Radio communication device and radio communication method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9735790-B2
Application number	US-201715438030-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 21, 2017
Priority date	Aug 22, 2014
Publication date	Aug 15, 2017
Grant date	Aug 15, 2017

Abstract

A radio communication device has an analog control loop unit to generate an analog control signal that adjusts a phase of a voltage control oscillation signal, a digital control loop unit to generate a digital control signal having a frequency determined by a frequency of a reference signal and a predetermined frequency setting code signal and a phase opposite to a phase of the analog control signal, a voltage controlled oscillator to generate the voltage control oscillation signal, a data slicer to generate a digital signal including the reception signal, an automatic offset controller to generate a correction signal in response to an error between a frequency of the reception signal and a frequency of the voltage control oscillation signal, and a setting code adjuster to adjust the frequency setting code signal, wherein gain of the digital control loop unit is higher than gain of the analog control loop unit.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A radio communication device comprising:
an analog control loop unit to generate an analog control signal that adjusts a phase of a voltage control oscillation signal, in synchronization with a phase of a reception signal;
a digital control loop unit to generate a digital control signal having a frequency determined by a frequency of a reference signal and a predetermined frequency setting code signal and a phase opposite to a phase of the analog control signal;
a voltage controlled oscillator to generate the voltage control oscillation signal, based on the analog control signal and the digital control signal;
a data slicer to generate a digital signal including the reception signal digitally demodulated, based on a comparison between the digital control signal and a threshold value;
an automatic offset controller to generate a correction signal in response to an error between a frequency of the reception signal and a frequency of the voltage control oscillation signal, based on a time difference between timing with which the digital control signal is equivalent to the threshold value and previously determined reference timing; and
a setting code adjuster to adjust the frequency setting code signal based on the correction signal,
wherein gain of the digital control loop unit is higher than gain of the analog control loop unit.

2. The radio communication device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the setting code adjuster adds an input code signal for frequency setting, input to the radio communication device, and the correction signal so as to generate the frequency setting code signal.

3. The radio communication device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the automatic offset controller comprises:
an edge detector to detect the time difference between the timing with which the digital control signal is equivalent to the threshold value of the data slicer and the reference timing, for each symbol, so as to output an error signal in response to the time difference; and
a first loop gain controller to generate the correction signal based on the error signal,
wherein a loop band of the automatic offset controller is lower than a loop band of the digital control loop unit.

4. The radio communication device according to claim 3 ,
wherein the error signal output by the edge detector includes polarity and a phase error amount of the time difference, and
the first loop gain controller comprises:
a proportion path unit to multiply the error signal by predetermined gain so as to generate a first correction signal in response to a frequency offset;
an integral path unit to integrate a value including the error signal multiplied by the predetermined gain, by a time base so as to generate a second correction signal in response to a phase offset; and
an adder to add the first correction signal and the second correction signal so as to generate the correction signal.

5. The radio communication device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the analog control loop unit comprises:
a frequency converter to generate a phase difference signal between the reception signal and the voltage control oscillation signal; and
a low pass filter to perform band limiting to an output signal of the frequency converter so as to generate the analog control signal, and
the digital control loop unit comprises:
a time-to-digital converter to detect the phase of the voltage control oscillation signal in synchronization with the reference signal;
a digital differentiator to perform differential processing to an output signal of the time-to-digital converter so as to convert the output signal into frequency information;
a digital subtractor to detect a difference between an output signal of the digital differentiator and the frequency setting code signal so as to generate a frequency error signal; and
a second loop gain controller to generate the digital control signal based on an output signal of the digital subtractor.

6. The radio communication device according to claim 5 , further comprising:
an adjusting unit to adjust the digital control signal generated by the second loop gain controller, based on the correction signal,
wherein the voltage controlled oscillator generates the voltage control oscillation signal based on the digital control signal that has been adjusted by the adjusting unit and the analog control signal.

7. The radio communication device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the reception signal comprises, for each symbol:
a preamble section including a carrier wave signal that has not been modulated; and
a modulated section including data modulated to the carrier wave signal, and
the automatic offset controller corrects the frequency setting code signal, for each symbol, based on any of the preamble section and the modulated section in the reception signal.

8. The radio communication device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the reference timing is timing with which an eye pattern acquired from the digital control signal opens by a predetermined amount or more.

9. The radio communication device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
integrated circuitry that comprises the analog control loop unit, the digital control loop unit, the voltage controlled oscillator, the data slicer, the automatic offset controller, and the setting code adjuster.

10. The radio communication device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
at least one antenna.

11. A radio communication device comprising:
an RF unit that comprises transmitting circuitry and receiving circuitry; and
a baseband unit that comprises transmission processing circuitry and reception processing circuitry,
wherein the receiving circuitry includes:
an analog control loop unit to generate an analog control signal for adjusting a phase of a voltage control oscillation signal, in synchronization with a phase of a reception signal;
a digital control loop unit to generate a digital control signal having a frequency determined by a frequency of a reference signal and a predetermined frequency setting code signal and a phase opposite to a phase of the analog control signal;
a voltage controlled oscillator to generate the voltage control oscillation signal, based on the analog control signal and the digital control signal;
an automatic offset controller to generate a correction signal in response to an error between a frequency of the reception signal and a frequency of the voltage control oscillation signal; and
a setting code adjuster to adjust the frequency setting code signal based on the correction signal,

the reception processing circuitry includes a data slicer to generate a digital signal including the reception signal digitally demodulated, based on a result of comparison between the digital control signal and a predetermined threshold value,
the automatic offset controller generates the correction signal in response to the error between the frequency of the reception signal and the frequency of the voltage control oscillation signal, based on a time difference between timing with which the digital control signal is equivalent to the threshold value of the data slicer and previously determined reference timing, and
gain of the digital control loop unit is higher than gain of the analog control loop unit.

12. A radio communication method comprising:
generating an analog control signal that adjusts a phase of a voltage control oscillation signal, by using an analog control loop, in synchronization with a phase of a reception signal;
generating a digital control signal having a frequency determined by a frequency of a reference signal and a predetermined frequency setting

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk

Inventors

• Sai Akihide
• Okuni Hidenori
• Furuta Masanori

Classifications

• H04L27/152 Primary

  using controlled oscillators, e.g. PLL arrangements · CPC title

• H03F2200/451

  the amplifier being a radio frequency amplifier · CPC title

• H03F2200/294

  the amplifier being a low noise amplifier [LNA] · CPC title

• H03F2200/375

  Circuitry to compensate the offset being present in an amplifier · CPC title

• H03F3/19

  with semiconductor devices only · CPC title