Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
375214000 | Including pulse regeneration or conversion | 43 |
20080225929 | Closed Form Calculation of Temporal Equalizer Weights Used in a Repeater Transmitter Leakage Cancellation System - A repeater environment is provided to operatively deploy a feedback cancellation loop that performs closed loop calculations for weights used by a feedback equalizer to improve signal integrity and amplification. In an illustrative implementation, an exemplary repeater environment comprises a transmitter, a receiver, an equalized feedback cancellation loop circuitry operative to perform one or more closed form calculations for equalizer weights. In the illustrative implementation, the feedback cancellation loop can comprise a calculation module operative to perform one or more closed form weight calculations using linear algebraic techniques as part of feedback signal cancel operations for use by the N tap feedback equalizer canceller. | 09-18-2008 |
20080225930 | Use of a Filterbank in an Adaptive On-Channel Repeater Utilizing Adaptive Antenna Arrays - A repeater environment is provided operative to deploy a feedback cancellation loop that is adaptively coupled with an antenna array such that a selected metric can be derived by deploying a selected filter bank operative to process the signal on a bin by bin basis and the derived metric can be applied to the antenna array and feedback cancellation loop combination to improve signal integrity and amplification. In an illustrative implementation, an exemplary repeater environment comprises, a transmitter, a receiver, an equalized feedback cancellation loop circuitry comprising a filter bank, the cancellation loop being operatively coupled to an antenna array. In the illustrative implementation, the feedback cancellation loop can receive signals as input from a cooperating antenna array and provide output signals such as a feedback leakage signal to a cooperating antenna array. | 09-18-2008 |
20080225931 | Use of Adaptive Antenna Array in Conjunction with an On-Channel Repeater to Improve Signal Quality - A repeater environment is provided to deploy a feedback cancellation loop that is adaptively coupled with an antenna array such that a selected metric can be derived by deploying a one or more of selected metrics (e.g., composite metrics) comprising a selected filter bank operative to process the signal on a bin by bin basis and the derived metric can be applied to the antenna array and feedback cancellation loop combination to improve signal integrity and amplification, beam forming operations, and pilot control and overhead channel control operations. In an illustrative implementation, an exemplary repeater environment comprises, a transmitter, a receiver, an equalized feedback cancellation loop circuitry comprising a filter bank, the cancellation loop being operatively coupled to an antenna array. In the illustrative implementation, the feedback cancellation loop can receive signals as input from a cooperating antenna array and provide output signals such as a feedback leakage signal to a cooperating | 09-18-2008 |
20080267267 | DATA INTERFACE METHOD AND APPARATUS - A data interface method includes differentially amplifying differential data signals based on a mode control signal indicating a first mode, transmitting the amplified differential data signals to a receiving semiconductor device via first and second transmission lines, and driving one of the differential data signals and a strobe signal to the first and second transmission lines, respectively, based on the mode control signal indicating a second mode, for transmitting the one of the differential data signals and the strobe signal to the receiving semiconductor device. The receiving semiconductor device samples the received differential data signals according to differential signaling, in response to a controlled sampling clock signal based on the mode control signal indicating a first mode; and samples the one of the differential data signals in response to a strobe signal, received from the transmitting semiconductor device, based on the mode control signal indicating a second mode. | 10-30-2008 |
20090016415 | Methods, computer program products and apparatus providing improved quantization - Thus, the exemplary embodiments of the invention describe methods, computer program products and apparatus that provide improved quantization, as may be useful within the context of a communication system (e.g., a wireless communication system) that has a relay node. In one non-limiting, exemplary embodiment, a method includes: receiving a transmission having source data from an information source; determining an estimate of the source data using a quantization technique based on maximizing data throughput; and transmitting a message including the determined estimate towards an information destination. | 01-15-2009 |
20090034590 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO PERFORM MODULATION USING INTEGER TIMING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN INTRA SYMBOL MODULATION COMPONENTS - A method and apparatus to improve modulation efficiency for chip to chip interconnects. Modulation objects that are integer multiples of a fundamental time unit (FTU) are used to populate a symbol period that is also an integer multiple of the FTU. A possible symbol set is established as the set in which the modulation object occupies every possible combination of slots within the symbol period. By permitting the modulation object to overlap positions in different symbols of the set, greater modulation efficiency is achieved. | 02-05-2009 |
