发明名称 Digital time-interleaved RF-PWM transmitter
摘要 A method for transmitting radio frequency (RF) signals is provided. In-phase (I) and quadrature (Q) signals are received and filtered using sigma-delta modulation. I and Q pulse width modulation signals are generated from the filtered I and Q signals and interleaved so as to generate a time-interleaved signal. The time-interleaved signal is then amplified to generate the RF signals.
申请公布号 US8831085(B2) 申请公布日期 2014.09.09
申请号 US201113327247 申请日期 2011.12.15
申请人 Texas Instruments Incorporated 发明人 Hezar Rahmi;Ding Lei;Hur Joonhoi;Haroun Baher S.
分类号 H03K7/08 主分类号 H03K7/08
代理机构 代理人 Cooper Alan A. R.;Telecky, Jr. Frederick J.
主权项 1. An apparatus comprising: a first sigma-delta modulator (SDM) that is configured to receive an in-phase (I) signal; a second SDM that is configured to receive a quadrature (Q) signal; a first pulse width modulator (PWM) that is coupled to the first SDM; a second PWM that is coupled to the second SDM; an interleaver that is coupled to the first and second PWMs that is configured to combine outputs from the first and second PWMs; and a power amplifier (PA) that is coupled to the interleaver, wherein the interleaver further comprises: a first mixer that is configured to receive a first interleaving signal and that is coupled to the first PWM;a second mixer that is configured to receive the a second interleaving signal and that is coupled to the second PWM; and  a combiner that is coupled to the first mixer, the second mixer, and the PA wherein the first and second interleaving signals are 90° out-of-phase, wherein the apparatus further comprises:  a first repeater that is coupled between the first PWM and the first mixer; and  a second repeater that is coupled between the second PWM and the second mixer, wherein the first and second SDMs are configured to receive a first clock signal, and wherein the first and second PWMs are configured to receive a second clock signal, and wherein the first and second repeaters are configured to receive a third clock signal, and wherein the first, second, and third clock signals have first, second, and third frequencies, and wherein the second frequency is twice the first frequency, and wherein the third frequency is twice the second frequency.
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