WO2009083499A1 - Filtering communications channels within telecommunications satellites - Google Patents
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- WO 2006/043115 discloses a cost-effective analog mechanism that enables flexibility in the routing of channels between uplink and downlink beams, wherein all uplmk channels from a variety of microwave bands are converted to a first intermediate frequency ("IF"), and agile filters are employed to filter and translate selected channels to a second IF, in order to group the selected channels together for transmission on a downlink beam
- IF intermediate frequency
- WO 2006/085116 and US-A-4,262,361 disclose a form of agile filter having a continuously variable bandwidth which includes a local oscillator and mixers for adjusting the position of an input signal relative to bandpass filter edges
- a problem with the techniques disclosed in the above documents is that where a large number of agile filters is required for channel routing, this introduces a great amount of phase noise.
- the present invention provides a variable bandwidth filter, comprising a first mixer for translating the frequency of an input signal by a first predetermined frequency value, a first filter for defining one edge of said variable bandwidth, a second mixer for translating the frequency of the input signal by a second predetermined frequency value, a second filter for defining another edge of said variable bandwidth, and further mixer means for translating the frequency of the input signal by a further predetermined frequency value, and including local oscillator means for providing a first local oscillator frequency to said first mixer and said further mixer means, and a second local oscillator means for providing a second local oscillator frequency to said second mixer and said further mixer means, whereby each frequency translation of the input signal m one direction has a counterpart translation of corresponding value in the opposite direction
- phase noise m a variable bandwidth filter originates from local oscillators and that, by ensuring that each frequency translation of the input signal by a local oscillator signal is mirrored by a frequency translation from essentially the same local oscillator signal m the opposite direction, phase noise from the local oscillator signal will essentially be cancelled
- said first and second local oscillator means are provided by a single oscillator circuit, which is coupled to first frequency synthesiser means for providing said first local oscillator frequency, and is coupled to second frequency synthesiser means for providing said second local oscillator frequency; this enables economy m parts count and reduces sources of phase noise
- the single oscillator circuit may include a crystal to achieve high absolute frequency accuracy and a voltage controlled oscillator ("VCO") locked to a multiple of the frequency. Although the VCO is spectrally pure it will drift with time.
- VCO voltage controlled oscillator
- a control loop scheme is provided for locking the VCO and the "tracking bandwidth" of this loop determines how much of the phase noise gets through.
- Said frequency synthesiser means preferably comprises fractional 'N synthesisers. It is preferred for convenience to provide for each of the first and second frequencies a single synthesiser, each synthesiser providing the same signal to the respective first or second mixer and to the further mixer means
- each mixer may take any convenient form, for example a diode bridge.
- Appropriate delay means for example delay line lengths, may be inserted in the signal paths of the first and second frequencies to ensure that the signal translation of the input signal which mirrors a previous translation of the input signal takes place with versions of a local oscillator signal that are synchronised m time
- the precise values of the first and second local oscillator frequencies may have any desired value, and will be chosen depending on the precise characteristics of the first and second filters and the requirement to avoid mtermodulation products that cause interference.
- the values of the first and second local oscillator frequencies are selected to be equal This enables significant savings in hardware costs m that only one fractional 'N synthesiser may be required Alternatively, two identical subumts may be provided, each including synthesiser and mixer, to make up the variable bandwidth filter
- Figure 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating the concept of the present invention
- Figure 2 is a schematic block diagram of a first embodiment of the invention
- Figure 3 is a schematic block diagram of a second embodiment of the invention.
- the preferred embodiments of the invention provide a way of retaining flexible bandwidth functionality, whilst reducing phase noise and hardware count.
- the invention may offer a way of including the bandwidth variability as a standalone function which can be added to the overall channel routing design if and when a mission requires it.
- the preferred embodiments rely on using local oscillators in a way which removes phase noise, by using the same frequencies for up conversion and down conversion - A -
- the conversion plan proposed is shown m Figure 1
- the IFl line represents the common input and output frequencies for the overall current routing design. As can be seen, the plan is overall non-translating.
- IF2 and IF 3 are intermediate frequencies which are chosen to minimise spurious products.
- the variable bandwidth function is formed by converting the channel frequency to IF2 by means of a frequency translation "a”, and using a low-pass filter at IF2 to define an upper edge of the bandwidth of the filter.
- a further frequency translation "b” moves the channel to IF3 and a high-pass filter at IF3 defines the lower edge of the variable bandwidth.
- Conversion "b” sets the overlap of the two filters, l.e the width of the passband. After filtering at IF3, the channel filtering is complete and the channel is returned to the IFl frequency band by further frequency translations —"a" and +"b".
- translation "a” may be smaller m value than translation "b”, and the filter at IF2 may be a high-pass filter, and that at IF3 a low-pass filter.
- the values of a and b may be numerically equal; this permits savings in hardware costs
- an input channel signal RF at IFl (the input frequency range (IFl) is between 10.7 GHz and 12.75 GHz) is filtered by an image rejection filter 2 (5.9 — 8.0 GHz), mixed in a first mixer 4 with a first local oscillator frequency A, filtered in a high pass ceramic filter 6, amplified in a variable gam amplifier 7, mixed in a second mixer 8 with a second local oscillator frequency B, filtered in a low pass ceramic filter 10, mixed in a further mixer 12 with a combined local oscillator signal A+B, and then filtered through a wideband filter 14 to provide an output signal.
- elements 2-14 are coupled in series m the signal path for the input signal RF.
- the band shaping filters 6, 10 are at 2.4 GHz (more accurately there is a roll-off from 2.25 to 2.5 GHz) and 4 GHz (with a roll-off between 4.00 and 4.25 GHz).
- a master local oscillator 16 is coupled to a first fractional 'N synthesiser 18 which provides a first local oscillator frequency A at frequencies between 8 45 and 10 25 GH2 to mixer 4, and to a further mixer 20
- Oscillator 16 is coupled to a second fractional 'N synthesiser 22 which provides a second local oscillator frequency B at frequencies between 6 25 and 6 5 GHz to mixer 8, and to further mixer 20
- Mixer 20 provides a combined signal A+B via a band pass filter 24 (14 95 - 17 00 GHz) to further mixer 12
- Delay lines Ta and Tb are provided in the signal paths from synthesisers 18, 22 to mixer 20, in order to match path lengths to allow optimum phase noise cancellation
- the modulation product RF A is extracted from the mixer and applied to filter 6, for defining the lower bandpass edge
- the filtered signal RF A is applied to mixer 8
- the modulation product B-RF+A is extracted and applied to filter 12, for defining the upper bandpass edge
- the filtered version of B RF+A is applied to mixer 12, where the modulation product of A+B — (B-RF+A) is extracted, which represents the filtered version of the input signal RF
- the values of local oscillator frequencies A and B are equal This permits savings in hardware costs in that, for example, the circuit may be composed of two identical sub units, each including a mixer and a synthesiser
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