Patent Publication Number: US-7221718-B2

Title: I/Q demodulator and I/Q signal sampling method thereof

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
   This application claims the benefit of Korean Application No. 2002-11362 filed Mar. 4, 2002, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. 
   BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
   1. Field of the Invention 
   The present invention relates to a demodulator for digital communication, and more particularly, to an In-phase/Quadrature-phase (I/Q) demodulator having an optimized hardware design, and a method of generating an I/Q signal using the optimized hardware. 
   2. Description of the Related Art 
     FIG. 1  shows a block diagram of a conventional I/Q demodulator which processes an input signal having a median frequency of f 0 . When a sampling frequency output from an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter  10  is 
             f   S     =       1   T     ,           
, the signal after the A/D converter  10  may be expressed by Equation 1. In Equation 1, T is an inverse number of the sampling frequency.
   s ( nT )= I ( nT )cos( nf   0   T )+ Q ( nT )sin( nf   0   T )  (1) 
   Multipliers  20  and  30  multiply the cos and sin to separate the signal, which is output from the A/D converter  10  and expressed by the Equation 1, into I/Q signals. The median frequency f 0  of the signal s(nT) falls to the baseband. 
   The signal generated by multiplying the Equation 1 by cos is expressed by Equation 2, and the signal generated by multiplying the Equation 1 by sin is expressed by Equation 3: 
   