20090041098 | CODING DEVICE, PULSE REGENERATING DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - It is an object of the present invention to provide coding techniques which allow for higher efficiency and easier synchronization with coded data. In order to attain the object, a coding device according to the present invention converts 2-bit informational data into 4-bit coded data according to a predetermined coding rule. According to the coding rule employed in the coding device, one of four possible kinds of bit strings of informational data is converted into alternately a bit string of four bits in which each of values of two successive bits is “1” and a bit string of four bits in which each of values of all bits is “0”. Then, the other kinds of bit strings are converted into bit strings of four bits which differ from one another, in each of which a value of only one bit is “1”. | 02-12-2009 |
20090129450 | Apparatus and method for corresponding frequency synchronization in on-channel repeater - Provided is a frequency synchronizing apparatus and method that can synchronize frequencies between receiving signals and transmitting signals by extracting a carrier error and sampling timing error information in a synchronization process of the receiving signal from a main transmitter or another repeater and reflecting them in the transmitting signal in an on-channel repeater. The apparatus includes a carrier recovery means for compensating a carrier frequency error of a receiving signal; a timing recovery means for compensating a sampling timing error of the receiving signal; a carrier error reflecting means for reflecting the carrier frequency error extracted from the carrier recovery means to a transmitting signal; and a timing error reflecting means for reflecting the sampling timing error extracted from the timing recovery means to the transmitting signal. The present invention is used to form an on-channel repeating network in any transmission system including a digital television broadcasting system. | 05-21-2009 |
20090196332 | COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING THE SAME - A cooperative communication system and method is provided. A cooperative communication relay station includes a signal receiving unit which receives a source signal from a source node and a multiple relaying signal relayed by a neighboring relay station, a signal generation unit which generates a first relay signal and a second relay signal, the first relay signal being generated by performing a decode-and forward scheme with respect to the multiple relaying signal and the second relay signal being generated by performing an amplify-and-forward scheme with respect to the source signal, and a signal transmission unit which transmits the first relay signal and the second relay signal to a destination node. | 08-06-2009 |
20100040119 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - An object of the invention is to provide a wireless communication apparatus which can correct error flexibly without wasting consumed resources while maintaining the improvement of reliability resulted from error correction. The wireless communication apparatus (relay station) | 02-18-2010 |
20100118922 | WIRELESS REPEATER APPARATUS FOR CANCELING INTERFERENCE SIGNAL - There is provided a micro integrated wireless repeater apparatus for canceling an interference signal, including: a receiving means for receiving a repetition signal; an analog interference cancellation means for generating an interference cancellation signal according to a control signal and removing an interference signal from the repetition signal received from the receiving means; a digital interference cancellation means for canceling a residual interference signal remaining in a repetition signal obtained by canceling an interference signal component by the analog interference cancellation means; a control means for controlling the analog interference cancellation means by transmitting the control signal to the analog interference cancellation means according to control information received from the digital interference cancellation means; and a transmitting means for transmitting a repetition signal obtained by canceling a residual interference signal component by the digital interference cancellation means. | 05-13-2010 |
20100128760 | METHODS, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA AND COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED TOOLS FOR PRE-ROUTE REPEATER INSERTION - A method of performing a pre-route repeater insertion methodology for at least part of a circuit design may include: partitioning at least part of a circuit design into a plurality of tiles; determining at least one attribute of individual tiles of the plurality of tiles; and determining a repeater solution based at least in part on the determined attributes of the individual tiles. A computer implemented tool for performing a pre-route repeater insertion methodology for at least part of a circuit design may include: a module configured to partition at least part of a circuit design into a plurality of tiles; a module configured to determine at least one attribute of individual tiles of the plurality of tiles; and a module configured to determine a repeater solution based at least in part on the determined attributes of the individual tiles. | 05-27-2010 |
20100238983 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA TRANSMISSION BETWEEN AN INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND A REMOTE DEVICE - A system and method for data transmission between an intelligent electronic device (IED) and a device, such as a remote display or input/output (I/O) device, are provided. Each data line of the IED is input into a serializer and transmitted over a serial link to a deserializer and then provided to the inputs of remote device, such as a remote display or input/output (I/O) device. The serial link can be made of any media such as copper, fiber optics, etc. The serial link can be formed as one, two or more channels. | 09-23-2010 |
