WO2006008188A1 - Procede et dispositif de numerisation comprenant un moyen de correction de symetrie - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to analog-to-digital converters of complex signals having two channels in quadrature. More particularly, the invention addresses the problem of symmetry in signal processing between the two channels in a complex bandpass converter.
- analog-to-digital converters there exist so-called sigma-delta analog-to-digital converters. These converters present an oversampling frequency that is well above the Nyquist frequency of the input signal, and as a result they make it possible to obtain a large amount of resolution for relatively low cost.
- Converters of that type also enable quantization noise to be rejected to outside the working frequency band of the output signal, which band possesses a center frequency f 0 .
- quantization noise is controlled by the combined action of feedback loop- signals and a complex filter.
- Bandpass sigma-delta converters can convert complex analog signals into complex digital signals. They then present two channels in quadrature, conventionally referenced I for in-phase and Q for quadrature.
- Such converters present advantages over real signal converters in terms of stability and width of the passband.
- Figure 1 shows a complex bandpass sigma-delta converter for converting a complex analog signal into a complex digital signal.
- a converter comprises two channels in quadrature referenced I and Q. Each channel has an input 101, 102.
- the incoming signal on the input 101, 102 is added by means of a respective adder 103, 104 to the feedback loop signal 114, 115.
- the signal then passes through a complex filter 105. It is then processed by respective quantizers 106, 107 before being delivered on respective outputs 108, 109.
- Each feedback loop includes at least one digital-to-analog converter 112, 113 for providing the feedback signal.
- FIG. 2 is a graph plotting a curve 202 showing the shape of noise from a complex signal converter.
- noise is rejected to outside the working frequency band 201 of center frequency f 0 , thereby enabling the signal/noise ratio to be improved, and as a result improving the performance of the converter.
- the invention is based on the observation that the rejection of quantization noise to outside the working frequency band of the signal is very sensitive to the processing on the I and Q channels being symmetrical. Any asymmetry in signal processing between these tlwo channels leads to quantization noise being folded 'into the working frequency band of the signal output by the converter, and as a result considerably degrades the signal/noise ratio of the converter. Such asymmetry may relate to the phase of the signal or to gain.
- symmetry and asymmetry are used below with reference to the symmetry or asymmetry on the I and Q channels that relates to gain.
- a quantization noise signal is obtained at the output from the converter at the center frequency of the working signal, and of amplitude that is substantially proportional to the symmetry error between the I and Q channels.
- US patent No. 6 329 939 proposes averaging symmetry errors by using a common integrator for integrating the incoming real and imaginary signals.
- the common integrator is used in alternation on one channel and then on the other channel of the converter.
- Such a converter consumes a large amount of time and energy for putting the common integrator back into the initial state on each change of channel.
- the present invention seeks to mitigate those drawbacks.
- the present invention provides a method of adjusting an analog-to-digital converter having two channels in quadrature, each having an associated input and output, for converting a complex analog input signal into a complex digital output signal in a working frequency band having a determined center frequency f 0 , each output being looped back to the associated input in such a manner as to form first and second feedback loops.
- the method comprises the steps consisting in: • injecting a first reference signal into said first feedback loop and simultaneously a second reference signal into said second feedback loop, said first and second signals being synchronized to each other so as to form a complex signal centered on an image frequency of said determined center frequency;
- the analog-to-digital bandpass ⁇ igma- delta converter of complex signals is preferably a multibit converter.
- the feedback signals in the feedback loops are encoded on a plurality of bits and control can be performed with relatively high precision.
- the amplitude of the signal output in the working frequency band is substantially proportional to the symmetry error between the I and Q channels, as is described in the section below.
- one or more electronic components are adjusted in order to reduce the amplitude of the signal in the working frequency band. This enables the asymmetry between the I and Q channels to be corrected.
- the amplitude of the signal at the center frequency f 0 is reduced, that means that the quantization noise has been rejected to outside the working frequency band of the output signal, arid as a result the asymmetry between the I and Q channels has ' been corrected.
- an embodiment of the present invention enables the channel symmetry of a bandpass analog-to-digital converter for complex signals to be adjusted before it is used in order to increase its signal-to-noise ratio, and thus improve its conversion performance on complex signals during normal operation.
- a frequency band is determined about the center frequency prior to performing the steps consisting in:
- each of the two feedback loops can also be advantageous for each of the two feedback loops to include an electronic component suitable for being adjusted.
- the invention covers any method of evaluating the amplitude of an output signal at the center frequency or in a frequency band about the center of frequency.