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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   Each of the I and Q signals, obtainable by the Equations 2 and 3, passes through low pass filters (LPF)  23  and  33 , respectively, for an elimination of a double frequency component 2nf 0 T. When the sampling frequency f s  is 4 times as high as the median frequency f 0  of the input signal, the Equation 4 is substituted into Equation 2, deriving Equations 5a and 5b: 
                   f   S     =       4   ×     f   0       =     1   T               (   4   )               cos(2 nf   0   /f   0   T )=cos( nπ/ 2)=1,0−1,0 , . . . n= 0,1,2,3,  (5a) sin(2 nf   0   /f   0   T )=sin( nπ/ 2)=1,0−1,0 , . . . n= 0,1,2,3,  (5b) 
   In Equation 5a, the cos-function is converted into 1, 0, −1, 0, . . . , and in Equation 5b the sin-function is converted into 0, 1, 0, −1, . . . . Accordingly, there is no need to use an NCO  40  for generating a sin value and a cos value, and the multipliers are useable as a mutiplexer. 
     FIG. 2  shows an example of an I/Q demodulator which uses a multiplexer instead of the multiplier to separate the I and Q signals. The multiplexer is useable where the sampling frequency f s  is 4 times as high as the median frequency f 0  of the input signal. 
   The I signal and the Q signal are derived as the input signal is digitalized by the A/D converter  10  and passed through first and second multiplexers  21  and  31 , respectively and first and second LPFs  23  and  33 , respectively. The multiplexer separates the digitalized signal from the A/D converter  10  into an inphase (I) signal and a quadrature (Q) signal. The first multiplexer  21  obtains the I signal, and the second multiplexer  31  obtains the Q signal. 
   The first multiplexer  21  multiplies the input data signal sequentially by 1, 0, −1, 0 and thereby outputs the I signal, while the second multiplexer  31  multiplies the input data signal sequentially by 0, 1, 0, −1 and outputs the Q signal. The I and Q signals, which are output from first and second multiplexers  21  and  31 , respectively, are filtered through the first and second LPFs  25  and  35 , respectively, to eliminate the double frequency component from the I and Q signals. The filtered I and Q signals are 2-decimated by 2-decimation units  25  and  35 , respectively. 
   As described above, output from the A/D converter  10  is divided and input to the I signal area and Q signal area, and the input data signals are multiplied respectively by cos- and sin, generating I and Q signals. LPFs  23 ,  33  are also provided to eliminate the double frequency component of I and Q signals. 
     FIG. 3A  is a block diagram of a conventional resampling unit. The conventional resampling unit  30  includes an L-upsampling unit  22 , an LPF  23 , an M-down sampling unit  24  and a 2-decimation unit  25 . 
   The L-upsampling unit  22  and the M-downsampling unit  24  sample the input data signals to obtain a certain form of signals. For example, input data signals of data (0), data (1), data (2), data (3), . . . are upsampled with an upsampling coefficient of L=3 to data (0), 0, 0, data (1), 0, 0, data (2), 0, 0, data (3), . . . and down sampled with a downsampling coefficient of M=3 to data (0), data (1), data (2), data (3), . . . . The up and down sampled signal is 2-decimated by the 2-decimation unit  25 . An output signal from the resampling unit  30 , L×f_in/M, is the input signal f_in which has been sampled by the L-upsampling unit  22  and the M-down sampling unit  24  and 2-decimated by the 2-decimation unit  25 . 
     FIG. 3B  is a block diagram of an I/Q demodulator comprising a resampling unit  100  which incorporates two of the resampling units  30 . 
   Resampling unit  100  generates I and Q signals by the multiplication by first and second multiplexers  21  and  31 , respectively, of the data signals output from the A/D converter  10  by cos and sin, respectively. 
   For the I and Q signals generated as described above with reference to  FIG. 1 , LPFs  23 ,  33  are provided to eliminate the signals generated at the double frequency. 
   SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
   Accordingly, it is an aspect of the present invention to provide an I/Q demodulator which may be optimized in hardware and which reduces an amount of the hardware, and a method of generating an I/Q signal which reduces an amount of processing for performing the I/Q signal generation. 
   Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention. 
   The above and/or other aspects of the present invention are accomplished by an I/Q demodulator comprising first and second multiplexers which generate I and Q signals with respect to an input data signal; first and second decimation units which perform a decimation on the I and Q signals output from the first and second multiplexers, thereby outputting effective I and Q signals; and a filtering unit which filters the effective I and Q signals. 
   The first and second decimation units may perform a 2-decimation. A delay unit for delaying output of one of I and Q signals received from the first and second multiplexers may also be provided. 
   According to an embodiment of the present invention, the I/Q demodulator may further comprise first and second upsampling units which upsample the I and Q signals output from the first and second multiplexers; and first and second downsampling units which down sample the filtered I and Q signals. 
   In another aspect of the present invention, a method of generating an I/Q signal comprises generating I and Q signals with respect to an input data signal; decimating the I and Q signals, thereby outputting effective I and Q signals; and filtering the effective I and Q signals. 
   The decimating of the I and Q signals may further comprise 2-decimating the I and Q signals. The method may further comprise delaying one of the generated I and Q signals prior to decimating the delayed signal. 
   An advantage of the present invention is that hardware required for low pass filtering (LPF) is reduced and an operation frequency of the LPF is also reduced. 
   According to another embodiment of the present invention, an I/Q demodulator comprises first and second decimation units which decimate even-numbered input data signals and odd-numbered input data signals, respectively; first and second multiplexers which generate an I signal of an inphase component and a Q signal of a quadrature component with respect to the decimated even-numbered data signals and the odd-numbered data signals, respectively; and a filtering unit which filters the I and Q signals output from the first and second multipelxers. 
   Further provided is a delay unit which delays the output of the input data signals for a predetermined time, to separate even-numbered input data signals from the odd-numbered input data signals. First and second decimation units perform a 2-decimation on a respective one of the I and Q signals. 
   The I/Q demodulator may include first and second upsampling units which upsample the I and Q signals output from the first and second multiplexers; and first and second downsampling units which downsample the filtered I and Q signals. 
   According to yet another embodiment of the present invention, an I/Q signal generating method comprises: separating an even-numbered input data signal from an odd-numbered input data signal; generating an I signal of inphase component and a Q signal of quadrature component with respect to the separated data signals, respectively; and filtering the I and Q signals, respectively. 
   Since the input signals are determined according to the characteristic thereof, the first and second multiplexers may be reduced in terms of hardware. 

