Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Heterodyne receiver
- Patent Title (中): 外差接收机
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Application No.: US13055474Application Date: 2008-07-25
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Publication No.: US08478219B2Publication Date: 2013-07-02
- Inventor: Saverio Trotta , Ralf Reuter
- Applicant: Saverio Trotta , Ralf Reuter
- Applicant Address: US TX Austin
- Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- International Application: PCT/IB2008/053000 WO 20080725
- International Announcement: WO2010/010425 WO 20100128
- Main IPC: H04B1/18
- IPC: H04B1/18

Abstract:
A down-conversion module for a heterodyne receiver comprises a first mixer circuit, a second mixer circuit and an interconnection. The first mixer circuit includes first and second differential control terminals and is arranged to produce a first down-converted differential voltage signal at a first down-converted frequency as a function of a first RF differential input signal applied to the first differential control terminals and of a first RF differential reference frequency signal applied to the second differential control terminals. The second mixer circuit includes two differential pairs of second amplifier elements and the second amplifier elements comprise second differential control terminals and cross-connected pairs of second amplifier output paths for producing a second down-converted differential voltage signal at a second down-converted frequency as a function of the first down-converted differential voltage signal and of a second RF differential reference frequency signal applied to the second differential control terminals. The interconnection includes transmission line elements and is arranged to apply a differential current signal which is a function of the first down-converted differential voltage signal to differential input terminals of the second mixer circuit common to respective pairs of the second amplifier elements.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110124309A1 HETERODYNE RECEIVER Public/Granted day:2011-05-26
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