devices (such as a MRFIC 2403 amplifier
available from Motorola) the practical achievable limit of output
power is around +18 dBm to +20 dBm, which is about 10 dB less than
permitted by the FCC and the IEEE standard. Thus, due to technology
limitations, conventional modems must operate at an approximately
10 dB lower linearly amplified output power than permitted by FCC
and allowed by the IEEE specification, for best performance.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0008] The present invention avoids the tremendous technological
gap between RF IC amplifiers and their use in, for example, PCMCIA
(credit card sized voltage limited 3 V) system specifications. This
invention alleviates the above weaknesses of wireless systems such
as illustrated above for the 2.4 GHz band application. Similar
advantages are obtained also for infrared and many other
transmission systems. This invention presents the technology,
method, structure, and functions to implement spectrally and power
efficient crosscoupled Quadrature BPSK, QPSK, QAM, and FM systems
such as nonlinearly amplified fully-saturated BPSK, which we call
Feher's BPSK (FBPSK). The present invention teaches that FBPSK can
operate with linear, partly nonlinear, and completely nonlinear
amplified systems such as class C or other classes of amplifiers
and devices as well as nonlinear receivers. The FBPSK system of
this invention has a tremendous power efficiency advantage over
conventional BPSK and QPSK systems and retains the spectral
efficiency and robust bit rate performance advantages of linearly
amplified PSK systems. An additional advantage of FBPSK is that it
is fully compatible and interoperable with some of the preliminary
draft-standardized systems such as the IEEE 802.11 BPSK-based
direct-sequence spread spectrum system. For practically the same
cost power requirement, size, power dissipation, and bit error rate
performance as the standardized BPSK, the present invention
provides an approximately 400% (6 dB) output power advantage over
the present state of the art, for comparable spectral efficiency.
With the knowledge that 1 dB increase in RF power of 3 V driven
integrated circuits results in many millions of dollars of added
R&D costs, this invention discloses a significant pioneering
technology which will lead to considerably better performance and
lower cost wireless and other communications, broadcast, consumer
electronics, and variety of other applications which may include
television, VCR remote applications, radio-controlled home
security, medical uses, etc.
[0009] Health hazard caused by radio waves has been a
recently-documented concern in the US and internationally. The
FBPSK invention reduces the peak radiation of conventional BPSK by
6 dB to 9 dB which corresponds to two to three times reduction of
peak radiation with the same average power as conventional BPSK. At
this point in time medically it has not been proven that increased
peak radiation is or could be truly harmful. However, even
intuitively, it is apparent that given that in the prior art we
transmit, say an average 1 W power at 900 MHz and that the peak
power of such a DBPSK signal would be 3 W peak, while that of our
invention having the same 1 W average power would reduce the peak
radiation to 1 W. Thus in this illustrative case FBPSK reduces peak
radiation threefold. Deployment of FBPSK instead of its compatible
BPSK at the same average power authorized by FCC reduces the peak
radiation of potentially millions of systems. It is believed that
the reduction of peak radiation is a very important potential human
health hazard reduction of which communications engineers and
implementers should be aware.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0010] FIG. 1 is a graph depicting computer simulated power
spectral density of bandlimited BPSK linearly amplified, BPSK
nonlinearly amplified, and the novel FBPSK nonlinearly amplified
signal of this invention, together with an indication of the
spectral efficiency requirements of the IEEE 802.11 standard;
[0011] FIG. 2a depicts linearly amplified DBPSK modulation of the
prior art utilizing 5 dB OBO;
[0012] FIG. 2b depicts an output signal of prior art nonlinearly
amplified DBPSK;
[0013] FIG. 2c depicts an FBPSK modulated nonlinearly amplified
signal with 0 dB OBO in accordance with one embodiment of this
invention;
[0014] FIG. 3a is a diagram depicting one embodiment of the
structure constructed in accordance with the teachings of this
invention;
[0015] FIG. 3b is a diagram depicting one embodiment of baseband
processing circuitry 103 of FIG. 3a;
[0016] FIG. 3c is a block diagram depicting one embodiment of a
splitter circuit suitable for use as splitter 102 of FIG. 3a;
[0017] FIGS. 4 and 5 are constellation diagrams depicting the
output signal obtained from one embodiment of this invention;
[0018] FIG. 6a depicts a NRZ data signal before and after input to
the FBSK processor according to one embodiment of the present
invention;
[0019] FIG. 6b illustrates the crosscoupled binary data fed into
the I and Q quadrature modulators of the present invention;
[0020] FIG. 7a is an eye diagram obtained from one embodiment of
this invention;
[0021] FIG. 7b are I and Q baseband eye diagrams obtained from one
embodiment of this invention;
[0022] FIG. 8 is a block diagram of one embodiment of a FBPSK/BPSK
modem and test set-up according to the teachings of this
invention;
[0023] FIG. 9 is a diagram depicting one embodiment of a modulator
suitable for use as modulator 85 of FIG. 8;
[0024] FIG. 10 is a graph displaying the FPBSK and BPSK output
spectra of the embodiment of FIG. 8;
[0025] FIG. 11 is a graph depicting the 70 MHz spectral component
provided by frequency doubler 95 of FIG. 8;
[0026] FIG. 12 is a block diagram depicting one embodiment of a PLL
suitable for use as PLL 96 of FIG. 8;
[0027] FIG. 13 is a graph depicting the recovered 70 MHz carrier
signal available as an output from PLL 96 of FIG. 8;
[0028] FIG. 14 is a diagram depicting one embodiment of a divide by
two circuit suitable for use as divided by two circuit 97 of FIG.
8;
[0029] FIG. 15 is a diagram depicting one embodiment of a 35 MHz
demodulator suitable for use as demodulator 98 of FIG. 8;
[0030] FIG. 16 is a graph depicting the BER performance of linear
and nonlinear BPSK modulation utilizing the embodiment of FIG.
