Radio receiving apparatus for receiving frequency-modulated radio signal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016182108-A1
Application number	US-201514956328-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 1, 2015
Priority date	Dec 22, 2014
Publication date	Jun 23, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A radio receiving apparatus includes: a radio receiving circuit that frequency-converts a radio signal frequency-modulated with a baseband signal into an intermediate frequency signal; a frequency component detecting circuit that samples the intermediate frequency signal using an over-sampling frequency that is variable and detects a plurality of frequency components in the intermediate frequency signal; and a control circuit that detects a data rate of the baseband signal that is included in the intermediate frequency signal, detects a signal level of the intermediate frequency signal, and determines and sets the over-sampling frequency for the frequency component detecting circuit in accordance with the data rate of the baseband signal and the signal level of the intermediate frequency signal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A radio receiving apparatus comprising:
a radio receiving circuit that frequency-converts a radio signal frequency-modulated with a baseband signal into an intermediate frequency signal; a frequency component detecting circuit that samples the intermediate frequency signal using an over-sampling frequency that is variable and detects a plurality of frequency components in the intermediate frequency signal; and a control circuit that detects a data rate of the baseband signal that is included in the intermediate frequency signal, detects a signal level of the intermediate frequency signal, and determines and sets the over-sampling frequency for the frequency component detecting circuit in accordance with the data rate of the baseband signal and the signal level of the intermediate frequency signal.

2 . The radio receiving apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the control circuit compares the signal level of the intermediate frequency signal with a signal level threshold value selected from one or more signal level threshold values, wherein when the signal level is equal to or higher than the signal level threshold value, an over-sampling frequency that is lower than a predetermined frequency threshold value corresponding to the signal level threshold value is set for the frequency component detecting circuit, and wherein when the signal level is lower than the signal level threshold value, an over-sampling frequency that is higher than the predetermined frequency threshold value is set for the frequency component detecting circuit.

3 . The radio receiving apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein the frequency threshold value corresponding to the signal level threshold value is equal to a sum of the intermediate frequency of the intermediate frequency signal and half of a data bandwidth of the intermediate frequency signal.

4 . The radio receiving apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein the control circuit includes a memory that stores a table describing a relationship among the data rate of the baseband signal, the signal level of the intermediate frequency signal, and the over-sampling frequency of the frequency component detecting circuit, and wherein the table indicates a plurality of over-sampling frequencies corresponding to plural ranges of signal levels for each data rate, the plural ranges of signal levels being divided by the at least one signal level threshold value.

5 . The radio receiving apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the intermediate frequency signal includes a frame with a predetermined format that includes a header and a payload, and wherein the control circuit detects the data rate of the baseband signal and the signal level of the intermediate frequency signal, and changes the over-sampling frequency for the frequency component detecting circuit, in a period of a header in one frame.

6 . The radio receiving apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the intermediate frequency signal includes a frame with a format that includes a header and a payload, and wherein the control circuit detects the data rate of the baseband signal and the signal level of the intermediate frequency signal in a period for a header in one frame, and changes the over-sampling frequency for the frequency component detecting circuit in a period between the one frame and a following frame.

7 . The radio receiving apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the radio receiving apparatus is constructed as at least one integrated circuit.

8 . An electronic apparatus, comprising:
a radio receiving apparatus that receives a radio signal frequency-modulated with a baseband signal; and a signal processing circuit that operates in accordance with a signal that is received by the radio receiving apparatus, wherein the radio receiving apparatus includes a radio receiving circuit that frequency-converts the received signal into an intermediate frequency signal, a frequency component detecting circuit that samples the intermediate frequency signal using an over-sampling frequency that is variable and detects a plurality of frequency components in the intermediate frequency signal, and a control circuit that detects a data rate of the baseband signal that is included in the intermediate frequency signal, detects a signal level of the intermediate frequency signal, and determines and sets the over-sampling frequency for the frequency component detecting circuit in accordance with the data rate of the baseband signal and the signal level of the intermediate frequency signal.

9 . The radio receiving apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the control circuit compares a signal level of the intermediate frequency signal with at least one signal level threshold value and sets the over-sampling frequency corresponding to a result of the comparison, for the frequency component detecting circuit.

10 . The radio receiving apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the control circuit determines which of a plurality of ranges the signal level of the intermediate frequency signal corresponds to, and sets the over-sampling frequency corresponding to a result of the determination, for the frequency component detecting circuit.

11 . A radio receiving method for a radio receiving apparatus, wherein the radio receiving apparatus comprises:
a radio receiving circuit that frequency-converts a radio signal frequency-modulated with a baseband signal into an intermediate frequency signal; a frequency component detecting circuit that samples the intermediate frequency signal using an over-sampling frequency that is variable and detects a plurality of frequency components in the intermediate frequency signal; and a control circuit, and wherein the radio receiving method includes detecting, by the control circuit, a data rate of the baseband signal that is included in the intermediate frequency signal, detecting, by the control circuit, a signal level of the intermediate frequency signal, and determining and setting, by the control circuit, the over-sampling frequency in accordance with the data rate of the baseband signal and the signal level of the intermediate frequency signal, for the frequency component detecting circuit.

Assignees

• Panasonic Corp

Inventors

• Takahashi Kouji

Classifications

• H04L27/12

  Modulator circuits; Transmitter circuits · CPC title

• H04B1/16 Primary

  Circuits · CPC title

• H04B1/28

  the receiver comprising at least one semiconductor device having three or more electrodes · CPC title

• H04L25/068 Primary

  by sampling faster than the nominal bit rate · CPC title

• H04B1/0014

  using DSP [Digital Signal Processor] quadrature modulation and demodulation · CPC title