US 12,283,979 B2
Transmitter and associated calibration method
Beng-Meng Chen, HsinChu (TW); Hung-Han Chen, HsinChu (TW); and Chien-Jung Huang, HsinChu (TW)
Assigned to Realtek Semiconductor Corp., HsinChu (TW)
Filed by Realtek Semiconductor Corp., HsinChu (TW)
Filed on Apr. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/729,007.
Claims priority of application No. 110118010 (TW), filed on May 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0376718 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H04B 1/04 (2006.01); H03F 1/32 (2006.01); H03F 1/56 (2006.01); H03F 3/19 (2006.01); H03F 3/24 (2006.01); H03F 3/45 (2006.01); H04B 17/10 (2015.01); H04B 17/12 (2015.01); H04B 17/13 (2015.01)
CPC H04B 1/0475 (2013.01) [H03F 1/3211 (2013.01); H03F 1/565 (2013.01); H03F 3/19 (2013.01); H03F 3/245 (2013.01); H03F 3/45475 (2013.01); H04B 17/102 (2015.01); H04B 17/12 (2015.01); H04B 17/13 (2015.01); H03F 2200/451 (2013.01); H03F 2203/45048 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A transmitter, comprising: a power amplifier, configured to receive an input signal to generate an amplified input signal, wherein the amplified input signal is a differential signal; a transformer, configured to receive the amplified input signal to generate an output signal; a first adjusting circuit, configured to adjust a phase and an amplitude of a common mode signal of the amplified input signal to generate a first signal; a coupling circuit, configured to generate a coupled signal to the output signal according to the first signal; a control circuit, configured to control the first adjusting circuit to have a plurality of combinations in sequence, wherein the plurality of combinations comprise different phase and amplitude adjustments of the first adjusting circuit, respectively; and a harmonic intensity calculation circuit, wherein for the first adjusting circuit having any one of the combinations, the harmonic intensity calculation circuit calculates an intensity of a second harmonic of the output signal, so that the harmonic intensity calculation circuit generates a plurality of intensities of the second harmonics respectively corresponding to the plurality of combinations; wherein the control circuit further determines a specific combination among the plurality of combinations based on the plurality of intensities of the second harmonics corresponding to the plurality of combinations.