8;
[0031] FIG. 17 is a diagram depicting one embodiment of this
invention suitable for use in analog or digital FM, phase
modulation (PM or PSK) and QAM quadrature cross-correlated
modulation utilizing either linear or nonlinear amplification;
[0032] FIG. 18 is a diagram depicting continuous mode or burst
operated and/or spread spectrum embodiments of the invention;
[0033] FIG. 19 illustrates multiple cross correlated capability of
direct sequence spread spectrum and of continuous mode or burst
operated systems in accordance with certain embodiments of this
invention;
[0034] FIG. 20 illustrates pi/4 (45 degrees) shifted QPSK single
and multiple cross correlation capability in accordance with
certain embodiments of this invention; and
[0035] FIG. 21 illustrates a universal implementation architecture
for continuous mode, burst mode digital TDMA, spread spectrum and
analog transmitters in accordance with certain embodiments of this
invention.
[0036] FIG. 22 illustrates an embodiment of the invention including
a minimum component configuration.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0037] In general the present invention is a signal
processor-filter having an input for receiving one or more input
signals and providing one or more output signals which are cross
coupled. The signal processor includes signal coupling between the
in-phase and quadrature output signals of the baseband I and Q
drive signals with means for generating BPSK, QPSK, Frequency
Modulated (FM) and Quadrature Amplitude Modulated (QAM) digital and
analog signals through a quadrature structure which is suitable for
nonlinear amplification and demodulation by a conventional
compatible BPSK demodulator or by coherent and noncoherent FM or
QAM demodulators. In one of the specific embodiments, a digital
communications application for nonlinearly amplified BPSK is
illustrated, however the present invention is suitable for use with
quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM), quadrature phase shift
keying (QPSK), frequency shift keying (FSK), Gaussian FSK (GFSK),
Gaussian Minimum Shift keying (GMSK), multilevel digital FM and
many other digital as well as analog modulation systems. One of the
first and simplest embodiments is for nonlinearly amplified BPSK
which we call Feher's BPSK (FBPSK).
[0038] In this embodiment we refer to FIG. 3a in which an input
binary data stream having an NRZ data format is received on lead
101 and split into the I and Q channels by splitter 102, and fed to
baseband processing circuitry 103. Splitter 102 combined with
baseband processors 103 provides crosscoupling and filtering
between the I and Q channels. By this architecture and by
connection of baseband processor 103 to quadrature modulator 104 a
QPSK-like signal is attained, however the information content is
that of BPSK. FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 show the "binary" constellation
diagrams obtained by this configuration. FIG. 6a shows the NRZ
datastream and FBPSK processed initial signal while FIG. 6b shows
the crosscoupled binary data fed into the I and Q quadrature
modulators. FIG. 7a illustrates the binary BPSK eye diagram
obtained at the output of a conventional BPSK demodulator, and FIG.
7b depicts the in phase(I) and quadrature (Q) demodulated eye
diagrams.
[0039] In one embodiment, as depicted in FIG. 3b, baseband
processing circuitry 103 is shown with input signal splitter 102
(FIG. 3) and circuitry 103 includes, delay elements 132I and 132Q,
amplifiers 133I and 133Q, and filters 134I and 134Q, as well as a
second cross coupler 135. In the preferred embodiment, elements
102, 103 and 135 are symmetrical, but may be asymmetrical as
required for a given application. In one embodiment, baseband
processor 103 provides a delay of half a bit period in the Q
channel and no delay in the I channel, that is d.sub.Q=T.sub.b/2,
and the I channel and Q channel NRZ signals, which are identical to
the input NRZ signal, are filtered by the same type of filters 134I
and 134Q. In one embodiment, these filters are simple lowpass
filters having a 3 dB attenuation frequency close to the Nyquist
frequency. For an f.sub.b=1Mb/s example, the 3 dB attenuation of
these filters is a variable typically between 100 kHz and 900 kHz,
depending on particular system spectral efficiency, degradation
budget allowance, and power efficiency requirements. Thus the
output signals of baseband processor 103 of FIG. 3a (the I and Q
drive signals to quadrature modulator 104) are offset by a delay
which could be, for example d.sub.2=0.5*T.sub.b. This setup is in
appearance similar to conventional offset QPSK (OQPSK) with the
important distinction being that in OQPSK the I channel and Q
channel drive signals are independent (not correlated) bit streams
obtained at the outputs of Parallel to Serial (P/S) converters
while in the present invention the same input data is split
(coupled) prior to any baseband processing to form the so-called I
and Q channels of data. Thus, in accordance with this invention,
the I and Q signals are crosscoupled. In contrast, a conventional
BPSK modem uses only one channel for transmission, and has two
signal states that are 180 degrees apart. Transitions between these
states pass through zero amplitude, causing envelope fluctuations
which results in spectral restoration or spectral regrowth.
[0040] The initial set of FBPSK results was generated using the
embodiment of FIG. 3a, utilizing a very simple "splitter" or
"crosscoupler" for the input signal implemented by means of coupler
102. This splitter provides the same signal into the I and Q
channels. In the I channel, a d.sub.1=0 second delay was used for
delay element 132I, and a unity gain (A.sub.1=0 dB) device, in its
simplest form, a short circuit, was used for amplifier 133I. In
this example, the I channel "F.sub.I" and Q channel "F.sub.Q"
filters were one of the following:
[0041] a) A 4th order Butterworth filter with a variable 3 dB
cutoff frequency,
[0042] b) Asymmetrical filters and amplifiers in the I and Q
channels,
[0043] c) A Gaussian lowpass filter,
[0044] d) An Intersymbol-Interference Jitter Free Filter and Cross
correlated filter (such as described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,339,724 to
Feher, also known as "FQPSK" and U.S. Pat. No. 4,567,602 to Kato et
al., also known as the "FQPSK-KF" baseband and processor). A
detailed technical description of related filter implementations is
outside the scope of this discussion, but may be found in K. Feher,
"Wireless Digital Communications: Modulation and Spread Spectrum
Techniques", Prentice Hall, 1995 (available March 1995); and K.