20100254441 | RADIO SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR RELAYING RADIO SIGNALS - The present invention provides a radio system and a method for relaying radio signals. The radio system comprises at least one transmit path, a digital predistortion unit, a calibration unit and a feedback path. The feedback path is commonly used by the digital predistortion unit and the calibration unit with the present invention. The calibration signal is adapted to update at least one of phase and amplitude changes and the digital predistortion. The present invention further relates to a method for relaying radio signals. The method comprises updating the digital predistortion as well as an updating of the phase and amplitude changes. The updating of the digital predistortion and the updating of the phase and amplitude changes is implemented using a feedback signal. The present invention further relates to a computer program product for the manufacture of the radio system according to the invention. The present invention further relates to a computer program product for the execution of the method according to the present invention. | 10-07-2010 |
20100260240 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RELAYING SIGNALS IN ASYNCHRONOUS COOPERATIVE NETWORK - Relay nodes relay data from a source node ( | 10-14-2010 |
20100265997 | REPEATER AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING SIGNAL, AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING FREQUENCY THEREOF - A repeater converts a frequency of a received signal based on a local oscillating frequency and transmits a transmitting signal of a frequency that is different from the frequency of the received signal. Here, the local oscillating frequency includes a local oscillating error that may be different in a plurality of repeaters. Accordingly, the repeater cancels the local oscillating frequency error itself in a frequency conversion so that transmitting frequencies between the plurality of repeaters may be identical. | 10-21-2010 |
20100284448 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - An object of the invention is to provide a wireless communication apparatus which can correct error flexibly without wasting consumed resources while maintaining the improvement of reliability resulted from error correction. The wireless communication apparatus (relay station) | 11-11-2010 |
20110002368 | HIGH SPEED SERIAL LINK SYSTEMS - High speed serial link techniques are provided. A system applying the high speed serial link technique comprises a relay unit and an amplifier. The relay unit receives a first pair of differential signals provided by a high speed transmitter of a first device, and provides the amplifier with at least one signal that is generated based on the first pair of differential signals. The amplifier amplifies and converts the signal provided by the relay unit to a second pair of differential signals to be received by a high speed receiver of a second device. | 01-06-2011 |
20110103434 | GAIN CONTROL & FREQUENCY STABILITY IN DIGITALLY-CHANNELISED RF BI-DIRECTIONAL AMPLIFIERS - Improved gain control for a digital signal processing (DSP) repeater, such as a bi-directional repeater, is disclosed. A repeater includes a back-end subsystem which comprises, for each channel in a set of wanted frequency channels that are amplified by the repeater, a coupler ( | 05-05-2011 |
20110122928 | HIGH FREQUENCY SIGNAL HUB - The present invention concerns a system for high frequency signal transmission in power line networks and also concerns signal hubs and repeaters to be used in such systems. The primary aim of the invention is to provide a communication system of a general type wherein the isolation between high frequency input and output signals is maintained. The hubs and repeaters are designed to be easily installed in the network. Radio and wireless links at subscriber nodes are also parts of the system. | 05-26-2011 |
20110188550 | HIGH-PERFORMANCE FASTER-THAN-NYQUIST (FTN) SIGNALING SCHEMES - A method for communication includes modulating data to produce a series of symbols defined in a signal space. The symbols are pulse-shaped using a given pulse shape. A signal, which includes a sequence of the pulse-shaped symbols ( | 08-04-2011 |
20110255574 | Converter Device to Convert Between Different Small Form Factor Pluggable Standards - A converter apparatus is provided that enables conversion of data (traffic) between different form factor pluggable standards. The converter apparatus comprises a first connector configured to connect to a first device according to a first form factor pluggable standard, and a second connector configured to connect to a second device according to a second form factor pluggable standard. The converter apparatus further comprises a signal processor configured to be coupled between the first connector and the second connector. The signal processor is configured to convert at least one of transmit signals in the first form factor pluggable standard received at the first connector to transmit signals in the second form factor pluggable standard and receive signals in the second form factor pluggable standard received at the second connector to receive signals in the first form factor pluggable standard. A controller in the converter apparatus is configured to be coupled to the signal processor, to the first connector and to the second connector. The controller configures the signal processor as to parameters used for converting signals between the first and second form factor pluggable standards. | 10-20-2011 |
