Pulse generator, semiconductor integrated circuit, and wireless data transmission method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9544014-B2
Application number	US-201514963270-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 9, 2015
Priority date	Jun 27, 2013
Publication date	Jan 10, 2017
Grant date	Jan 10, 2017

Abstract

A pulse generator, which is configured to generate a burst pulse formed by burst oscillation signals oscillated in a predetermined time period, includes a burst oscillation circuit configured to generate the burst oscillation signals of different frequencies; and a control circuit configured to control the burst oscillation circuit so as to select the frequencies of the burst oscillation signals from at least two different frequencies or to stop the burst oscillation signals.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A pulse generator configured to generate a burst pulse formed by burst oscillation signals oscillated in a predetermined time period, comprising:
a burst oscillation circuit configured to generate the burst oscillation signals of different frequencies; and
a control circuit configured to control the burst oscillation circuit so as to select the frequencies of the burst oscillation signals from at least two different frequencies or to stop the burst oscillation signals, wherein
the burst oscillation circuit includes a plurality of oscillators configured to oscillate the different frequencies, and
the control circuit includes a plurality of oscillator output select switches configured to select one of outputs of the plurality of oscillators.

2. The pulse generator as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the pulse generator further comprises:
an oscillation-start-trigger generation circuit configured to generate an oscillation-start-trigger signal which forcibly starts oscillation of the burst oscillation circuit.

3. The pulse generator as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the control circuit includes:
a burst control signal generation circuit configured to generate a burst control signal which controls an oscillation state of the burst oscillation circuit.

4. The pulse generator as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the oscillator and the oscillator output select switch are unitized to a single frequency in each of the plurality of different frequencies.

5. The pulse generator as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
when stopping the burst oscillation signal, all of the oscillator output select switches are non-selected.

6. A pulse generator as claimed in claim 1 , configured to generate a burst pulse formed by burst oscillation signals oscillated in a predetermined time period, comprising:
a burst oscillation circuit configured to generate the burst oscillation signals of different frequencies; and
a control circuit configured to control the burst oscillation circuit so as to select the frequencies of the burst oscillation signals from at least two different frequencies or to stop the burst oscillation signals, wherein
the burst oscillation circuit is a differential amplifier circuit, and the differential amplifier circuit includes:
a first and second transistors, which are cross-coupled and differential, configured to perform oscillation; and
an oscillation state control switch configured to control the oscillation state of the burst oscillation circuit by a burst control signal, wherein

the oscillation state control switch is provided between differential terminals of the differential amplifier circuit, and
when stopping the burst oscillation signal, the oscillation state control switch is switched on by the burst control signal.

7. A pulse generator configured to generate a burst pulse formed by burst oscillation signals oscillated in a predetermined time period, comprising:
a burst oscillation circuit configured to generate the burst oscillation signals of different frequencies; and
a control circuit configured to control the burst oscillation circuit so as to select the frequencies of the burst oscillation signals from at least two different frequencies or to stop the burst oscillation signals, wherein
the burst oscillation circuit includes:
an impulse generation circuit configured to generate an impulse; and
a plurality of band-pass filters configured to generate the plurality of different frequencies by passing the generated impulse.

8. The pulse generator as claimed in claim 7 , wherein
the control circuit includes a filter output select switch configured to select one of the outputs of the band-pass filters.

9. A semiconductor integrated circuit comprising:
a pulse generator configured to generate a burst pulse formed by burst oscillation signals oscillated in a predetermined time period, including a burst oscillation circuit configured to generate the burst oscillation signals of different frequencies, and a control circuit configured to control the burst oscillation circuit so as to select the frequencies of the burst oscillation signals from at least two different frequencies or to stop the burst oscillation signals; and
a baseband circuit configured to process data and input the processed data to the burst control signal generation circuit, wherein
the burst oscillation circuit includes a plurality of oscillators configured to oscillate the different frequencies, and
the control circuit includes a plurality of oscillator output select switches configured to select one of outputs of the plurality of oscillators.

10. A wireless data transmission method for wirelessly performing a data transmission by presence or absence of a burst pulse formed by burst oscillation signals which are oscillated in a predetermined time period, the wireless data transmission method comprising:
setting a frequency of each of the burst oscillation signals to any one of a plurality of different frequencies; and
performing the data transmission corresponding to the presence or absence of the burst pulse, and the plurality of different frequencies of the burst oscillation signals, wherein the wireless data transmission method further comprises:
dividing a band to be used into a plurality of sub-bands; and
assigning the plurality of different frequencies to the divided sub-bands, respectively.

11. The wireless data transmission method as claimed in claim 10 , wherein
an interval of frequencies of adjacent sub-bands is set to the same interval of the sub-band or an integral multiplication of the sub-bands.

12. The wireless data transmission method as claimed in claim 10 , wherein
when receiving the burst pulse,
demodulating the burst pulse by using the lowest frequency or the highest frequency in the plurality of different frequencies, using the lowest frequency or the highest frequency.

Assignees

• Fujitsu Ltd

Inventors

• Kawano Yoichi

Classifications

• H03K3/01

  Details · CPC title

• H04B1/7174 Primary

  Pulse generation (in general H04L25/03834) · CPC title