Feher, Ed., "Advanced Digital Communications", Prentice Hall,
1987.
[0045] In accordance with this invention, FBPSK modems which are
BPSK compatible take advantage of the quadrature structure of QPSK
and of OQPSK modems, and may take also advantage of the baseband
processing of the FQPSK filter, which smooths the pulse transition,
and eliminates the need for sharp raised cosine type of filtering
as needed in normal BPSK modems. The "FQPSK" processor, the popular
term for Feher's Filter Patent No. 4,339,724, is a convenient
simple implementation, however other non-patented filters could be
also used in practicing the present invention. In FBPSK modems of
this invention, the data in the I and Q channels are the same, the
Q channel data are offset by one half bit (T.sub.b/2). In an
alternative embodiment, cross correlation between I and Q channels
based on the FQPSK-KF processor (FQPSK-KF is an abbreviation for
the Kato/Feher U.S. Pat. No. 4,567,602 processor) additionally
enhances the spectral properties when used in conjunction with the
principles of this invention.
[0046] FIG. 3c is a diagram depicting one embodiment of splitter
circuit 102 suitable for use as splitter 102 of FIGS. 3a and 3b. As
shown in FIG. 3c, splitter 102 includes a first switch 300 which
selects between a conventional splitter 302, and serial parallel
logic 304. Switches 306 and 308 serve to connect the I and Q output
channels (to processor 103) of splitter circuitry 102 to either
splitter 302 or serial to parallel logic 304. Thus, when prior art
QPSK modulation is to be performed, switches 1, 2, and 3 are set to
allow input data received on input lead 101 to be fed to serial to
parallel logic 304, which provides appropriate I and Q output
signals. Conversely, when the same circuit of this invention is to
perform FBPSK, switches 300, 306 and 308 are set to provide input
data from input lead 101 to splitter 302, which provides the same
data as I and Q channel data to baseband processing circuitry
103.
[0047] A block diagram of one embodiment of a FBPSK/BPSK modem
setup of this invention is shown in FIG. 8, which is divided into
different parts which are now described in detail.
[0048] FBPSK/BPSK transmitter
[0049] The modem baseband signal is generated using a FQPSK
baseband processor, or another prior art processor. Signal
generator 81, such as the Wavetek model 275, supplies a 4 MHz clock
TTL signal to "CLOCKin" of the FQPSK baseband processor box 83, via
the Pseudo Random Binary Signal (PRBS) generator 82. By way of
example, box 83 has been designed using a XILINX FPGA chip which
implements BPSK or FBPSK modulation. Other modulations can be
implemented by only changing the EPROM in the box. Intel FPGA based
baseband processors such as Intel 740 have also been designed to
achieve such baseband processing. "CLOCKout" from FQPSK box 83 is
then fed back to a Data Error Analyzer 82 (such as the Hewlett
Packard PRBS generator and Error Analyzer model 1645), which is set
to external clock, so that it is driven by the external clock
signal from FQPSK box 83. "DATAout" from analyzer 82 is fed to
"DATAin" of FQPSK box 83. Processor box 83 generates I and Q
signals which contain the same data, but which are, in this
example, offset with half a bit as explained earlier. The I and Q
signals are fed to low pass filters 84, for example 4th order
Butterworth filters (such as are available from Krohnhite), which
have been set to about 600 kHz in this example, operated at an 1
Mb/s data rate. The output signals from lowpass filters 84 are
first passed through two variable attenuators which are located
between the low pass (Krohnhite) filters outputs and modulator
quadrature inputs (not shown in FIG. 8.--however these variable
attenuators can be, if desired, the same component type as
attenuator 133I, having 1 db steps), to insure both signals have
the appropriate levels for the modulator.
[0050] Adjustment of I and O baseband signals
[0051] To optimize the transmitted I and Q baseband signals, the
outputs of low pass filters 84 are displayed on an oscilloscope
(such as are available, for example, from Tektronix or Hewlett
Packard), which is triggered by the symbol clock coming out of
baseband processor box 83. The baseband signals preferably have no
DC level, and this is achieved by adjusting the DC level knob on
the Krohnhite active adjustable low pass filters 84. For one
application the I and Q signals should have the same amplitude
level, which is achieved by using the variable attenuators. For
other applications signal levels are not the same for the I and Q
drives. To further optimize the baseband signal, the oscilloscope
is set to XY signal so the I signal is the abscissa, and the Q
channel is the ordinate. The oscilloscope displays a full circle
(i.e. constant envelope) for FBPSK with a cross correlator
coefficient of a=0.7 as shown in FIG. 4, or a circularly shaped
signal with two additional traces and shiny points. These
additional traces resemble right angles with legs tangent to the
circle. FIG. 5 illustrates measured FBPSK signals without
additional cross correlation, i.e. a=1, based on the "FQPSK-KF"
filter parameter. The I and Q baseband signals should not drive the
mixer of the modulator 85 hard, since excessive drive by the
baseband signals produces spectral restorations at IF or directly
at RF.
[0052] Modulation is performed with modulator 85 multiplying the
baseband I and Q signals with a carrier signal. In this example, a
35 MHz carrier signal is generated using a Fluke 6060B signal
generator. The carrier signal level is set to approximately +7 to 8
dBm, with higher signal levels having been demonstrated to distort
the spectrum at regeneration. The I and Q baseband signals are set
to approximately 800 mvolts peak to peak at the input to the mixers
of modulator 85.