20110299572 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUBBAND SIGNAL DEMODULATION IN A TRANSPONDER SATELLITE COMMUNICATION LINK CONTAINING A COMPONENT OF RELAYED INTERFERENCE - A method and apparatus at a local terminal are described for demodulating a remote-terminal signal located at a subband offset frequency in a frequency subband of relayed interference from a transponder satellite link. The demodulation of the remote-terminal signal is accomplished by transferring the digital data that produced the local-terminal transmit signal to the local-terminal receiver. The digital data is time-delayed and converted to a narrowband offset-constellation signal that cancels the relayed interference in an adaptive equalizer. Providing cancellation in the subband of the relayed interference produces larger interference cancellation factors than those obtained in conventional broadband cancellation systems. A phase-noise error signal is also generated and used to increase cancellation levels limited by phase noise generated in the satellite link frequency converters. Additionally the receiver converter frequencies are chosen such that errors in estimating the subband offset frequency do not affect cancellation in the adaptive equalizer. | 12-08-2011 |
20120008664 | DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE FREQUENCY OF A SATELLITE REMOTE-CONTROLLED TRANSMITTER/RECEIVER, AND RELATED TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER - Device for controlling a frequency F of a TTC satellite link transmitter and/or receiver on the basis of a frequency command whose value is taken in a predetermined frequency plan composed of several frequency notches distributed in a discontinuous manner in a given frequency band, said device including a quartz oscillator delivering a reference frequency F | 01-12-2012 |
20120069872 | CHANNEL ESTIMATION METHOD FOR OFDM RELAYING SYSTEM - A channel estimation method for an OFDM relaying system, which is based on an EM algorithm and applied to an AF OFDM relaying system, wherein channels from a source node to a relaying system and from the relaying system to the destination node in a wireless communication system are respectively estimated at the destination node. The channel estimation method of the present invention comprises steps of: constructing a system model; setting an expectation function; performing maximization processing; and performing iteration. The method of the present invention respectively estimates the channels from the source node to the relaying system and from the relaying system to the destination node, whereby are optimally combined the signals of the direct path (source-to-destination) and the signals of the relay path (source-to-relay and relay-to-destination) at the destination node. | 03-22-2012 |
20120114022 | Multi-Carrier Satellite Network Supporting Heterogeneous Terminals - In a satellite communication system, comprising a hub and a plurality of heterogeneous terminals, the hub may split a bandwidth segment designated for a forward channel into at least two carriers, wherein some of the terminals may listen on a first carrier and some other terminals may listen on the at least second carrier. In this system, the hub may re-arrange the split of the bandwidth segment between the various carriers populating it in real-time or substantially in real-time, while the carriers are actively transmitted, and without causing loss of service and/or loss of data to terminals listening on those carriers. The terminals may be configured to track the carriers as they are re-arranged and to maintain seamless service to the end user throughout the re-arrangement process. | 05-10-2012 |
20120147931 | Frequency Converter and Wireless Repeater Using the Same, and Wireless Repeating System Using the Same - According to a wireless repeating system of the invention, a first analog signal is digitally converted at a first sampling frequency, a converted original digital signal is oversampled at a second sampling frequency higher than the first sampling frequency, an image digital signal occupying a specific frequency band out of plural image digital signals generated by zero-interpolation is extracted via a digital filter, and the image digital signal is input to a delta-sigma demodulator to convert to a second analog signal and output the second analog signal. | 06-14-2012 |
20120170620 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FEEDBACK CANCELLATIO IN REPEATERS - An apparatus for repeating signals includes a receive antenna for receiving input signals, processing circuitry for processing the input signals to form repeated signals, and a transmit antenna for transmitting the repeated signals. The processing circuitry includes an adaptive digital filter configured to generate cancellation signals that are added to the input signals to cancel unwanted feedback signals from the input signals. A frequency shifting circuit adds a frequency shift to the input signals, after the addition of the cancellation signals, to form repeated signals that are frequency shifted from the input signals. A digital signal processor is coupled to the adaptive digital filter for digitally adapting the filter. The digital signal processor utilizes the frequency shift of the transmission signals to adapt the adaptive digital filter. | 07-05-2012 |