   
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
     The above-mentioned objects and features of the present invention will be more apparent by describing in detail embodiments thereof with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: 
       FIG. 1  is a block diagram of a conventional I/Q demodulator which uses a multiplier to separate the I and Q signals; 
       FIG. 2  is a block diagram of a conventional I/Q demodulator which uses a multiplexer to separate the I and Q signals; 
       FIG. 3A  is a block diagram of a resampling unit of a conventional I/Q demodulator; 
       FIG. 3B  is a block diagram of the conventional I/Q demodulator incorporating the resampling unit of  FIG. 2 ; 
       FIG. 4A  is a view for explaining a ‘poly phase decomposition’ approach to generating I/Q signals; 
       FIG. 4B  is another view for explaining the ‘poly phase decomposition’ approach to generating I/Q signals; 
       FIG. 5  is a block diagram of an I/Q demodulator applied with the approach illustrated in  FIGS. 4A and 4B ; 
       FIG. 6  is a block diagram showing an I/Q demodulator according to a first embodiment of the present invention; 
       FIG. 7  is a flowchart showing a method of generating I/Q signals using the I/Q demodulator shown in  FIG. 6 ; 
       FIG. 8  is a block diagram showing an I/Q demodulator according to a second embodiment of the of the present invention; 
       FIG. 9  is a flowchart showing a method for generating I/Q signals using the I/Q demodulator shown in  FIG. 8 ; 
       FIG. 10  is a block diagram showing an I/Q demodulator having the resampling unit thereof constructed according to the approach illustrated in  FIGS. 4A and 4B ; 
       FIG. 11A  is a block diagram showing a third embodiment of the I/Q demodulator of the present invention; 
       FIG. 11B  is a block diagram of a fourth embodiment of the I/Q demodulator of the present invention; 
       FIG. 12A  is a block diagram showing a fifth embodiment of the I/Q demodulator of present invention; and 
       FIG. 12B  is a block diagram showing a sixth embodiment of the I/Q demodulator of present invention. 
   

   DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
   Reference will now be made in detail to the present embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout. 
     FIGS. 4A and 4B  are views for explaining a ‘poly phase decomposition’ approach to generating I/Q signals, which is disclosed in “Multirate Digital Filters, Filter Banks, Polyphase Networks, and Applications: A Tutorial,” IEEE, vol. 78, No. 1, January 1990. The following is a brief description thereof. 
   First, impulse response H(z) of the LPF is defined by Equation 6: 
                   H   ⁡     (   z   )       =       ∑     k   =   0       M   -   1       ⁢           ⁢       z     -   k       ⁢       E   k     ⁡     (     z   M     )                   (   6   )               
Where M=2, Equation 7 may be used.
 
                   H   ⁡     (   z   )       =         E   0     ⁡     (     z   2     )       +       z     -   1       ⁢       E   1     ⁡     (     z   2     )                   (   7   )               
As shown in Equation 7, H(z) is divided into E 0 (z 2 ) and z −1 E 1 (z 2 ).
 