[0053] One embodiment of a modulator structure suitable for use as
modulator 85 is shown in FIG. 9, where the 35 MHz carrier signal is
fed to 90 degree phase splitter 91; this results in two 35 MHz
signals which are in quadrature and used to modulate the I and Q
channels utilizing mixers 92I and 92Q. The modulated signals are
then added by adder/splitter 93 to produce the 35 MHz modulated IF
signal. By way of example, the components used to design the
modulator are based on the following Minicircuit components: SRA-1
mixers, PSCQ-50 90 degree phase splitter at 35 MHz, and PSC-1
adders.
[0054] Referring again to FIG. 8 the modulator signal output is
passed through attenuator 86 (such as a Wavetek model 7535 with 5
dB steps), to change the input signal level applied to IF amplifier
87 to insure proper operation in either the linear or the nonlinear
mode. In one embodiment, amplification of the combined I and Q
channels is achieved using two cascaded amplifiers forming
amplifier 87, such as models ZHL-3A available from Minicircuits.
Two cascaded amplifiers of the gain provided by model ZAL-3A are
used in each channel to provide the required gain needed to achieve
saturation mode operation.
[0055] Spectral efficiency and power efficiency are major factors
when designing any communication system. Wireless systems must
consume less power for longer operation than many other types of
systems. To achieve multiple access, such as time division multiple
access (TDMA), carrier division multiple access (CDMA), and
frequency domain multiple access (FDMA), spectral use of a single
user should be held to a minimum occupancy. A trade off must be
made when choosing a modulation technique for its spectral or power
efficiency. BPSK is a good modulation technique for use in linear
channels, and where spectrum is not very critical. In Wireless LAN,
BPSK has been chosen as the standard modulation for direct sequence
spread spectrum (DSSS). This modulation technique is good but
suffers much from power deficiency. To achieve the -30 dB power
spectral density attenuation requirement, specified by IEEE 802.11,
(refer again to FIG. 1), BPSK must operate in a linear mode which
has been shown to have poor power efficiency when compared to the
FBPSK modulation technique of the present invention.
[0056] In one embodiment, spectrum measurement was performed using
the following procedures: The output of IF amplifier 87 of FIG. 8
is fed directly to a spectrum analyzer. The analyzer is adjusted in
terms of resolution bandwidth, sweep time, and video bandwidth. To
have the system in nonlinear mode, attenuator 86 preceding IF
amplifier 87 is adjusted until changes in the attenuator 86 have no
effect on the main lobe magnitude. The effect of the local
oscillator (LO) level on the IF spectrum is seen by changing the
amplitude of the local oscillator applied to modulator 85. The
baseband filtering also has its effect on the spectrum, with
filtering of one channel more than the other having an impact on
the spectrum shape. To demonstrate the conventional BPSK spectrum
and spectral regrowth, simply remove one channel (I or Q) and
monitor the spectrum. The spectrum of both FBPSK and BPSK are shown
in FIG. 10. For conventional filtered, nonlinearly amplified BPSK,
the spectrum in the nonlinear mode was found to have approximately
the same shape as the modulated, unfiltered NRZ spectrum, where the
second lobe amplitude level is about 14 dB below the main lobe (see
the upper trace of FIG. 10). If this is not the case in the
experiment, then the IF signal is not fully saturated and the
attenuation provided by attenuator 86 must be reduced to provide a
higher signal to IF amplifier 87 in order to operate in a fully
saturated nonlinear mode.
[0057] Referring again to FIG. 8, Gaussian Noise (AWGN) is
generated using noise generator 88, such as model 603A from Elgenco
Co. The output of the noise generator is fed to low pass filter 89
(such as Allen Avionics model F3568). By way of example, the filter
has a cutoff frequency F.sub.c at 2 Mhz and 75 ohms of input/output
impedance. The filter output is fed to mixer 90, which also
receives the IF LO signal. In this example, the LO mixer input is a
5 Dbm signal of 35 Mhz. The RF output of the mixer is then fed to
amplifier 91 (such as Minicircuit model ZFL-1000 VH). The output of
amplifier 91 is fed to variable attenuator 92 (such as Wavetek
model 7580A), and the output of attenuator 92 is added to the IF
modulated signal from attenuator 93 using any conventional passive
or active adder/splitter device 94, in order to provide a combined
IF signal and IF band limited noise.
[0058] The FBPSK IF signal at the receiver may be coherently or
noncoherently demodulated. For the purposes of this discussion a
conventional BPSK demodulator is used. With coherent demodulation,
the basic idea is to square the IF signal in order to generate
spectral components at 70 Mhz (see FIG. 11). This is achieved
because of the nonlinearity of multiplier 95 used for doubling the
IF signal. The doubled signal is then filtered with 70 Mhz bandpass
filter 96, recovered by the Phase Locked Loop (PLL) 500 and then
divided by two by divider 97 to develop the 35 Mhz signal to be
used for demodulation by demodulator 98. The PLL subsystem for
carrier recovery is described in the following paragraphs.
[0059] PLL set up and Design
[0060] The IF signal that resulted from the addition of the noise
signal (from attenuator 92) and IF modulated signal (from
attenuator 93) is split into two IF signals by summer/splitter 94.
The first IF signal is fed to doubler 95 (such as Minicircuit model
SK-2), with the doubler output being fed to a filter 96 then to a
70 Mhz Phase lock loop 500. One embodiment of PLL 500 is shown in
the schematic diagram of FIG. 12. It consists of phase detector
121, loop detector 122 and VCXO 23 oscillator 123. The output of
the doubler 95 is filtered by a 70 Mhz low pass filter prior to
input to the PLL 560. The PLL output (see FIG. 13) is another 70
MHz signal which is fed to the divide by two circuit 97 (FIG. 8).
As shown in FIG. 14, one embodiment of a divide by two circuit
suitable for use as divide by two circuit 97 of FIG. 8 includes
amplifier 1001 used to saturate the input signal to create an
almost square signal, and flip flop 1002 which divides the carrier
frequency by two to provide a 35 MHz output signal.