- the adjustment value for the electronic component can be determined efficiently.
- the invention also covers any other method enabling an adjustment value to be determined for the electronic component in order to reduce the amplitude of the output signal.
- said value is preferably stored for use of the analog-to- digital converter during normal operation outside
- the invention provides a ⁇ analog-to-digital converter having two channels in' quadrature each comprising an associated input and output, for converting a complex analog input signkl into a complex digital output signal in a working frequency band having a determined center frequency f 0 , each output being looped back to the associated input so as to form first and second feedback loops.
- the converter comprises:
- At least one adjustable electronic component for reducing the amplitude of the output signal at the center frequency f 0 , said electronic component being included in the first and/or the second feedback loop.
- Such a converter may include a signal generator for injecting the first and second reference signals.
- such a converter includes a first signal generator for injecting the first reference signal and a second signal generator for injecting the second reference signal, with the first and second generators being synchronized.
- the first generator respectively the second generator, comprises a multiplexer stage adapted to shift the first feedback loop signal digitally, respectively the second feedback loop signal, and thus inject the first reference signal, respectively the second reference signal.
- the first generator respectively the second generator, comprises an adder and/or subtracter stage adapted to perform addition or substraction on the first feedback loop signal, respectively the second feedback loop signal, and thus inject the first reference signal, respectively the second reference signal.
- the converter further includes a link with a detector unit adapted to detect an output signal and to send signal detection information to said converter via said connection. Under such circumstances, in the converter, an output signal at the frequency f 0 is detected by receiving said information from said detector unit.
- a converter further includes a detector unit adapted to detect an output signal. Under such circumstances, in the converter, an output signal is detected at the frequency f 0 via the detector unit, with said detection being performed locally.
- a converter may also include means for determining an adjustment value of the electronic component as a function of the power value of the output signal at the center frequency. The power value can then be calculated by the signal detector unit, regardless of whether the signal detector unit is included within the converter or is external to the converter. If it is external, the power value is sent over the connection.
- a frequency band is determined around the center frequency.
- the converter then further includes, means for determining an adjustment value for the electronic component as a function of a power value of the output signal inl said determined frequency band, said power value preferably being calculated by the signal detector unit, regardless of whether the signal detector unit is included within the converter or is external to the converter. Whbn it is external, the power value is transmitted over the connection.
- the converter preferably further includes a memory for storing the adjustment value for use of the analog- to-digital converter in normal operation outside an adjustment stage.
- the present invention provides an analog-to-digital conversion method for converting a complex analog input signal into a complex digital output signal in a working frequency band having a determined center frequency f 0 by a converter having two channels in quadrature each having an associated input and output, each output being looped back to said associated input in such a manner as to form first and second feedback loops, in which at least one electronic component included in the first and/or second feedback loop applies a stored and predetermined value for adjusting the symmetry of the two channels.
- Such a conversion method thus enables complex analog signals to be converted into complex digital signals presenting very good performance.
- the present invention provides an analog-to-digital converter for converting a complex analog input signal into a complex digital output signal in a working frequency band having a determined center • frequency f 0 , said converter having two channels in quadrature each comprising an associated input and output, each output being looped back to said associated input in such a manner as to form first and second feedback loops, in which at least one electronic component included in the first and/or second feedback loop is adapted to apply a stored and predetermined value for adjusting the symmetry of the two channels.
- Such a converter when adjusted using the method of the first aspect of the present invention presents symmetry of processing in the I and Q channels enabling very good performance to be obtained.
- Figure 1 is a block diagram of a complex bandpass sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter of the prior art, as described above;
- Figure 2 is a graph plotting the shape of noise from a bandpass sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter of complex signals, as described above;
- Figure 3 is a block diagram of a complex bandpass sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter constituting an embodiment of the present invention
- Figure 4 is a graph plotting the shape of quantization noise while adjusting a bandpass sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter constituting an embodiment of the present invention
- Figure 5 is a block diagram of a complex bandpass sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter constituting an embodiment of the present invention
- Figure 6 shows a feedback loop of a complex bandpass sigma-delta converter in a preferred embodiment of the present invention
- Figure 7 shows the various states of counters on the I and Q channels in an embodiment of the inveption
- Figure 8 shows a digital reference signal generator with shifting in an embodiment of the present invention
- Figure 9 is a block diagram of a complex bandpass sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter constituting an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 shows a complex sigma-delta analog-to- digital converter 300 constituting an embodiment of the present invention.