   As shown in  FIG. 4A , signal y(n) is output with respect to the input signal x(n), and the signal y(2n) is output with respect to even-numbered input signals by the 2-decimation unit. 
   If the 2-decimation unit of  FIG. 4A  is positioned as shown in  FIG. 4B , E 0 (z 2 ) and E 1 (z 2 ) are changed to E 0 (z) and E 1 (z). Accordingly, the same output signal as that of  FIG. 4A , i.e., y(2n) is obtained with respect to the input signal x(n). 
     FIG. 5  is a view showing an I/Q demodulator incorporating the ‘poly phase decomposition’ approach identified above. According to the ‘poly phase decomposition’ approach, a 2-decimation unit  25  is positioned in front of LPFs  231  and  233 , and a 2-decimation unit  35  is positioned in front of each of LPFs  331  and  332 . 
   An input signal is digitalized by the A/D converter  10 , input to the first and second multiplexers  21  and  31 , multiplied by sin and cos, and thus, I and Q signals are generated. For example, with respect to the data signals of data (0), data (1), data (2), data (3), . . . being sequentially input to the first and second multiplexers  21  and  31 , an I signal of data (0), 0, -data (2), 0, . . . , is output from the first multiplexer  21 . 
   The cos-data signals of data (0), 0, -data (2), 0, . . . , that are output from the first multiplexer  21  are input to first and second filtering units  231  and  232 . 
   The input data signals are 2-decimated by the 2-decimation units  25 , and as a result, only data ‘0’ is input to the first filtering unit  231 . Meanwhile, the input data signals being provided to the second filtering unit  232  are delayed by a delay unit  26  to data signals of 0, -data (2), 0, data (4), . . . , and then 2-decimated by the 2-decimation unit  25 , and as a result, data signals of -data (2), data (4), . . . , are input to the second filtering unit  232 . As only the ‘0’ data is input to the first filtering unit, an I signal is obtained by selecting the second filtering unit  232 , i.e., adding data signals from the second filtering unit  232 . 
   The Q signals are generated in same manner as described above. That is, sin-data signals of 0, data (1), 0, -data (3), . . . from the second multiplexer  31  are input to first and second filtering units  331  and  332 . 
   Input data are 2-decimated by the 2-decimation unit  35  into data (1), -data (3), data (5), . . . and input to the first filtering unit  331 . The input signals are delayed by the delay unit  36  into data (1), 0, -data (3), 0, . . . , 2-decimated by the 2-decimation unit  35 , and thus, data signals of ‘0’ are input to the second filtering unit  332 . As only data signals of ‘0’ are input to the second filtering unit  332 , Q signals are obtainable by selecting the first filtering unit  331 , i.e., adding the data signals from the first filtering unit  331 . 
   An embodiment of the I/Q demodulator according to the present invention is shown in  FIG. 6 . The I/Q demodulator shown in  FIG. 6  comprises an I signal generating unit further comprising a first multiplexer  21 , a delay unit  26 , a 2-decimation unit  25  and a second filtering unit  232 ; and a Q signal generating unit further comprising a second multiplexer  32 , a 2-decimation unit  35 , and a first filtering unit  331 . 
   As described, only one of the first filtering units  231  and  331  and only one the second filtering units  232  and  332  which were used in the conventional demodulator shown in  FIG. 5  are required for generating I and Q signals. Accordingly, the I/Q demodulator is realizable with a reduced number of hardware components. The I/Q signal generating method using the embodiment shown in  FIG. 6  will be described with reference to  FIGS. 6 and 7 . 
   First, data signals digitalized by the A/D converter  10  are input to the I/Q demodulator. The first multiplexer  21  multiplies the input data signal by cos, and thereby outputs the I signal. Further, the second multiplexer  31  multiplies the input data signals by sin, and thereby outputs the Q signal. 
   The I signal component output from the first multiplexer  21  at operation S 10  is delayed by the delay unit  26  for a predetermined time at operation S 12 , 2-decimated by the 2-decimation unit  25  at operation S 20 , and the 2-decimated I signal is filtered by the second filtering unit  232  at operation S 30 , thus data (2), data (4), -data (6), . . . (as described above with reference to  FIG. 5 ) are output at operation S 40 . 
