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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 22, 2018
Applicant:

Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);

Inventors:

Paul R. Ganci, Golden, CO (US);

Matthew R. Miller, Arlington Heights, IL (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/10 (2006.01); H03G 3/30 (2006.01); H03H 11/12 (2006.01); H03F 3/19 (2006.01); H03F 3/45 (2006.01); H03H 11/28 (2006.01); H03D 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/1018 (2013.01); H03D 7/12 (2013.01); H03F 3/19 (2013.01); H03F 3/45071 (2013.01); H03G 3/3052 (2013.01); H03H 11/126 (2013.01); H03H 11/28 (2013.01); H03D 2200/0025 (2013.01); H03F 2200/129 (2013.01); H03F 2200/144 (2013.01); H03F 2200/171 (2013.01); H03F 2200/222 (2013.01); H03F 2200/267 (2013.01); H03F 2200/294 (2013.01); H03F 2200/387 (2013.01); H03F 2200/451 (2013.01); H03F 2203/45116 (2013.01); H03F 2203/45512 (2013.01); H03F 2203/45526 (2013.01); H03F 2203/45528 (2013.01); H03F 2203/45576 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosure relates to technology for a receiver having a receive signal path including a mixer, a differential fixed gain or variable gain amplifier, and a differential filter. The mixer is configured to receive an RF signal, receive an oscillator signal, and output a differential down converted signal at one of a baseband or intermediate frequency (IF). The amplifier is downstream of the mixer and configured to receive the differential down converted signal from the mixer, apply a gain thereto, and output an amplified differential signal. The filter is downstream of the amplifier and configured filter the amplified differential signal received from the amplifier, and output a filtered differential signal. By locating the differential filter downstream of the differential amplifier within the receive signal path, distortion caused by the mixer is mitigated compared to if the filter were located upstream of the filter.


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