BPSK demodulator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9634873-B1
Application number	US-201615146368-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	May 4, 2016
Priority date	Jan 25, 2016
Publication date	Apr 25, 2017
Grant date	Apr 25, 2017

Abstract

The present invention discloses BPSK demodulator, which uses a delay circuit to delay a BPSK signal and mixes the delayed BPSK signal with the undelayed BPSK signal to output a demodulated data signal, and which uses a phase rotation circuit and the demodulated data signal to obtain a carrier clock signal. The operating frequency of the delay circuit is the same as or 0.5 times the carrier frequency. Therefore, the present invention consumes less power and is realized by digital circuits and analog circuits.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A binary phase shift keying demodulator comprising:
a delay circuit receiving a binary phase shift keying (BPSK) signal and delaying said BPSK signal by an accumulated delay time to output an accumulated delayed signal; and
a decision circuit electrically connected with said delay circuit and comprising:
a first XOR gate mixing said BPSK signal and said accumulated delayed signal to output a heterodyning signal; and

a flip-flop electrically connected with said first XOR gate and changing a demodulated data signal output by said flip-flop according to a logic state of said heterodyning signal.

2. The binary phase shift keying demodulator according to claim 1 , wherein said accumulated delay time meets a relationship:
0.25 T≦TD <(( F/R )−0.25) T,

wherein TD is said accumulated delay time, T is a carrier period of said BPSK signal, F is a carrier frequency of said BPSK signal, and R is a data rate of said BPSK signal.

3. The binary phase shift keying demodulator according to claim 1 , wherein said flip-flop includes a D-type flip-flop, which receives said heterodyning signal and said BPSK signal and samples said BPSK signal according to said logic state of said heterodyning signal to output said demodulated data signal.

4. The binary phase shift keying demodulator according to claim 1 , wherein said flip-flop includes a T-type flip-flop, which receives said heterodyning signal and changes a data logic state of said demodulated data signal output by an output terminal of said T-type flip-flop according to said logic state of said heterodyning signal.

5. The binary phase shift keying demodulator according to claim 1 , wherein said decision circuit further includes:
a first hazard-remover arranged between and cascaded with said first XOR gate and said flip-flop and used to remove a hazard of said heterodyning signal and generate a transition signal, and wherein said flip-flop changes said demodulated data signal output by said flip-flop according to a transition logic state of said transition signal.

6. The binary phase shift keying demodulator according to claim 1 , wherein said delay circuit is controlled by a delay-locked loop.

7. The binary phase shift keying demodulator according to claim 6 , wherein said delay circuit functions as a delay line of said delay-locked loop.

8. The binary phase shift keying demodulator according to claim 7 , wherein said delay-locked loop includes:
a phase detector detecting a phase difference of said BPSK signal and said accumulated delayed signal to output a comparison signal; and
a first controller electrically connected with said phase detector and said delay circuit and controlling said accumulated delay time according to said comparison signal.

9. The binary phase shift keying demodulator according to claim 8 further comprising a control clock generator, which receives said BPSK signal, said demodulated data signal and said heterodyning signal, and outputs a control clock signal to said first controller, wherein while a heterodyning logic state of said heterodyning signal changes, said control clock generator disables said control clock signal.

10. The binary phase shift keying demodulator according to claim 9 , wherein said control clock generator includes:
a second XOR gate receiving said BPSK signal and said demodulated data signal to undertake XOR operation and output a second control signal;
a NOR gate electrically connected with said second XOR gate and receiving said second control signal and said heterodyning signal to undertake NOR operation and output a third control signal; and
a second hazard-remover electrically connected with said NOR gate to remove a hazard of said third control signal and output said control clock signal, wherein a Boolean function of said control clock generator is expressed by
N 3= (BPSK RDT )+ DC 1

wherein N 3 is said third control signal, BPSK is said BPSK signal, RDT is said demodulated signal, and DC 1 is said heterodyning signal.