   Meanwhile, the Q signal component output from the second multiplexer  31  at operation S 15  is 2-decimated by the 2-decimation unit  35  at operation S 25  and the 2-decimated Q signal is filtered by the first filtering unit  331  at operation S 35 , and thus data (1), -data (3), data (5), . . . (as described above with reference to  FIG. 5 ) are output at operation S 45 . 
   Accordingly, the first filtering unit  231  for processing the I signal and the second filtering unit  332  for processing the Q signal become unnecessary, and thus the LPFs are reduced by half in size in terms of the hardware design. For example, a 16 tap filter will carry out the same performance as a 32 tap filter. 
   Further, since an operation frequency of the LPF may be reduced by half, power consumption is also reducible. 
     FIG. 8  shows an I/Q demodulator according to a second embodiment of the present invention, in which a delay unit  26  and a 2-decimation unit  25  is positioned in front of a first multiplexer  210 , a 2-decimation unit  35  is positioned in front of a second multiplexer  310 , and the input signals are simultaneously input to the second filtering unit  232  and the first filtering unit  331 . 
   The I signal generating parts include the delay unit  26 , the 2-decimation unit  25 , the first multiplexer  210  and the second filtering unit  232 ; and the Q signal generating parts include the 2-decimation unit  35 , the second multiplexer  310  and the first filtering unit  331 . 
   The method of generating I/Q signals using the second embodiment shown in  FIG. 8  will be described with reference to  FIG. 9 . 
   Digitalized data signals of data (0), data (1), data (2), data (3), . . . , are output from the A/D converter  10  and input to the I/Q demodulator shown in  FIG. 8 . The input signal is delayed by the delay unit  25  at operation S 110  and the delayed input signal is 2-decimated by the 2-decimation unit  25  at operation S 120 . The undelayed input signal is 2-decimated by the 2-decimation unit  35  at operation S 125 , resulting in even-numbered input data signals of data (2), data (4), data (6) and odd-numbered input data signals of data (1), data (3), data (5), . . . being output from the 2-decimation units  25  and  35  at operations S 130  and S 135 , respectively. 
   In other words, the even numbered signals output from the 2 decimation unit  25  at operation S 130  correspond to the I signals and the odd-numbered input data signals output from the 2-decimation unit  35  at operation S 135  correspond to the Q signals. 
   Accordingly, first and second multiplexers  210 ,  310  multiply 1, −1, . . . , to thereby generate I and Q signals, at operation S 140  and S 145 , respectively. 
   The I and Q signals from first and second multiplexers  210  and  310  are low pass filtered by first and second filtering units  232  and  331 , respectively, at operations S 155  and  150 , respectively and the I and Q signals are output at operations S 160  and S 165 , respectively. 
   In the second embodiment, the first and second multiplexers  210  and  310  need only two inputs (0, 1) as compared with four inputs (0, 1, 2, 3) which are required by the (Instead of) first and second multiplexers  21  and  31  which are used in the first embodiment shown in  FIG. 6 . Thus, the multiplexers in the second embodiment are simplified, reducing a size of hardware of each multiplexer by half. The hardware required of the low pass filters is also reduced by half (compared with the conventional demodulator) in a similar manner as in the first embodiment. 
   Since the hardware of the low pass filters and the multiplexers is reduced by half, an operational frequency of the low pass filters and the multiplexers is reduced by half. As a result, power consumption is reduced. 
   The I/Q demodulators according to a third and a fourth embodiments of the present invention are based on applying the ‘poly phase decomposition’ approach illustrated in  FIGS. 4A and 4B  to the resampling unit  100  shown in  FIG. 3B , in order to reduce a design complexity of the low pass filters and the multiplexers. 
   In the third embodiment, as shown in  FIG. 10 , an input signal, digitalized by the A/D converter  10 , is input to first and second multiplexers  21  and  31 , respectively, to generate I and Q signals. 
   Stream of data signals from output end A of the A/D converter  10 , and from output ends B and C of the first and second multiplexers  21  and  31 , respectively, are as shown in Table 1. 
   
