Patent 7236541 was granted and assigned to Analog Devices on June, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A translation loop modulator for a transmission circuit in a communication system includes an input modulation unit for receiving at least one input signal that is representative of information to be modulated. The input modulation unit also receives a feedback signal, produces an intermediate modulated signal responsive to the input signal and the feedback signal. The modulator also includes a comparator unit that receives the intermediate modulated signal and a reference signal, and produces an output transmission signal responsive to the intermediate modulated signal and the reference signal. The modulator also includes feedback circuitry that is coupled to the output transmission signal, and to the reference signal. The feedback circuitry is also coupled to the input modulation unit and produces the feedback signal responsive to the output transmission signal and the reference signal.