Motorola Corporation

Glen A Franson

Peter Nanni

Ronald L Porco

William C Greenwood

An apparatus and method thereof for processing base band signals to reduce peak power requirements for a multi-channel transmitter is disclosed. The apparatus includes a first Fourier Transform Matrix (FTM) coupled to one or more input signals for providing a plurality of output signals; a processing unit for limiting a peak value for each of the output signals, and a second FTM for decomposing the peak limited output signals to provide one or more output base band signals, each of the output base band signals corresponding to one of the input signals. A multi-channel transmitter further converts the output base band signals to a radio frequency signals; a first analog FTM provides a plurality of amplifier input signals; a power amplifier having a plurality of amplifiers provides a plurality of amplified output signals; and a second analog FTM coupled to the amplified output signals provides transmit signals corresponding one to one with the output base band signals.

Method and apparatus for reducing transmitter peak power requirements using dual matrices

A peak to average reduction apparatus and method thereof for reducing peak power requirements of a multi-channel transmitter is discussed. The apparatus includes: a Fourier Transform Matrix (FTM) coupled to one or more input signals for providing a plurality of output signals each comprising a combination of phase shifted versions of the one or more input signals; and a processing unit coupled to the output signals for limiting a peak value for each of the output signals to provide a plurality of peak limited output signals, wherein the peak limited output signals are suitable for generating a plurality of signals for driving the multi-channel transmitter. A transmitter further includes a power amplifier having a plurality of amplifiers coupled to these signals, each amplifier coupled to a one of the signals that correspond to one of the peak limited output signals to provide an amplified output signal, wherein the plurality of amplifiers provide a plurality of amplified output signals; and a radio frequency FTM coupled to the amplified output signals to provide one or more transmit signals corresponding one to one with the input signals.

Method and apparatus for reducing transmitter peak power requirements

An apparatus (500) for generating first and second output signals having predetermined frequency shifts relative to a frequency provided by a reference signal is included in a system comprising a phase-locked loop (206) coupled to the reference signal for generating the first and second output signals. The apparatus (500) includes pulse deletion circuitry (204) coupled to the reference signal and the phase-locked loop (206) for deleting pulses from the reference signal at a first deletion rate to generate the first output signal and for deleting pulses from the reference signal at a second deletion rate to generate the second output signal.

Method and apparatus for digital modulation using pulse deletion

An apparatus for generating output signals having predetermined frequency shifts relative to a frequency provided by a reference signal is included in a system (500) comprising a phase-locked loop (206) coupled to the reference signal for generating the first and second output signals. The apparatus comprises pulse addition circuitry (204) coupled to the reference signal and the phase-locked loop (206) for adding pulses to the reference signal at a first cyclical rate to generate the first output signal and for adding pulses to the reference signal at a second cyclical rate to generate the second output signal.

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Fort Worth, TX, United States of America

Glen A Franson