     
       
         
             
             
           
             
                 
               TABLE 1 
             
           
          
             
                 
                 
             
             
                 
               Time 
             
          
         
         
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
          
             
                 
               0 
               T 
               2T 
               3T 
               4T 
               5T 
               6T 
               7T 
               8T 
               9T 
               10T 
             
             
                 
                 
             
          
         
         
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
          
             
               A 
               d(0) 
               d(1) 
                 d(2) 
               d(3) 
               d(4) 
               d(5) 
                 d(6) 
                 d(7) 
               d(8) 
               d(9) 
                 d(10) 
             
             
               B 
               d(0) 
               0 
               −d(2) 
               0 
               d(4) 
               0 
               −d(6) 
               0 
               d(8) 
               0 
               −d(10) 
             
             
               C 
               0 
               d(1) 
               0 
               −d(3) 
               0 
               d(5) 
               0 
               −d(7) 
               0 
               d(9) 
               0 
             
             
                 
             
          
         
       
     
   
   Accordingly, the first multiplexer  21  outputs I-signal (sin value) components, while the second multiplexer  31  outputs Q-signal (cos value) components. 
   The I and Q signal components are input to a resampling unit  200 , and generated into I and Q signals by passing through the L-upsampling units  22  and  32 , being 2-decimated and filtered and passing through M-down sampling units  24  and  34 , respectively. 
   Depending on whether the L of the L-upsampling units  22  and  32  is of even numbers or odd numbers, the first and second filtering units  231  and  232  and the first and second filtering units  331  and  332  are selectively used for I and Q signals. 
   Where the L of the L-upsampling unit  22  is an even number, the output signal B from the first multiplexer is input to input ends D and E of the first and second filtering units  231  and  232  as shown in Table 2: 
   
     
       
         
             
             
           
             
                 
               TABLE 2 
             
           
          
             
                 
                 
             
             
                 
               Time 
             
          
         
         
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
          
             
                 
               T/L 
               ~ 
               2T + (T/L) 
               ~ 
               4T + (T/L) 
               ~ 
               6T + (T/L) 
               ~ 
               8T + (T/L) 
             
             
                 
                 
             
          
         
         
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
          
             
               D 
               0 
               0(L-1) 
               0 
               0(L-1) 
               0 
               0(L-1) 
               0 
               0(L-1) 
               0 
             
             
               E 
               d(0) 
               0(L-1) 
               −d(2) 
               0(L-1) 
               d(4) 
               0(L-1) 
               −d(6) 
               0(L-1) 
               d(8) 
             
             
                 
             
          
         
       
     
   
   As shown in Table 2, data signals of ‘0’ are input to the first filtering unit  231  with respect to the data signals output from the first multiplexer  21 . Accordingly, in order to generate the I signal, the second filtering unit  232  alone may be selected. In Table 2, a time interval is 2 T/L. 
   Meanwhile, output signals C from the second multiplexer  31  are input into input ends F, G of first and second filtering units  331  and  332 , respectively, as shown in Table 3. 
   
     
       
         
             
             
           
             
                 
               TABLE 3 
             
           
          
             
                 
                 
             
             
                 
               Time 
             
          
         
         
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
          
             
                 
               ~ 
               T + (T/L) 
               ~ 
               3T + (T/L) 
               ~ 
               5T + (T/L) 
               ~ 
               7T + (T/L) 
               ~ 
             
             
                 
                 
             
          
         
         
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
          
             
               F 
               0(L/2) 
               0 
               0(L-1) 
               0 
               0(L-1) 
               0 
               0(L-1) 
               0 
               0(L-1) 
             
             
               G 
               0(L/2) 
               d(0) 
               0(L-1) 
               −d(3) 
               0(L-1) 
               d(5) 
               0(L-1) 
               −d(7) 
               0(L-1) 
             
             
                 
             
          
         
       
     
   
   As shown in the Table 3, only the data signals of ‘0’ are input to the first filtering unit  331  with respect to the data signals output from the second multiplexer  31 . Accordingly, the second filtering unit  332  alone may be selected for generating the Q signals. In Table 3, a time interval is 2 T/L. 
   In other words, where the L is the even number, the second filtering units  232  and  332  may be selected for generating the I and Q signals, respectively. 
   When the L of the L-upsampling units  22  and  32  is an odd number, output signals B from the first multiplexer  21  are input to input ends D and E of first and second filtering units  231  and  232 , respectively, as shown in Table 4: 
   