- the analog-to-digital converter comprises a complex filter 105, a respective quantizer 106 or 107 on each of its outputs 108 and 109, and a feedback loop from each of its outputs 108 and 109 towards the corresponding input 101 or 102.
- Each feedback loop comprises at least a digital-to-analog converter 111 or 113, for generating the corresponding feedback signal 114, 115. These feedback signals are added to the input signals via the respective adders 103 and 104.
- the inputs 101 and 102 are short-circuited. Then a reference signal is injected into each of the feedback loops of the I and Q channels.
- the feedback loops.110 and 111 include respective adders 301, 302.
- a first generator 306 injects a first reference signal via the adder 301.
- a second generator 307 injects a second reference signal via the adder 302.
- the first and second reference signals are synchronous, with the first and second generators being synchronized.
- the first and second reference signals form a complex signal of frequency equal to the image frequency of the center frequency f 0 of the working frequency band of the output signal from the converter 300. ' • • .
- the present invention covers any configuration enabling a complex signal to be injected at the image frequency of a determined frequency f 0 .
- the first and second reference signals may be generated in particular by a single generator.
- the generator (s) is/are included in the complex bandpass sigma-delta converter.
- FIG. 6 shows a first feedback loop for a complex bandpass converter 300 in which a reference signal is injected in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, with the architecture of the second feedback loop being similar.
- the generator 306 of the first feedback loop is included in the feedback loop in this example.
- the generator 306 is a digital generator, injecting a cyclical reference signal by digitally shifting the signal input into the generator 306, the cyclical reference signal presenting a fundamental component at an image frequency of the fundamental frequency of the output signal in the feedback loop.
- a generator is suitable for being activated by a control signal.
- the structure for making such a generator is based on a multiplexer stage performing digital shifting on the signal input into the generator 306. This shifting corresponds either to one bit up or to one bit down depending on the control signal.
- the signal is conventionally represented in the form of a bar graph or "thermometer" .
- the control signal can be supplied by an 8-state counter 601 of programmable initial state.
- the two generators in the two feedbacks are synchronized. Thus, it is easy to adjust the phase difference on the channels I and Q by acting on the synchronization between the two generators.
- Figure 7 shows the various states of the counters on the channels I and Q in an embodiment of the invention.
- the states 71 of the counter 601 supplying the control signal to the generator 306 that is included in the first feedback loop.
- the states 72 of the counter supplying the control signal to the generator that is included in the sebond feedback loop.
- the signal 73 is injected into the first feedback loop of the channel I
- the signal 74 is injected into the second feedback loop of the channel Q.
- the fundamental component of the channel I may be written Scos (2 ⁇ f 0 t) and the fundamental component of the channel Q can be written -Ssin (2 ⁇ f 0 t) , where f 0 is the fundamental frequency of the output signal and S is the amplitude of the output signal.
- Figure 8 shows such a digital generator 306 with shifting. The value of the input signal 82 to the generator 306 is shifted as a function of the control signal 81 that has three states, 1, 0, or -1, thereby giving an output signal 83 corresponding to the feedback loop signal received at the input of the generator 306 plus the signal injected by the generator.
- a method of injecting reference signals as described above is particularly well adapted to a multibit complex bandpass sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter. Preferably, such a converter operates at an . oversampling frequency that is eight times greater than the Nyquist frequency of the input signal. Under such circumstances, a digital generator with shifting as described above is easier to implement than at other oversampling
- such a digital generator with shifting does not introduce errors into the method of adjustment in an embodiment of the invention.
- the first reference signal can be written in the following form:
- the amplitude A of such a signal is preferably determined in such a manner that the complex filter is not saturated so that its linearity property is conserved.
- a signal is detected at the output from the converter with a component at the center frequency f 0 having amplitude that is substantially proportional to the symmetry error between the channels I and Q.
- This component corresponds to the quantization noise multiplied by the symmetry error between the two channels and taken to the center frequency of the working signal.
- a line 402 can be seen at the frequency f 0 . In such a context of asymmetry between the channels I and Q, it can be seen that a sigma-delta converter no longer rejects quantization noise to outside the working frequency band.
- a working frequency band 401 is determined around the center frequency f 0 .
- the signal output by the converter in the determined working frequency band is detected.
- Such detection is performed by a detector unit 310.
- the signal detected in this way in the frequency band 401 is of an amplitude that is substantially proportional to the quantization noise signal.
- output signal detection is performed by calculating the power of the output signal.
- the detector unit is marked as being a power measuring unit 310. Nevertheless, the present invention also covers other methods of detecting the output signal.
