WO1995014334A1 - A method for minimizing a phase error of a transmitter - Google Patents
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- WO1995014334A1 WO1995014334A1 PCT/FI1994/000515 FI9400515W WO9514334A1 WO 1995014334 A1 WO1995014334 A1 WO 1995014334A1 FI 9400515 W FI9400515 W FI 9400515W WO 9514334 A1 WO9514334 A1 WO 9514334A1
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- H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
- H04L27/00—Modulated-carrier systems
- H04L27/18—Phase-modulated carrier systems, i.e. using phase-shift keying
- H04L27/20—Modulator circuits; Transmitter circuits
- H04L27/2032—Modulator circuits; Transmitter circuits for discrete phase modulation, e.g. in which the phase of the carrier is modulated in a nominally instantaneous manner
- H04L27/2053—Modulator circuits; Transmitter circuits for discrete phase modulation, e.g. in which the phase of the carrier is modulated in a nominally instantaneous manner using more than one carrier, e.g. carriers with different phases
- H04L27/206—Modulator circuits; Transmitter circuits for discrete phase modulation, e.g. in which the phase of the carrier is modulated in a nominally instantaneous manner using more than one carrier, e.g. carriers with different phases using a pair of orthogonal carriers, e.g. quadrature carriers
- H04L27/2067—Modulator circuits; Transmitter circuits for discrete phase modulation, e.g. in which the phase of the carrier is modulated in a nominally instantaneous manner using more than one carrier, e.g. carriers with different phases using a pair of orthogonal carriers, e.g. quadrature carriers with more than two phase states
- H04L27/2071—Modulator circuits; Transmitter circuits for discrete phase modulation, e.g. in which the phase of the carrier is modulated in a nominally instantaneous manner using more than one carrier, e.g. carriers with different phases using a pair of orthogonal carriers, e.g. quadrature carriers with more than two phase states in which the data are represented by the carrier phase, e.g. systems with differential coding
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04B—TRANSMISSION
- H04B1/00—Details of transmission systems, not covered by a single one of groups H04B3/00 - H04B13/00; Details of transmission systems not characterised by the medium used for transmission
- H04B1/38—Transceivers, i.e. devices in which transmitter and receiver form a structural unit and in which at least one part is used for functions of transmitting and receiving
- H04B1/40—Circuits
- H04B1/403—Circuits using the same oscillator for generating both the transmitter frequency and the receiver local oscillator frequency
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04B—TRANSMISSION
- H04B1/00—Details of transmission systems, not covered by a single one of groups H04B3/00 - H04B13/00; Details of transmission systems not characterised by the medium used for transmission
- H04B1/06—Receivers
- H04B1/16—Circuits
- H04B1/30—Circuits for homodyne or synchrodyne receivers
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- the present invention relates to a method for minimizing the phase error of a transmitter of a transceiver unit.
- the invention also relates to a transceiver unit for transmitting and receiving signals, said unit comprising a transmitter, a receiver and antenna means for establishing a radio contact with active radio units currently located in the coverage area of the transceiver unit.
- a transceiver unit refers in this context to a unit which comprises both a radio receiver and a radio transmitter.
- the present invention relates particularly to adjusting the phase error of the transmitter of a transmitter unit, this adjustment being carried out, as known, unit-specifically in connection with the manufacture of the unit.
- the practice has however shown that a phase error due to the component tolerances of a transmitter will not remain constant but changes unit- specifically as the transmitter ages, whereby it is necessary to readjust the transmitter separately for each unit. Since this operation requires the presence of maintenance staff, it is rather expensive in addition to taking up a lot of time, during which time the transceiver unit cannot be used for normal traffic operation.
- the object of the invention is to solve the above-mentioned problem, and to provide a method by means of which the adjustment of the phase error of a transceiver unit can be performed in a significantly simpler and quicker manner than before.
- a predetermined test signal is applied via a delay means to the input of the transmitter section of the transceiver unit; the output signal of the transmitter section is converted to the receive frequency of the receiver; the receive-frequency signal is applied to the receiver of the transceiver unit; the output signal of the receiver is compared to said predetermined test signal; and the delay means is adjusted on the basis of the result of the comparison in such a manner that the phase error of the transmitter is minimized.
- the invention also relates to a transceiver unit in which the method of the invention can be applied.
- the transceiver unit of the invention is characterized in that the unit comprises a memory means, in which test data is stored; a delay means, which is connected to the input of the transmitter and via which data is applied to the transmitter; a mixing means for converting a test signal, which is applied by the transmitter and generated from the test data stored in the memory means, from a transmit frequency to a receive frequency, the output of the mixing means being connected so as to apply the receive-frequency test signal to the input of the receiver; and a control means for applying the test data stored in the memory means via the delay means to the transmitter of the unit, for comparing the output signal of the receiver to the test data stored in the memory means, and for adjusting the delay means on the basis of the above- mentioned comparison so that the difference between said output signal and said stored test data is minimized.
