Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for an energy-efficient receiver
- Patent Title (中): 节能接收机的方法和装置
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Application No.: US14719393Application Date: 2015-05-22
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Publication No.: US09571885B2Publication Date: 2017-02-14
- Inventor: Curtis Ling
- Applicant: MaxLinear, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Carlsbad
- Assignee: MAXLINEAR, INC.
- Current Assignee: MAXLINEAR, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Carlsbad
- Agency: McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd.
- Main IPC: H04H20/74
- IPC: H04H20/74 ; H04N21/436 ; H04N21/61 ; H04N21/426 ; H04N21/462 ; H04N21/442 ; H04H40/90 ; H04H60/82 ; H04N7/20 ; H03M1/12 ; H04B1/16

Abstract:
One or more circuits may comprise at least one first-type analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and at least one second-type ADC. The circuit(s) may be operable to receive a plurality of signals, each of which may comprise a plurality of channels. The circuit(s) may be operable to digitize a selected one or more of the channels. Which, if any, of the selected channels are digitized via the at least one first-type ADC and which, if any, of the selected channels are digitized via the at least one second-type ADC, may be based on which of the plurality of channels are the selected channels and/or based on power consumption of the circuit(s). A bandwidth of each first-type ADC may be on the order of the bandwidth of one of the received signals. A bandwidth of each second-type ADC may be on the order of the bandwidth of one of the plurality of channels.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150326916A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN ENERGY-EFFICIENT RECEIVER Public/Granted day:2015-11-12
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