[0061] The PLL lock range can be tested by changing the 35 MHz
carrier signal of the Fluke, and attempting to lock to the new
modulated signal. Locking can be checked by looking at the PLL VCXO
signal or by monitoring the received eye diagram. The pull range is
measured by varying the transmitted carrier until the PLL looses
lock. The phase jitter of the recovered carrier can be monitored by
looking at the VCXO signal on the spectrum analyzer.
[0062] Demodulator at 35 MHz
[0063] FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram depicting one embodiment of a
demodulator suitable for use as demodulator 98 of FIG. 8. The IF
signal received on lead 1501 is first applied to splitter 1502 and
thus split into two IF signals with zero phase difference. A 35 MHz
LO carrier signal is fed to a 90 degree phase splitter 1503 (such
as model PSCQ-50 available from Minicircuits) to generate the
appropriate carrier signals to demodulate the IF signal. The two IF
signals are then fed to mixers 1505I and 1505Q, respectively, which
demodulate the IF signals to produce the I and Q baseband signals.
The I and Q baseband signals are then fed to low pass filter 99 of
FIG. 8 (such as a Kronhite filter). In the FBPSK case, we are
concerned with the I channel as the main signal of concern. For
other applications, a combination/processing of both I and Q
channels is used. The receive low pass filter is critical to system
performance, with wider filter characteristics allowing more noise
to enter the system, and thus degrade performance. In our
measurements, we used the Krohnhite filter which is a 4th order
Butterworth filter and roll off that is not very sharp. The optimum
receive filter bandwidth for this experiment has been found to be
around 0.6 * fb (fb is the bit rate), or 300 kHz for a 500 kb/Sec
bit rate. Preferably the received eye diagram has no DC components,
which can be removed by adjusting the Krohnhite filter's "DC
knob".
[0064] To adjust the quadrature setting eliminate the I baseband
signal and monitor the received I channel. In this setup we use
linear amplifiers, so ideally, there should be no signal. Any
signal in the I channel is proof of the imperfection of the
quadrature between the I and Q in either the transmit or receive
side. Impedance mismatch and inappropriate signal levels which
drive the mixers add to this phenomena of leakage between both
channels. The same test can be performed on the Q side.
[0065] In one of the test setups, we used a "hard-wired" clock
recovery circuit. The receive clock is taken from the transmitter
clock using a T connector. The received baseband signal which can
be monitored on a scope with triggering from the symbol clock is
fed to the threshold detector which has three inputs: Symbol Clock,
Signal In from the receive filter, and Signal Out going to the HP
1645 analyzer.
[0066] To measure the performance of this modem, transmit data
should be compared with receive data. In the above set up, the
transmitted data is "DATAout", the receive data is "DATAin". The
threshold detector output is fed to "DATAin" of the HP 1645 data
error analyzer. The measured bit error rate (BER) is displayed on
the H 1645. To compare the BER performance of BPSK/FBPSK in both
linear and nonlinear channels, the above procedure was performed
and the compiled data is shown in FIG. 16.
[0067] FBPSK/BPSK modems have been experimentally tested for their
spectrum and power efficiency. The experimental hardware setup
procedure and the technique to optimize the system performance is
described. The BER performance in both linear and nonlinear
channels is presented. FBPSK modems have been shown to outperform
BPSK modems in spectral efficiency, and power efficiency. Our
experimental nonlinearly amplified FBPSK modems achieved a BER of
10.sup.-4 for E.sub.b/N.sub.o of 11.8 dB which is about 0.9 dB
worse than measured BPSK linearly operated modems. Computer
simulations with improved hardware models indicate BER of 10.sup.-4
for 22 dB of E.sub.b/N.sub.o. Other factors that have degraded our
FBPSK/BPSK measurement compared to theory are: component
imperfections, cable mismatch (50 and 75 ohms), and impedance
mismatch between system components.
[0068] In FIG. 17 one embodiment of this invention suitable for use
in FM and QAM quadrature cross correlated modulation and
amplification (linear or nonlinear) is illustrated. Quadrature
Crosscoupled Frequency Modulation (FM) or for short Feher's FM
("FFM") and Feher's Crosscoupled QAM ("FQAM") applications are
illustrated. The in phase (I) and Quadrature (Q) baseband output
signals may be used to drive the I and Q inputs of a quadrature
modulator or fed to oversampled D/A devices which provide an
alternative for I-Q modulation.
[0069] In Gaussian FSK (GFSK) the modulation index is variable,
while in GMSK it is 0.5 exactly. The embodiment of FIG. 17 teaches
a new, efficient and highly accurate method and structure suitable
for use in recently standardized wireless systems such as Gaussian
Low Pass Filtered (GLPF) digital FM (known as GFSK) of four level
FM ("FFM") and of other binary and of multilevel FM including
partial response digital FM and of analog FM systems. We will call
this embodiment Fehers Frequency Quadrature Correlated Modulation
or for short FFM.
[0070] As shown in FIG. 17, the input signal can be either digital
or analog, with input selector switch 1601 selecting either the
binary or multilevel digital input signal or the analog input
signal. Alternatively the analog and digital signals are combined
into one or more "hybrid signals" (combined analog and digital
signal). Input filter 1602 is, for example, a Gaussian Shaped
Lowpass Filter (GLPF), a Butterworth filter or any other
filter/processor including but not limited to Bandpass, Highpass,
and Lowpass filters or nonlinear filters and limiters. Integrator
1603 is, for example, a mathematically almost ideal integrator
implementation or any other signal processing shaping function,
such as a squaring device, cubic device, differentiator or logic
processor. Gain block 1604, which is a conventional amplifier or
attenuator, performs gain adjustment. The value of gain G can be
either less than unity (attenuator) or greater than or equal to
unity (amplifier), depending on the particular application. In case
of FM applications, this G gain is related to the FM modulation
index.