- the invention is based on the idea that the transceiver unit is provided with means by which the phase error of the transmitter can be automatically adjusted without this requiring any special maintenance operations.
- the most significant advantages of the method and the transceiver unit of the invention are thus that it is not necessary to separately adjust the phase error of the transceiver unit at the manufacturing stage, which facilitates the process of manufacture of the unit, and that the ageing of the unit does not affect the phase error, because the phase error can be continuously adjusted by means of the automatic adjusting means located in the transceiver unit.
- the unit comprises means for transmitting two signals by using quadrature modulation.
- the minimization of the phase error of the transmitter can thus be carried out by varying the mutual phase shift of the signals to be transmitted. This means that a sufficient adjustment can be performed as one of the signals to be transmitted passes through the controllable delay means.
- the figure shows the transceiver unit of a base station operating in a FDMA/TDMA-type (Frequency Division Multiple Access/Time Division Multiple Access) frequency and time division system, such as the GSM system, this tranceiver unit being able by means of antennas 3 and 4 to establish a radio contact with the active radio units currently located in the radio coverage area of the base station.
- FDMA/TDMA-type Frequency Division Multiple Access/Time Division Multiple Access
- the transceiver unit shown in the figure comprises means by which it is capable of automatically testing the phase error of its transmitter 1 by means of a loop integrated in the unit. This type of loop is integrated in each transceiver unit used in the base station.
- control logic 8 included in the baseband section 5 of the unit causes the test data stored in a memory 9 to be applied to the input of the transmitter 1. Since the transmitter unit shown in the figure comprises means for transmitting two signals (I and Q) in a manner known as such by using quadrature modulation, the operation of the control logic 8 causes the test signal to be applied to a shift register 20 and 21 of both an I-branch 11 and a Q-branch 12, respectively. A clock pulse CLK is also applied to the shift registers 20 and 21, as is apparent from the figure.
- the signals obtained from the outputs of the shift registers 20 and 21 are applied via D/A converters 13 located in the branches 11 and 12 to mixers 14a and 14b located in the transmitter 1, in which mixers a quadrature modulation is performed on the test signals by utilizing an oscillator LO.
- I-branch and the Q-branch are combined and converted to the transmit frequency of the transmitter 1, the signal to be transmitted is amplified at an output stage 15.
- a mixer 17 is connected to the output of the transmitter 1 via a directional coupler 16.
- the test signal is converted to a receive frequency by means of the oscillator LO operating during the test period, this oscillator being controlled by the control unit 8 by means of an RF switch 18.
- a directional coupler 19 is connected to the output of the mixer 17, and the receive-frequency signal is applied via the coupler to the input of a receiver 2.
- the receiver 2 demodulates the signal applied to it to the I- and Q-branches by utilizing the oscillator LO and mixers 2a and 2b, after which the output signal of the receiver 2 is applied via A/D converters 6 located in the baseband section 5 of the unit to a measuring unit 7, which carries out the comparison of the received test signal with the test data stored in the memory means 9, and calculates the bit error rate (BER) as a result of this comparison.
- BER bit error rate
- the control means 8 adjusts the delay caused by either the shift register 20 or the shift register 21 to the propagation of the signal in such a manner that the phase difference between the signals applied via the I- branch 11 and the Q-branch 12 changes, whereby the entire phase error of the transmitter 1 changes.
- a sufficient change in the phase error of the transmitter can thus be produced by adjusting only one of the shift registers 20 and 21.
- This change in the phase difference may in practice be carried out by steps of ⁇ 0.5°, for instance, the phase difference being however preferably no more than about ⁇ 5°.
- the data transmitted by the transmitter unit passes via the shift registers 20 and 21, whereby these shift registers cause delays according to the values stored in the memory chart 9 to occur in the I-branch and/or Q-branch by the operation of the control unit 8.
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US08/491,993 US5793800A (en) | 1993-11-18 | 1994-11-16 | Method and apparatus for minimizing phase error in a transmitter section of a transceiver |
AT95900777T ATE202664T1 (en) | 1993-11-18 | 1994-11-16 | METHOD FOR MINIMIZING PHASE ERROR OF A TRANSMITTER |
JP7514240A JPH08506231A (en) | 1993-11-18 | 1994-11-16 | How to minimize transmitter phase error |
DE69427579T DE69427579T2 (en) | 1993-11-18 | 1994-11-16 | METHOD FOR MINIMIZING PHASE FAULTS FROM A TRANSMITTER |
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