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Modulator having direct digital synthesis for broadband RF transmission
Assignee: Intel Corp
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Filing: 1994-04-18
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Granted: 1995-05-02
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Expires: 2014-04-18
Abstract
Abstract A modulator for data transmitted in a reverse channel or upstream spectrum in a cable transmission system requires a single frequency translation from baseband to a selected RF channel, thus eliminating conventional intermediate frequency (IF) translation. The modulator requires fewer components than the conventional modulator while eliminating nonlinearity, noise, and delay introduced by the IF upconversion. In a preferred embodiment, the modulator includes a serial to parallel differential quadrature phase shift keying encoder with transversal FIR filters and interpolation filters connecting the phase shift keyed data to a single mixer stage for directly translating the baseband signal to an RF (e.g., 5-40 MHz) channel spectrum.
Inventors
- 👤 Hatch Graham
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 23:40
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04L; H04L27/00; H04L27/18; H04L27/20; H04L27/2032; H04L27/2053; H04L27/206; H04L27/2067; H04L27/2071
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
117 words
An RF modulator for reverse channel baseband to RF frequency translation in a CATV cable data transmission system comprising means; for receiving and digitally sampling an input data stream and providing a sampled digital data stream, digital mixer means including a digitally tunable oscillator for receiving said sampled digital data stream and providing a digital RF data stream in selected frequency bands, said mixer means including in-phase and quadrature phase mixers and a numerically controlled oscillator driven by a 100 MHz clock for modulating said in-phase and quadrature phase digital data stream to a selected RF frequency band in the range of 5-40 MHz, and an adder for combining said in-phase and quadrature phase digital data streams.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
117 words
An RF modulator for reverse channel baseband to RF frequency translation in a CATV cable data transmission system comprising means; for receiving and digitally sampling an input data stream and providing a sampled digital data stream, digital mixer means including a digitally tunable oscillator for receiving said sampled digital data stream and providing a digital RF data stream in selected frequency bands, said mixer means including in-phase and quadrature phase mixers and a numerically controlled oscillator driven by a 100 MHz clock for modulating said in-phase and quadrature phase digital data stream to a selected RF frequency band in the range of 5-40 MHz, and an adder for combining said in-phase and quadrature phase digital data streams.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
The RF modulator as defined by claim 1 wherein said filter means includes means for translating serial input data into parallel data.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
The RF modulator as defined by claim 2 wherein said means for translating serial input data into parallel data further includes differential quadrature phase shift keying means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
31 words
The RF modulator as defined by claim 3 wherein said filter means further includes transversal finite impulse response (FIR) filter means for digitally sampling said differential quadrature phase shift keyed signals.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The RF modulator as defined by claim 4 and further including interpolation filter means for providing additional control data to said sampled data stream.
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