Patent 7505522 was granted and assigned to Staccato Communications on March, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A method of shaping an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signal spectrum is disclosed. The method comprises receiving an input signal that has a frequency spectrum that includes a frequency peak, and limiting the amplitude of the frequency peak to a predetermined clip level. An orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) transmitter is disclosed. The OFDM transmitter comprises an input interface configured to receive an input signal that includes a frequency spectrum that includes a frequency peak, and a processor coupled to the input interface, configured to limit the amplitude of the frequency peak to a predetermined clip level.