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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 23, 2014
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Mojtaba Ebrahimi, Toronto, CA;

Mohamed Helaoui, Calgary, CA;

Fadhel Ghannouchi, Calgary, CA;

Fahmi Elsayed, Calgary, CA;

Bradley John Morris, Ottawa, CA;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/04 (2006.01); H03M 3/02 (2006.01); H03M 7/30 (2006.01); H03M 3/00 (2006.01); H03F 3/24 (2006.01); H03F 3/19 (2006.01); H04L 27/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/0475 (2013.01); H03M 3/02 (2013.01); H03M 3/40 (2013.01); H03M 7/302 (2013.01); H03M 7/3015 (2013.01); H03F 3/19 (2013.01); H03F 3/245 (2013.01); H03F 2200/331 (2013.01); H03F 2200/451 (2013.01); H04L 27/2614 (2013.01);
Abstract

Apparatuses and methods for power amplification and signal transmission using complex delta-sigma modulation are disclosed. In one embodiment, a complex delta sigma modulator unit comprising a complex polar quantizer within an integrator loop is disclosed. The complex polar quantizer quantizes the envelope of a complex integrated signal and produces a complex quantized output signal of substantially constant envelope. The complex quantized output signal is used in deriving a complex feedback signal within the integrator loop of the complex DSM. The complex quantized output signal may be used in driving a power amplifier substantially at saturation. In some embodiments, an adjacent channel power ratio (ACPR) enhancement technique is used to reduce the quantization noise in the complex quantized output signal.


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