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Modem for RF subscriber telephone system
Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corp
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Filing: 1986-11-24
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Granted: 1988-08-16
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Expires: 2006-11-24
Abstract
Abstract A modulator for a modem, said modulator being adapted to convert a bit stream, wherein each given number of successive bits defines a symbol, into a phase modulated intermediate frequency (IF) signal, the symbols in the modulator section being phase modulated DPSK conversion. The phase modulated symbols are then digitally filtered to provide a filtered signal comprising time shared, digital in-phase and quadrature phase components that, when converted into an analog signal, provides a modulation signal of a frequency that is centered about a predetermined frequency and deviates therefrom in accordance with the value of the phase modulated symbol. The filtered signal, after being converted to an analog signal is then filtered and passed to a mixer for up conversion to an IF signal.
Inventors
- 👤 Eric Paneth
- 👤 David N. Critchlow
- 👤 Moshe Yehushua
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-23 22:00
CPC Classifications
H; H03; H03K; H03K7/00; H03K7/04; H04; H04L; H04L27/00; H04L27/18; H04L27/22; H04L27/227; H04L27/2271; H04L27/2273; H04L27/20; H04L27/2032
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
121 words
A multiple phase modulator for converting an input constituting a digitized bit stream, wherein each given number of successive bits defines a symbol, into a phase modulated signal, comprising means for grouping a plurality of successive bits into symbols; a digitally implemented filter for shaping and generating a phase representative signal from each of said symbols in accordance with the specification of the frequency channel over which each of said symbols is transmitted, each of said phase representative signals comprising the combined time shared, digital in-phase (I) and quadrature phase (Q) components of the symbols to be transmitted; a digital-to-analog converter for converting each of said signals to be transmitted to an analog signal; and means for transmitting said analog signals.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
121 words
A multiple phase modulator for converting an input constituting a digitized bit stream, wherein each given number of successive bits defines a symbol, into a phase modulated signal, comprising means for grouping a plurality of successive bits into symbols; a digitally implemented filter for shaping and generating a phase representative signal from each of said symbols in accordance with the specification of the frequency channel over which each of said symbols is transmitted, each of said phase representative signals comprising the combined time shared, digital in-phase (I) and quadrature phase (Q) components of the symbols to be transmitted; a digital-to-analog converter for converting each of said signals to be transmitted to an analog signal; and means for transmitting said analog signals.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
The modulator of claim 1 wherein a bandpass filter receives the output of said digital-to-analog converter to separate desired from undesired analog signals therein.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
The modulator of claim 2 wherein an upconverter receives the output of said bandpass filter to increase the frequency of said desired analog signals.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
15 words
The modulator of claim 1 which includes means to provide a Gray-code to each symbol.
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