- the detected signal corresponds solely to the quantization noise signal associated with the asyrtimetry of the channels I and Q. Otherwise, particularly ' when matching differences between the current sources used by the digital-to-analog converters in the feedback lbops give rise to errors that can generate a noise signal in the working frequency band 401, then the noise signal detected at the output can comprise both quantization noise due to asymmetry between the channels I and Q and also the noise coming from other types of error. The noise coming from types of error other than symmetry error between the channels I and Q is negligible, particularly when the injected reference signals are of relatively high amplitude A.
- the present invention thus makes it possible to reduce very significantly the quantization noise of the complex analog-to-digital converter, regardless of whether or not the converter presents noise of some other type in the determined working frequency band.
- the noise signal at the output from the analog-to- digital converter is preferably detected by the power measuring unit 310.
- the power value of the output signal is calculated by the unit for measuring signal power.
- the power measuring unit 310 may be included in the converter 300 as shown in Figure 3, or else it may be external to the converter 300 as -shown in Figure 9.
- the calculated power value is sent to the analog-to-digital converter via a determined connection 901.
- a table is used that takes the calculated power as its input and makes it correspond to a symmetry adjustment value.
- the present invention covers any other method enabling such an adjustment value to be determined.
- a converter in an embodiment of the invention has at least one electronic component for adjusting symmetry in at least one of its feedback loops.
- Figure 3 shows such a converter.
- the electronic components 304 and 305 for adjusting symmetry apply their respective adjustment values (1- ⁇ ) and (1+ ⁇ ) simultaneously. Under such circumstances, the overall gain of the converter remains unchanged.
- this configuration requires a component in each of the feedback loops. It is also more complex to implement.
- the power measuring unit 310 is advantageously synchronized with the generators 306 and 307 so as to make it possible to deduce the sign of the error ⁇ by observing the position of the (I, Q) vector in a baseband representation of the output signal, where I is the imaginary component of the output signal on channel I, and Q is the real component of the output signal on channel Q.
- such an electronic component is adapted to apply a negative adjustment value - ⁇ for adjusting symmetry on one of the channels I and Q as a function of a switch that serves to select the channel to which the symmetry adjustment value is to be applied.
- Figure 5 shows such a converter.
- the symmetry adjustment component 501 applies an adjustment value of - ⁇ to one channel or the other depending on the symmetry error.
- the present invention covers any other configuration enabling a symmetry adjustment value ⁇ to be applied to one or both channels.
- a converter in an embodiment of the invention may include an electronic adjustment component adapted to apply a positive symmetry adjustment value ⁇ to one or other of the channels I and Q as a function of a switch position.
- the switch applies the adjustment value to one or other channel.
- an adjustment value ⁇ is applied to only one of the channels I and Q, the overall gain of the converter is changed. Nevertheless, such a configuration is simple to implement.
- the quantization noise signal is rejected to outside the . working frequency band 401.
- Symmetry between the channels I and Q is corrected for such an analog-to-digital converter of complex signals.
- the electronic component (s) is/are preferably adapted to store such an adjustment.
- the present invention can thus be used to adjust the symmetry of the channels I and Q of a complex sigma-delta converter. In this way, the performance of such an analog-to-digital converter is improved.
- the power of the signal in a determined working frequency band is calculated in the manner described above.
- the output signal in the determined frequency band it is preferable for the output signal in the determined frequency band to be constituted solely by the signal associated with the injected signal.
- the current sources used in the digital-to-analog converters of the analog-to-digital converter can constitute the sources of noise which can be taken into the determined frequency band at the output. It is therefore preferable to reduce such noise in order to optimize determining the symmetry adjustment value for the two channels.
- a multibit complex sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter in an embodiment of the invention preferably includes a block for cross- connecting the current sources used by the digital-to- analog converters in the feedback loops of the complex sigma-delta converter.
- a cross-connect block serves to minimize the errors due to matching differences between the various current sources in the digital-to- analog converters of the sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter.
- the current cross-connect block interchanges bits of the bus in random manner so as to avoid always selecting the same current source for a given bit. Current source error is. thus spread and all of the sources present an identical error on average.
- an embodiment of the present invention thus provides effective and inexpensive adjustment of the processing symmetry on the channels I and Q, and consequently improves the analog-to-digital conversion performance of complex signals and more particularly improves the conversion performance op multibit analog-to-digital complex bandpass sigma-delta converters operating at an oversampling frequency that is eight times greater than the Nyquist frequency of the signal.
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