[0071] The cross correlation of the I and Q channels is achieved by
splitting device 1605, whereby the same input signal is split into
the I and Q channel signals. Splitter 1605 is, for example, a
passive or active coupler (splitter) which provides two equal or
unequal signals, with differently attenuated values in the I and Q
channels. Delay, gain, and filter (DGF) elements 1606I and 1606Q
need not be identical for both the I and Q channels. If desired for
specific system requirements, DGF elements 1606I and 1606Q
introduce further cross correlation properties between the I and Q
channels, for example by reducing or increasing the correlation
value over a segment of time (zero to many bits) of the I and Q
correlated signals. For example, for an increased value of the I
signal the Q signal could be reduced. Elements 1607I and 1608Q
provide cosine and sin values of their respective inputs and are
implemented, for example, by digital signal processors or other
well known methods. However other mathematical functions and their
implementations are also suitable for use as elements 1607I and
1607Q of this embodiment. For example, truncated and peak value
limited cosine and sin values shifted or raised cosine/sine,
partial parabolic, cubic and amplitude limited functions, and their
approximations, are suitable. For the sin and cosine functions, ROM
and FPGA devices serving as look up tables are conveniently
implemented. Additionally, a .pi./4 shifting (45.degree.) or other
logic encoding may be included.
[0072] The following is an illustrative example of the QUAD
correlated implementation of GFSK and of 4-FM digital systems.
Delay, gain and Filter (DGF) elements 1608I and 1608Q serve to
further modify the cross correlation of the I and Q baseband
signals. For example, depending on present and past bits as well as
predicted future bits of the I channel the sample values of the Q
channel can be modified. An application of these systems is, for
example, in IEEE 802.11 standardized (during 1994 draft standard)
WLAN applications in which the modulation index of digital FM and
particularly of Gaussian FSK (GVSK) and 4-level FM must be less
than m=0.5 in order to meet FCC spectral requirements. In this
example, GMSK with M=0.5 is not suitable.
[0073] To elaborate and explain further our crosscoupled FM part of
the invention we start with the conventional FM VCO (Voltage
Controlled Oscillator) or traditional FM implementation of GFSK
systems, equation (1). By expanding this equation into its
quadrature terms we obtain a mathematically very simple Quadrature
equation, equation (2) which is equivalent to the classical FM or
GFSK system.
[0074] The conventional GFSK FM-VCO based implementation is: 1 v (
t ) = A [ cos w c t + G * .infin. t b ( t ) t ] ( 1 )
[0075] while the mathematical equivalent QUAD implementation is: 2
v ( t ) = A [ cos w c t cos [ G * .infin. t b ( t ) t ] - sin w c t
sin [ G * .infin. t b ( t ) t ] ( 2 )
[0076] The integral of the a.sub.it and .sub.qa (t) functions are
not necessarily of sinusoidal or cosine shape. In fact in many
applications these integrated signals are random like digital or
analog signals which do not even resemble sinusoidal waves.
[0077] Original elements of this invention include methods and
structures for implementing the cross correlated or "coupled" QUAD
equation of GFSK, 4-FSK and other I and Q cross correlated systems.
While equation (2) is simple it should not be interpreted as a
conventional QUAD modulator such as used in well documented QPSK,
MSK, QAM, and offset or staggered QPSK (OQPSK) systems in which the
I and Q channels are not cross correlated, and in fact where they
are designed to be independent. Reference K. Feher, "Digital
Communications: Satellite Earth Station Engineering, Prentice Hall,
1983. In conventional QPSK and QAM systems, instead of a splitter
(such as splitter 1605 of FIG. 17) which splits the same signal
into I and Q channels, a serial to Parallel logic converter is used
which shifts alternate independent (not cross correlated bits or
symbols) into the I and Q channels. As described previously with
respect to FIG. 3c, the teachings of this invention can be used to
provide a method and structure which is capable of serving a dual
purpose, i.e. both conventional prior art QPSK (using a serial to
parallel converter to derive the I and Q baseband information) and
FBPSK of this invention, in which the I and Q baseband information
is correlated by simply being split from the signal input data
source and switched mode conventional QPSK and FBPSK.
[0078] Variable gain element 1604 of FIG. 17 is an essential and
also new unit for binary FM, e.g. GFSK, 4-FM digital and other
multilevel and analog quad implementations. This unit is not
included in Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying (GMSK) in which the
digital FM modulation index must be exactly m=0.50000. The
fundamental difference between GFSK and GMSK is in the variable
modulation index. The only known way in the prior art to reduce the
modulation index is by a FM-VCO implementation model, i.e. the
implementation of equation (1) and by reducing "G" in equation (1).
While mathematically an extension to equation (2) is straight
forward, the implementation of QUAD cross correlative based FM
systems is unobvious. We used here a mathematical simple concept to
realize a practical implementable FM system with precisely
controllable and arbitrary modulation index). DGF elements 1606I
and 1606Q in FIG. 16 are not required for GFSK, however could be
used for mixed AM QAM and FM implementations which may have
constant or non-constant quadrature modulated envelopes.
[0079] This embodiment of the present invention, as described above
for GFSK, based on FIG. 17 has been tested by us also for other
systems, such as 3 level, 5 level partial response or correlative
coded, and 4 level FM systems including coherent and noncoherent
(differential and discriminator detection). Experiments on a
similar implementation of elements 1606I and 1606Q (FBPSK) was
constructed and tested over 2.4 GHZ microwave integrated amplifiers
in a QUAD correlated transmit/receive configurations, as
illustrated in FIGS. 2 to 17.