20130010841 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RELAYING SIGNAL IN WIRELESS NETWORK - Disclosed are a control method and a control device for implementing two-way communication in a wireless network. A repeater can measure a channel matrix, which indicates channel information of each of a plurality of nodes based on signals received simultaneously from the plurality of the nodes, and calculate a first basic lattice size, which initializes the lattice sizes of the received signals according to predefined rules. Then, the repeater uses the channel matrix of each of the nodes and the initialized first lattice size to calculate for each of the nodes a first normalization factor, which normalizes the sizes of the signals simultaneously received from each of the nodes, and a minimum normalized factor, which is equivalent to the minimum value of the first normalization factor. And then, the repeater calculates a second lattice size for each of the nodes using the first normalization factor, the minimum normalization factor, and the initialized first lattice size, which have been calculated for each of the nodes. Then, the repeater calculates a second normalization factor using the second lattice size and the channel matrix of each of the nodes. And then, the repeater transmits the new calculated lattice size and the normalization factor to each of the nodes. | 01-10-2013 |
20130070813 | COMMUNICATION METHOD OF RELAY NODE USING NON-LINEAR HYBRID NETWORK CODING AND DEVICE USING SAID METHOD - Provided is a relay node that performs network coding with respect to signals transmitted from a plurality of sources. The relay node may partition a plurality of constellation points into a plurality of subsets, generate a new constellation diagram based on respective characteristics among the plurality of subsets, and perform network coding based on the new constellation diagram. | 03-21-2013 |
20130114651 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FEEDBACK CANCELLATION IN REPEATERS - An apparatus for repeating signals includes a receive antenna for receiving input signals, processing circuitry for processing the input signals to form repeated signals, and a transmit antenna for transmitting the repeated signals. The processing circuitry includes an adaptive digital filter configured to generate cancellation signals that are added to the input signals to cancel unwanted feedback signals from the input signals. A frequency shifting circuit adds a frequency shift to the input signals, after the addition of the cancellation signals, to form repeated signals that are frequency shifted from the input signals. A digital signal processor is coupled to the adaptive digital filter for digitally adapting the filter. The digital signal processor utilizes the frequency shift of the transmission signals to adapt the adaptive digital filter. | 05-09-2013 |
20130336370 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH CHANNEL COMPENSATING EQUALIZER - A communication system and method for extending coverage of a base transceiver station. The communication system includes processing circuitry that receives a communication signal over a wireless channel. The received communication signal is processed through an adaptable equalizer to reduce noise, distortion, interference, and frequency errors. In another aspect of the invention, a frequency of a reference signal in the communication system is adjusted to compensate for frequency errors between the communication system and the source of the communication signal. The equalized and frequency adjusted communication signal is then retransmitted into an extended coverage area. Wireless coverage is thereby provided between a base transceiver station and a mobile device in the extended coverage area. | 12-19-2013 |
20140119412 | SAMPLING DEVICE - A sampling device for sampling an incoming signal in order to generate an output signal having a different frequency spectrum from the incoming signal. The device comprises a sampler configured to sample the incoming signal at a series of intervals in time, wherein the series of intervals includes a temporally repeating sequence of intervals, and wherein the duration of successive intervals varies throughout the series. | 05-01-2014 |
20160087710 | DIGITAL REPEATER HAVING BANDPASS FILTERING, ADAPTIVE PRE-EQUALIZATION AND SUPPRESSIN OF NATURAL OSCILLATION - A signal repeating system includes at least one input antenna that receives input signals, at least one output antenna that radiates output signals, and a signal path between the input and output antennas. The signal path includes circuitry for conditioning the input signals with down conversion circuitry that converts input signals to lower frequency signals and analog-to-digital conversion circuitry that converts the input signals to digital signals. A suppression circuit suppresses feedback and interference in the repeated output signals with a digital signal processor configured for receiving samples of the input signals, samples of the output signals, and samples of an interference reference signal and an adaptive filter under the control of the digital signal processor for generating echo cancellation signals and interference cancellation signals. | 03-24-2016 |
20160087712 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRE-DISTORTION AND ITERATIVE COMPENSATION FOR NONLINEAR DISTORTION IN SYSTEM EMPLOYING FTN SYMBOL TRANSMISSION RATES - A signal transmission approach comprises encoding a source signal (comprising source symbols) to generate a corresponding encoded signal. The encoded signal is modulated by mapping each source symbol to a respective signal constellation point of an applied signal constellation to generate a modulated signal. The modulated signal is pre-distorted based on a distortion estimate to generate a pre-distorted signal. The pre-distorted signal is filtered to generate a filtered signal. The filtered signal is frequency translated and amplified to generate a transmission signal for transmission via an uplink channel of a satellite communications system. To increase throughput, the source signal is processed through the apparatus and the resulting transmission signal is generated at a Faster-than-Nyquist (FTN) symbol rate and with a tight frequency roll-off. The modulated signal is pre-distorted based on a distortion estimate relating to the nonlinearity and the filters applied before and/or after the pre-distorter. | 03-24-2016 |
