Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sampling mixer with asynchronous clock and signal domains
- Patent Title (中): 具有异步时钟和信号域的采样混频器
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Application No.: US10121761Application Date: 2002-04-12
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Publication No.: US08027657B2Publication Date: 2011-09-27
- Inventor: Robert B. Staszewski , Khurram Muhammad , Yo-Chuol Ho , Dirk Leipold
- Applicant: Robert B. Staszewski , Khurram Muhammad , Yo-Chuol Ho , Dirk Leipold
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agent Ronald O. Neerings; Wade James Brady, III; Frederick J. Telecky, Jr.
- Main IPC: H04B1/26
- IPC: H04B1/26 ; H04L27/00

Abstract:
A mixer 1100 with a plurality of signal paths typically requires separate clock generating hardware for each signal path. However, the redundancy of having multiple clock generating hardware significantly increases power consumption and integrated circuit area when the mixer 1100 is integrated into silicon. A method and apparatus 1125 containing a circuit for generating a set of clock signals that can be shared by the different signal paths is presented. Advantage is taken of the significant capacitance difference between different sampling capacitors in the mixer and the superposition property.
Public/Granted literature
- US20030083033A1 Sampling mixer with asynchronous clock and signal domains Public/Granted day:2003-05-01
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