[0080] The previously described embodiments and architectures of
crosscoupled (note the terms "cross correlated,"
"cross-correlated," or "correlated," could have been used instead
or in addition to the term "crosscoupled") modulated systems are
also suitable for a large class of transceiver "access" and/or
"multiple access" (K. Feher, "Wireless Digital Communication:
Modulation and Spread-Spectrum Techniques", 1995) continuous mode,
i.e. nonswitched, as well as burst operated systems including, but
not limited to voice or data activated Frequency Division Multiple
Access, Mobile Radio, Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Code
Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Wideband CDMA (WCDMA), Collision
Sense Multiple Access (CSMA), Frequency Hopped Spread Spectrum
(FH-SS), Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DS-SS), and other
applications. In applications related to FIGS. 18 to 21, a
combination of one or more modulation and access techniques of
and/or a selected modulation technique, e.g. analog or combined
analog and digital embodiment are used. Embodiments for several
applications are now described with reference to FIGS. 18 to
21.
[0081] FIG. 18 depicts one embodiment of a continuous mode, a burst
operated single access or multiple access and spread spectrum
implementation of the present invention. The terminology related to
access and multiple access has been defined in the published
literature, including K.Feher's books, published by Prentice Hall,
and in the references cited in K.Feher: Wireless Digital
Communications, Prentice Hall, 1995.
[0082] A number of elements of FIG. 18 can be used in the manner
described previously with reference to similar elements of FIG. 3a,
and several elements have been added. These include: Switch 101
(SW1) as well as Pseudo Noise PN.sub.1 and PN.sub.Q generators
(external to the elements shown in FIG. 18). In certain
applications, instead of pseudo noise sequences, other types of
data sequences, information bits, and/or analog signals are used.
One or more of these signals are defined in this patent as
"spreading signals". The respective "spreaders" are omitted, i.e.
bypassed for certain applications by switches 1806I and 1806Q.
Spreaders 1807I, 1807Q are implemented as exclusive OR gates or by
other well known spreading devices including AND gates.
Alternatively, these spreaders are implemented by other logic,
Digital Signal Processing or Analog or Mixed Analog/Digital Signal
Processing devices and filters implement other functions. Spreaders
1807I, 1807Q serve to generate "spread" I and Q channel signals
which drive the 103 baseband processing unit of FIG. 18. The term
"spread", "spreader" and "spreading" refers to modification(s),
addition or other processing means of the input signal
characteristics by means of another signal, such as the
multiplication of PNI or PNQ sequences, or other specified analog
or digital signals, with the output signals of unit I and Q, or by
spreading the signal in the time or frequency domain or by
conventional means of prior art spread spectrum technology.
[0083] In one of the embodiments one or both spreaders 1807I and
1807Q are bypassed by closing switches 1806I and 1806Q,
respectively, or alternatively by omitting spreaders 1807I and/or
1807Q (one or both of the spreaders). This is done in order to
operate the transceiver in a non-spread or partially-spread mode.
The pseudo noise sequences PNI and Pt provide Pseudo Random Binary
Data (PRBS) or other spreading signals which are the same for some
embodiments and are different for other embodiments. The PN.sub.I
and PN.sub.Q sequences and/or alternative digital or analog
spreading signals are aligned for some embodiments while for other
embodiments they are offset in time by a specified amount.
[0084] The output I and Q signals from baseband processing circuit
103 drive quadrature modulator 104. In one embodiment, baseband
processing circuit 103 and switches 1806I, 1806Q, and 101, and
splitter 102 are implemented by one or more analog processors,
digital processors, or a combination thereof. In embodiments where
digital processing is used, the baseband processing circuit 103 and
quadrature modulator 104 is a digital circuit, Digital to Analog
(D/A) converters are included in the I and Q baseband channels to
provide analog I and Q baseband signals which in turn drive analog
quadrature modulators 104.
[0085] In an alternative embodiment, baseband processor 103 and
quadrature modulator 104 are implemented with digital circuitry. In
one such embodiment, digital quadrature modulator 104 is
implemented with digital I and Q storage devices and digital
quadrature phase shifter and by digital adder circuits. Digital
Modulator Implementations are described in prior art and in K.
Feher's Quadrature Digital Modulator (Prentice-Hall 1995). The
baseband I and Q streams digitally multiply the baseband signal
values with that of the digital carrier signal which is 90 degrees
phase shifted prior to its arrival into the I and into the Q
digital storage devices. The Local Oscillator (LO) of quadrature
modulator 104 is in this embodiment a digital periodic carrier
generator, 90 degree phase shifter 1802 is provided by digital
logic and counter memory combination or parts thereof and
multipliers 1801I and 1801Q are implemented by I and Q storage
devices and associated control logic circuitry. Following the
digital quad crosscoupled modulator 104 a D/A converter is
included. The signal is amplified and transmitted or alternatively
translated to another IF or RF frequency.
[0086] FIG. 19 depicts another embodiment of a baseband processor
according to an embodiment of the invention. Cross correlator 1901
and cross correlator 1902 as well as the other components of this
embodiment have been previously described in this disclosure with
reference to FIG. 3, 17 and 18. Delay element 1904 may provide a
delay selected between zero and any specified value including
integer and subinteger multiple values or other time shifted value,
of bit or in the case of spread spectrum the "chip" duration.
Alternatively, 1904 delay element could be omitted. I and Q channel
filters 1905I and 1905Q, respectively, are analog or digital, or
mixed analog/digital filter implementations, based on specific
filter characteristics such as Butterworth, Nyquist raised cosine,
Chebyshev, and other time or frequency domain filters, including
but not limited to 4th order, 7th order and other filter order
implementations, and to time domain truncated filter response
designs. Depending on the intended application, several components
shown in the embodiment of FIG. 19 are optional and may be deleted.