20160094330 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTING DIGITAL CONTENT CHANNELS USING LOW NOISE BLOCK CONVERTERS INCLUDING DIGITAL CHANNELIZER SWITCHES - Systems and methods are provided for selecting data from intermediate frequency signals, corresponding to received signals (e.g., satellite signals) carrying modulated data, using digital channelizer switches. An example digital channelizer switch may comprise a plurality of high speed analog-to-digital converters configured to digitize the intermediate frequency signals; a plurality of digital channelizers configured to digitally tune data from the digitized intermediate frequency signals; a multiplexer configured to select one or more digitized intermediate frequency signal generated by the plurality of high speed analog-to-digital converters as inputs to the plurality of digital channelizers; and a high speed digital-to-analog converter configured to generate an analog output signal using digitally tuned data by the digital channelizer, from at least one digitized intermediate frequency signal. | 03-31-2016 |
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375215000 | Phase locked loop | 5 |
20080232443 | SIGNAL GENERATING APPARATUS - A signal generating apparatus for generating a synthesized signal according to an input signal is provided. The signal generating apparatus includes a phase-locked loop device and a control unit. The phase-locked loop device has a phase/frequency detector for generating a detected signal according to a reference oscillating signal and a feedback signal, a control signal generator for generating a control signal according to the detected signal, a voltage controlled oscillator for generating the synthesized signal according to the control signal, and a divider for dividing the synthesized signal according to a dividing factor to generate the feedback signal. The control unit is for controlling the control signal generator to adjust the control signal in a calibration mode to thereby adjust a frequency of the synthesized signal. The phase/frequency detector does not output the detected signal to the control signal generator in the calibration mode. | 09-25-2008 |
20090086794 | System and Method of Data Word Flipping to Prevent Pathological Conditions on High-Speed Serial Video Data Interfaces - Systems and methods are provided for reducing pathological conditions in a serial video interface. A sequence of parallel data words that are to be transformed by a data-scrambling algorithm comprise an input signal. The bit order of one or more of the words in the sequence of parallel data words is reversed and the sequence of parallel data words, now including one or more bit-reversed words, is transmitted. The signal resulting from application of a data-scrambling algorithm to the sequence of parallel data words, including one or more bit-reversed words, has a reduced likelihood of including a pathological condition. | 04-02-2009 |
20100124256 | CONFIGURABLE RESET CIRCUIT FOR A PHASE-LOCKED LOOP - A method of eliminating a runaway condition in a PLL includes the steps of: determining whether the PLL is locked to an input reference signal; when the PLL is not locked to the input reference signal, determining whether a frequency of an output signal generated by the PLL exceeds a prescribed maximum frequency; and when the frequency of the output signal generated by the PLL exceeds the prescribed maximum frequency, resetting the PLL to thereby eliminate the runaway condition. | 05-20-2010 |
20140056336 | ELECTRONIC SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA BY SERIAL COMMUNICATION - Provided is an electronic system capable of dynamically switching a communication speed among a plurality of electronic devices connected in series. A first communication device and a second communication device are connected in series to a host controller. After controlling the communication speed of the second communication device to be a communication speed defined in advance, the host controller controls the communication speed of the first communication device to be the same communication speed as the communication speed of the second communication device. | 02-27-2014 |
20160191149 | OUTDOOR DIGITAL MODULATOR SYSTEM FOR USE WITH A LINEAR RADIO, AND A METHOD THEREOF - A communication system, an apparatus and a method for communicating with a radio disposed in an outdoor unit are provided. The apparatus including: a de-multiplexor configured to separate a multiplexed signal received on an inter-facility link (IFL) into a first signal; a demodulator configured to demodulate the first signal based-on a first modulator control information to obtain data; a modulator configured to modulate a portion of the data based-on a second modulator control information to generate a second signal; and an amplifier configured to amplify a transmission signal prior to transmission of the transmission signal with an antenna, wherein the transmission signal is based on the second signal, the second modulator control information is received by the de-multiplexor and the second modulator control information controls the modulation scheme used by the modulator. | 06-30-2016 |