Broadcom Corporation

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

Dongsoo Daniel Koh

Ramon Alejandro Gomez

Dmitriy Rozenblit

Tirdad Sowlati

Young J Shin

Leonard Dauphinee

Donald George McMullin

Rajasekhar Pullela

Francesco Gatta

Massimo Brandolini

Chonghua Zhong

Jianhong Xiao

Ray (Ramon) Gomez

Harold Raymond Whitehead

Rezaur Rahman Khan

Avi Kliger

Tao Wu

Moshe Tarrab

Peter Good

Reza Khan

Stefano Bozzola

Han Yan

Mattia Introini

Davide Guermandi

Silvian Spiridon

A device includes circuitry configured to receive a signal burst, apply one or more filters to the signal burst based to achieve a predetermined image rejection rate, apply at least one harmonic rejection mode to the signal burst, and amplify the signal burst based on a gain partitioning determination.

System, method, and apparatus for analog signal conditioning of high-speed data streams

Embodiments provide transmitter topologies that improve the power efficiency and bandwidth of RF transmitters for high transmission power applications. In an embodiment, the common-emitter/source PA of conventional topologies is replaced with a current-input common-base/gate PA, which is stacked on top on an open-collector/drain current-output transmitter. The common-base/gate PA protects the output of the transmitter from large output voltage swings. The low input impedance of the common-base/gate PA makes the PA less susceptible to frequency roll-off, even in the presence of large parasitic capacitance produced by the transmitter. At the same time, the low input impedance of the common-base/gate PA reduces the voltage swing at the transmitter output and prevents the transmitter output from being compressed or modulated. In an embodiment, the DC output current of the transmitter is reused to bias the PA, which results in power savings compared to conventional transmitter topologies.

Wideband power efficient high transmission power radio frequency (RF) transmitter

A local oscillator circuit and a corresponding method are provided. The local oscillator circuit includes a memory connected to a processor. The memory is configured to store local oscillator parameters corresponding to a plurality of center frequencies of a frequency spectrum. The processor is configured to apply the stored LO parameters when switching the frequency spectrum for a mixed-mode spectrum communication. The local oscillator also includes a plurality of registers connected with the processor, the plurality of registers configured to control switching of the frequency spectrum.

Method and apparatus for mixed-mode spectrum communication

A system for calibrating a closed power control loop includes an adder configured to inject a test signal into an adjustable element, a first peak detector configured to determine an amplitude of the injected test signal, a second peak detector configured to determine an amplitude of a return test signal, a comparator configured to determine the difference between the injected test signal and the return test signal, and a calibration engine configured to adjust the adjustable element so that the return test signal is offset from the injected test signal by a predetermined amount.

System and method for closed loop power control calibration

An apparatus and method is disclosed to calculate the actual received desired channel power from the downstream transmit power of a Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS) when operating at the nominal line voltage and/or at the normal room temperature as per the DOCSIS specification. A Set-top Device produces a Downstream Power Management (DPM) gain measurement signal having a known power level. The Set-top Device embeds the DPM gain measurement signal onto a received downstream multi-channel communication signal. After embedding the DPM gain measurement signal onto the downstream multi-channel communication signal, the Set-top Device downconverts the combined DPM gain measurement signal and downstream multi-channel communication signal to recover one or more communication channels containing information of a broadcast. The Set-top Device measures a power level of a representation of the DPM gain measurement signal embedded within the one or more communication channels containing the information of the broadcast to determine a Set-top Device gain. The Set-top Device measures a power level of the one or more communication channels containing the information of the broadcast. The Set-top Device calculates the actual received desired channel power from the downstream transmit power of the CMTS based on the Set-top Device gain and the power level of the one or more communication channels containing the information of the broadcast.

Apparatus and method for downstream power management in a cable system

A system for compensating gain control variations in a power amplifier comprises a power control element configured to receive a power control signal and an instantaneous envelope power reference signal, an adder configured to combine the power control signal and the instantaneous envelope power reference signal to obtain a modified power level signal, and a mapping function configured to receive the modified power level signal and configured to alter a control input to a variable gain amplifier, the variable gain amplifier controlling an adjustable input to the power amplifier.

System and method for power mapping to compensate for power amplifier gain control variations

An exemplary tuning circuit is coupled to, a voltage controlled oscillator. The tuning circuit comprises a lock detect monitoring circuit, a VTUNE monitoring circuit and an autotuner circuit. The lock detect monitoring circuit is coupled to a phase locked loop of the voltage controlled oscillator and is configured to determine a state of the phase locked loop. The VTUNE monitoring circuit is coupled to a loop filter of the voltage controlled oscillator and is configured to determine the fine tuning voltage generated by the loop filter. The autotuner circuit is connected to the lock detect monitoring circuit and the VTUNE monitoring circuit and is configured to provide coarse tuning of the voltage controlled oscillator based on the fine tuning voltage and the state of the phase locked loop.

Efficient tuning circuit for on-chip voltage controlled oscillator and method

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Irvine, CA, United States of America

Dongsoo Daniel Koh