
Inside a Cable Modem
• Burst modulator
– Performs Reed Solomon encoding, modulation (QPSK/16-
QAM), frequency conversion, digital-to-analog conversion
• In the transmit direction, a burst modulator feeds the tuner
• The output signal is fed through a driver with variable output level, so
the signal level can be adjusted to compensate for the unknown cable
loss
– Companies
• Broadcom, Conexant Systems, Analog Devices, SGS Thomson
• Combined demodulator and burst modulator chips are
also available
– The integration race drives more functions into a single chip
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