Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Radio-frequency modulator apparatus
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Application No.: US17925287Application Date: 2021-05-13
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Publication No.: US12334962B2Publication Date: 2025-06-17
- Inventor: Marko Pessa , Sami Karvonen
- Applicant: Nordic Semiconductor ASA
- Applicant Address: NO Trondheim
- Assignee: Nordic Semiconductor ASA
- Current Assignee: Nordic Semiconductor ASA
- Current Assignee Address: NO Trondheim
- Agency: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP
- Priority: GB2007234 20200515
- International Application: PCT/EP2021/062786 WO 20210513
- International Announcement: WO2021/229037 WO 20211118
- Main IPC: H04B1/04
- IPC: H04B1/04 ; H03D7/12

Abstract:
A radio-frequency modulator apparatus comprises a baseband stage, a mixer stage and a radio-frequency stage. The baseband stage comprises: an input line for receiving an input current representative of a baseband input signal, a baseband transistor that passes some or all of the input current between a first and a second terminal thereof, an electrical connection between the input line and a control terminal of the baseband transistor, and an output line connected to said control terminal. The mixer stage receives a signal from the baseband stage and mixes it with a radio-frequency local-oscillator signal to generate a radio-frequency mixed signal. The radio-frequency stage receives the radio-frequency mixed signal, applies the radio-frequency mixed signal to a control terminal of a radio-frequency transistor causing it to pass a radio-frequency output current between a first and a second terminal thereof, and outputs the radio-frequency output current as an output signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230223971A1 RADIO-FREQUENCY MODULATOR APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2023-07-13
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