Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Frequency down-conversion
- Patent Title (中): 频率下转换
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Application No.: US14449556Application Date: 2014-08-01
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Publication No.: US09331634B2Publication Date: 2016-05-03
- Inventor: Frank Leong , Salvatore Drago
- Applicant: NXP B.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: NXP B.V.
- Current Assignee: NXP B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- Agent Rajeev Madnawat
- Main IPC: H04B1/26
- IPC: H04B1/26 ; H03D7/16 ; H03D7/18 ; H04B1/16

Abstract:
Apparatus and methods concern down-converting a radio frequency (RF) signal. As an example, one apparatus includes a first mixer and a second mixer. The first mixer down-converts an RF signal to produce a first intermediate frequency (IF) signal. The second mixer down-converts the first IF signal to produce a second IF signal having a plurality of phase components. The down-converter also includes a plurality of summing circuits. Each of the summing circuits is configured to combine various ones of the phase components of the second IF signal to produce a respective phase component of a third IF signal. The number of phase components in the third IF signal is different from the number of phase components in the second IF signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160036385A1 FREQUENCY DOWN-CONVERSION Public/Granted day:2016-02-04
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