Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Mixer circuit and method
- Patent Title (中): 混频器电路及方法
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Application No.: US11551464Application Date: 2006-10-20
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Publication No.: US07890076B2Publication Date: 2011-02-15
- Inventor: Sven Mattisson , Magnus Nilsson , Andreas Nydahl , Thomas Mattsson
- Applicant: Sven Mattisson , Magnus Nilsson , Andreas Nydahl , Thomas Mattsson
- Applicant Address: SE Stockholm
- Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Current Assignee Address: SE Stockholm
- Agency: Coats & Bennett, P.L.L.C.
- Main IPC: H04B1/26
- IPC: H04B1/26

Abstract:
A method of providing an input signal to a mixer circuit comprises coupling an output signal from a low-noise amplifier circuit to a mixer input of the mixer circuit via an AC coupling circuit, comprising an inductive of capacitive coupling circuit. For capacitive coupling configurations, a coupling capacitor is configured to have a capacitance value determined as a function of a transconductance sensitivity of the mixer circuit. For balanced output configurations of the low-noise amplifier circuit, matched coupling capacitors are used for coupling the balanced output signals to respective inputs of the mixer circuit. In one embodiment, the mixer circuit comprises a quadrature mixer circuit, which may be in a balanced or double-balanced configuration. In another embodiment, the mixer circuit comprises a four-phase mixer circuit, which may be configured as a balanced four-phase mixer circuit coupled to the low-noise amplifier circuit via inductive or capacitive embodiments of the coupling circuit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070142019A1 Mixer Circuit and Method Public/Granted day:2007-06-21
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