     
       
         
             
             
           
             
                 
               TABLE 4 
             
           
          
             
                 
                 
             
             
                 
               Time 
             
          
         
         
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
          
             
                 
               T/L 
               ~ 
               2T + (T/L) 
               ~ 
               4T + (T/L) 
               ~ 
               6T + (T/L) 
               ~ 
               8T − (T/L) 
             
             
                 
                 
             
          
         
         
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
          
             
               D 
               0 
               0(L-1) 
               0 
               0(L-1) 
               0 
               0(L-1) 
               0 
               0(L-1) 
               0 
             
             
               E 
               d(0) 
               0(L-1) 
               −d(2) 
               0(L-1) 
               d(4) 
               0(L-1) 
               −d(6) 
               0(L-1) 
               d(8) 
             
             
                 
             
          
         
       
     
   
   As shown in the Table 4, only the data signals of ‘0’ are input to the first filtering unit  231  with respect to the data signals output from the first multiplexer  21 . Accordingly, the second filtering unit  232  alone may be selected for generating the I signals. In Table 4, a time interval is 2 T/L. 
   Meanwhile, output signals C from the second multiplexer  31  are input to input ends F and G of the first and second filtering units  331  and  332 , respectively, as shown in Table 5. 
   
     
       
         
             
             
           
             
                 
               TABLE 5 
             
           
          
             
                 
                 
             
             
                 
               Time 
             
          
         
         
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
          
             
                 
               ~ 
               T + (T/L) 
               ~ 
               3T + (T/L) 
               ~ 
               5T + (T/L) 
               ~ 
               7T + (T/L) 
               ~ 
             
             
                 
                 
             
          
         
         
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
          
             
               F 
               0(L-1)/2 
               d(1) 
               0(L-1) 
               −d(3) 
               0(L-1) 
               d(5) 
               0(L-1) 
               −d(7) 
               0(L-1) 
             
             
               G 
               0(L-1)/2 
               0 
               0(L-1) 
               0 
               0(L-1) 
               0 
               0(L-1) 
               0 
               0(L-1) 
             
             
                 
             
          
         
       
     
   