For example, switch SW1, the PN.sub.I and PN.sub.Q driven spreaders
1903I and 1903Q (including the switches SW.sub.QI and SW.sub.I1 and
exclusive OR devices), delay element 1904 (including switch
SW.sub.Q2), filters 1905I and 1905Q, and one or the other of
cross-correlators 1901 or 1902, or a combination of one or more of
these optional elements could be omitted for certain non-spread or
other applications as long as the "minimum configuration" is
maintained.
[0087] A minimum configuration Processor 2100 is provided an input
signal and cross coupled or cross correlated output signals
I.sub.OUT and Q.sub.OUT, as referenced in FIG. 22. In the
illustrated minimum configuration, the "input signal(s)" consist of
one or more analog or digital signals, such as illustrated in FIG.
17, e.g. f.sub.b rate digital source or M-level Baseband Drive and
analog signals and also illustrated in FIGS. 18-20. FIG. 21
illustrates also the baseband drive and analog signal. A set or
combination of these signals is designated as "input signal(s)" in
FIG. 22. The I.sub.OUT and Q.sub.OUT signals are related to each
other by cross correlator 1 or cross correlator 2 of FIG. 19 or
FIG. 20, or by the baseband processing circuit unit 103 of FIG. 18,
or by the splitter unit 102 of FIG. 18, or by one or more elements
of FIG. 21, e.g. splitter 1605 or processors 1607I or 1607Q.
[0088] Applications of the embodiment of FIG. 19 include spread
spectrum and more specifically input data or input analog signals
which generate cross correlated I.sub.OUT and Q.sub.OUT signals,
such as illustrated in FIG. 22, direct sequence spread spectrum
systems such as specified by IEEE 802.11 with the PN.sub.I and
PN.sub.Q Pseudo Noise sequences being the same, and CDMA systems
such as the IS-95 specified system. Cross correlated baseband
processors constructed in accordance with this invention
substantially improve the power efficiency of RF amplified DS-SS,
CSMA, CDMA, FDMA and TDMA systems and lead to reduced cost
implementations. These standardized systems, which are improved on
by incorporating the present invention, have been references in
Feher's aforementioned book on Wireless Communications, published
by Prentice Hall in 1995 and numerous IEEE and other conference
journal papers and in standardization committee documents.
[0089] FIG. 20 is an embodiment of a cross correlated burst
operated TDMA system switch suitable for applications such as
specified for the IS-54, IS-136 and other systems. The components
of FIG. 20 perform similar functions to the ones described in FIG.
18 and FIG. 19 with the exception of the aforementioned pi/4
encoder. In this embodiment, pi/4-DQPSK encoder 2010 is included.
Pi/4 encoders, related pi/4-DQPSK and pi/4-QPSK modulation formats
and standards are well documented in books, publications and
standards and are also described in Feher's aforementioned book
published in 1995 and in the references listed in that book.
[0090] The use of cross correlation in accordance with this
invention improves the performance of conventional standardized
systems. Selection of one or more cross correlators including
splitter or serial to parallel converter in combination with CC1 or
CC2 units 1901 and 1902, FIG. 19 or respective CC1 and CC2 units of
FIG. 20 reduce the linearity requirements of RF transceivers and
particularly of expensive RF amplifiers. A description of pi/4-QPSK
systems for improved performance cross correlated applications was
presented in: M. Yu, K. Feher: "Improved pi/4-DQPSK Compatible
Feher's pi/4-FQPSK Nonlinear Amplified Modulation" proceedings of
the IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, IEEE-VTC '95, Jul. 26-28,
1995, Chicago.
[0091] Rise and fall time control blocks 2011I, 2011Q of FIG. 20
are in one embodiment implemented by a combination of nonlinear and
linear analog or digital filters, processors or other devices,
first or higher order passive Butterworth filters, simple RC
lowpass filters, gain controlled amplifiers operated in a linear or
nonlinear mode, and have an impact on reduced spectral spreading
during "turn on" and "turn-off" of bursted data transmission
systems. Variable or equal shaped ramp on turn on and turn off
signals in a cross correlated mode improve system performance.
Conventional ramp on and ramp off signal generation without the use
of cross correlated signals has been described in the prior art.
The location of rise and fall time control devices 2011I, 2011Q
could be within the I and Q paths as depicted in FIG. 20, or at the
final output stages of the baseband processor at I.sub.OUT and
Q.sub.OUT of FIG. 20 prior to the inputs of the quadrature
modulator or after the Quadrature Modulator such as illustrated at
the output of element 104 of FIG. 18, the drive signal of the
Amplifier.
[0092] The rise and/or fall time embodiment, implemented by means
of a gain controlled amplifier or by filtered signals shown in FIG.
20 (amplifier not shown in FIG. 20), is for some applications a
linearized amplifier while for other applications it is operated in
a power efficient nonlinear mode such as saturated or "C"
class.
[0093] FIG. 21 depicts one embodiment of the present invention
suitable for use in digital TDMA Spread Spectrum FDMA and analog
signal applications. Many elements of FIG. 21 have previously been
described with respect to FIG. 17. For certain applications, such
as relatively narrow band continuous mode or wideband WCDMA
quadrature applicator, element 1603 is a combination or part of an
analog or digital signal processor. In one embodiment, element 1603
contains a PN spreading subsystem including, for example, a
spreader and one or more digital processing functions such as pi/4
DQPSK coding or other signal conditioning function(s). Element 1605
of FIG. 21 is a splitter or serial to parallel converter with
switching as described in FIG. 3c. Signal processors 1607I and
1607Q perform specified linear or nonlinear signal transformations
of linear and/or nonlinear signal shaping and transformations of
the baseband I and Q streams.
[0094] All publications and patent applications mentioned in this
specification are herein incorporated by reference to the same
extent as if each individual publication or patent application was
specifically and individually indicated to be incorporated by
reference.
[0095] The invention now being fully described, it will be apparent
to one of ordinary skill in the art that many changes and
modifications can be made thereto without departing from the spirit
or scope of the appended claims.
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