11. The binary phase shift keying demodulator according to claim 1 further comprising:
a phase rotation circuit electrically connected with said delay circuit and said decision circuit and inverting said BPSK signal or said accumulated delayed signal output by said delay circuit according to said demodulated data signal output by said decision circuit to output a carrier clock signal, wherein a Boolean function of said rotation circuit is expressed by
RCK =BPSK RDT or RCK=S 2 RDT

wherein RCK is said carrier clock signal, RDT is said demodulated data signal, BPSK is said BPSK signal, and S 2 is said accumulated delayed signal.

12. The binary phase shift keying demodulator according to claim 11 , wherein said delay circuit includes:
a first delay element receiving said BPSK signal and delaying said BPSK signal by a first delay time to output a first delayed signal, wherein said first delay time meets relationships:
Max{0 ,TR− 0.5 T}≦TD 1 <TR+ 0.5 T , and TR=TRD−TMD,

wherein TMD is a time point of transition of an raw data signal, TRD is a time point of transition of said demodulated data signal, TR is a time for demodulation of said demodulated data signal, and TD 1 is said first delay time; and
a second delay element cascaded with said first delay element, receiving said first delayed signal, and delaying said first delayed signal by a second delay time to output a second delayed signal as said accumulated delayed signal,

wherein said rotation circuit inverts said BPSK signal, said first delayed signal or said accumulated delayed signal according to said demodulated data signal output by said decision circuit to output a carrier clock signal, and wherein a Boolean function of said rotation circuit is expressed by
RCK =BPSK RDT,RCK=S 1 RDT , or RCK=S 2 RDT

wherein RCK is said carrier clock signal, RDT is said demodulated data signal, BPSK is said BPSK signal, S 1 is said first delayed signal, and S 2 is said accumulated delayed signal.

13. The binary phase shift keying demodulator according to claim 11 , wherein said delay circuit includes:
a first delay element receiving said BPSK signal and delaying said BPSK signal by a first delay time to output a first delayed signal, wherein said first delay time meets relationships:
Max{0 ,TR− 0.5 T}≦TD 1 <TR+ 0.5 T , and TR=TRD−TMD,

Wherein TMD is a time point of transition of an raw data signal (DT), TRD is a time point of transition of said demodulated data signal (RDT), TR is a time for demodulation of said demodulated data signal, and TD 1 is said first delay time; and
a second delay element receiving said BPSK signal, and delaying said BPSK by said accumulated delay time to output said accumulated delayed signal,

wherein said rotation circuit inverts said BPSK signal, said first delayed signal or said accumulated delayed signal according to said demodulated data signal output by said decision circuit to output a carrier clock signal, and wherein a Boolean function of said rotation circuit is expressed by
RCK =BPSK RDT,RCK=S 1 RDT , or RCK=S 2 RDT

wherein RCK is said carrier clock signal, RDT is said demodulated data signal, BPSK is said BPSK signal, S 1 is said first delayed signal, and S 2 is said accumulated delayed signal.

14. The binary phase shift keying demodulator according to claim 11 further comprising:
a phase detector detecting a phase difference of said BPSK signal and said accumulated delayed signal to output a comparison signal; and
a first controller electrically connected with

Assignees

• Univ Nat Chiao Tung

Inventors

• Lo Chi-Yi
• Hong Hao-Chiao

Classifications

• H04L27/2275 Primary

  wherein the carrier recovery circuit uses the received modulated signals · CPC title

• H04L7/0041

  Delay of data signal · CPC title

• H04L7/033

  using the transitions of the received signal to control the phase of the synchronising-signal-generating means, e.g. using a phase-locked loop · CPC title

• H03D3/00

  Demodulation of angle-, {frequency- or phase-} modulated oscillations (H03D5/00, H03D9/00, H03D11/00 take precedence) · CPC title

• H04L27/22 Primary

  Demodulator circuits; Receiver circuits · CPC title