   As shown in the Table 5, only the data signals of ‘0’ are input to the second filtering unit  332  with respect to the data signals output from the second multiplexer  31 . Accordingly, the first filtering unit  331  alone may be selected for generating the Q signals. In Table 5, a time interval is 2 T/L. 
   Where the L is the odd number, the first and second filtering units  331 ,  232  may be selectively used for the I and Q signals. 
   Accordingly, a necessary one among the first and second filtering units  231  and  232 , and a necessary one of the first and second filtering units  331  and  332  may be selected and provided for generating I and Q signals according to whether the L of the corresponding L-sampling units  22  or  32  is odd or even. 
     FIGS. 11A and 11B  show third and fourth embodiments of the present invention, in which a reduced type of LPF is provided for the cases where the L of the upsampling unit of the resampling unit  100  is an even number and an odd number. Where the L of the L-upsampling units is even, the resampling unit  200  shown is  FIG. 10  may be reduced in complexity to the resampling unit  200 - 1  as shown in  FIG. 11A . Where the L of the L-upsampling units  22  and  32  is odd, the resampling unit  200  shown in  FIG. 10  may be reduced in complexity to the resampling unit  200 - 2  as shown in  FIG. 11B . 
     FIGS. 12A and 12B  show fifth and sixth embodiments of the present invention, in which the I/Q demodulator has 2-decimation units  25  and  35  which are provided in front of first and second multiplexers  210  and  310 , respectively. 
     FIG. 12A  shows the case where the L is an even number. As shown in the Table 2, the stream E of data signals input to the second filtering unit  232  for generating I signals is comprised of data(0), 0(L−1), -data(2), 0(L−1), data(4), 0(L3), -data(6), 0(L−1), and data(8) while as shown in Table 3, the stream of data signals input to the second filtering unit  332  for generating the Q signals is comprised of 0(L/2), data(0), 0(L−1), -data(3), 0(L−1), data (5), 0(L−1), -data(7), 0(L−1), . . . . 
   Accordingly, for a simultaneous input of data signals to the respective filtering units  232  and  332 , the input of the signal to the second filtering unit  332  must be L/2 earlier than the signal being input to the second filtering unit  232 . To make such a time difference in the input of data signals, a delay unit may be separately provided, or coefficients mR 1  of the filtering units  232  and  332 , respectively, may be adjusted. 
     FIG. 12B  shows the case where the L is an odd number. As shown in the Table 4, the stream E of data signals input to the second filtering unit  232  generating I signals is comprised of data(0), 0(L−1), -data(2), 0(L−1), data(4), 0(L−1), -data(6), 0(L−1), data(8), . . . , while, as shown in Table 5, the stream F of data signals input to the first filtering unit  331  generating Q signals is comprised of 0((L−1)/2), data(1), 0(L−1), -data(3), 0(L−1), data(5), 0(L-1), -data(7), 0(L−1), . . . . 
   Accordingly, for a simultaneous input of the data signals into the respective filtering units  232  and  331 , the input of signal to the second filtering unit  232  must be (L−1)/2 earlier than the signal being input to the first filtering unit  331 . 
   For a time difference in the input of signals, a delay unit may be separately provided, or as shown in  FIG. 12B , coefficients m′R 1  and m′R 0  of the filtering units  232  and  331 , respectively may be adjusted. 
   As shown in  FIGS. 12A and 12B , 2-decimation units  25  and  35  are provided in front of the first and second multiplexers  210  and  310 , respectively, and a delay unit  261  is provided for separating the input data signals into I and Q signal components. 
   For generating I signals, delayed data of data(1), data(2), data(3), . . . , which are delayed by the delay unit  261  from the incoming stream of data signals of data(0), data(1), data(2), data(3), . . . , are input to the 2-decimation unit  25 . After the 2-decimation by the 2-decimation unit  25 , even-numbered input data signals of data(2), data(4), data(6), . . . , are output. 
   With respect to Q signals, odd-numbered input data signals of data(1), data(3), data(5), . . . are output after the 2-decimation by the 2-decimation unit  35 . 
   Data signals from the 2-decimation units  25  and  35  are separated according to the characteristics of I and Q signals, and input to first and second multiplexers  210  and  310 , respectively. 
   Next, through the multiplication by 1, −1, . . . by first and second multiplexers  210  and  310 , I and Q signals are generated. 
   First and second multiplexers  210  and  310  may be designed to have two inputs. That is, the first and second multiplexers  210  and  310  may be designed to have a reduced number of inputs as compared with four inputs of the first and second multiplexers  21  and  31  of the third embodiment as shown in  FIGS. 11A and 11B . 
   The I and Q signal components from the first and second multiplexers  210  and  310  are input to the resampling unit  300 - 1  or  300 - 2 . 
   As described above, the resampling unit  300 - 1  or  300 - 2  low pass filters the data signals that are L-upsampled by the filtering units. Then through M-downsampling of the M-downsampling units  24  and  34 , I and Q signals, respectively, are obtained. 
   According to the first, third and fourth embodiments, hardware for low pass filtering is reduced by half, and according to the second, and fifth and sixth embodiments, hardware for low pass filtering and multiplexing is reduced by half. 
   As described above with reference to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, the same results as results of a conventional I/Q demodulator in terms of I/Q signals are obtainable with less hardware by optimizing the hardware. 
   According to the present invention, a size of hardware for low pass filtering and multiplexing is reducible by as much as a half. 
   As the operation frequency of the low pass filtering and multiplexing is reduced by half, power consumption may also be reduced, too. 
   Although a few embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it would be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes may be made in these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined in the claims and their equivalents.