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Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 14, 2021
Applicant:

Analog Devices, Inc., Wilmington, MA (US);

Inventors:

Peter Delos, Greensboro, NC (US);

Ed Balboni, Littleton, MA (US);

Assignee:

Analog Devices, Inc., Wilmington, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03D 7/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03D 7/1475 (2013.01); H03D 7/1458 (2013.01); H03D 7/1466 (2013.01); H03D 7/1483 (2013.01); H03D 2200/0074 (2013.01); H03D 2200/0086 (2013.01);
Abstract

One embodiment is a reconfigurable mixer topology for selectively implementing one of a harmonic rejection mixer (HRM) and a subharmonic mixer (SHM), the reconfigurable mixer topology comprising a mixer core comprising a plurality of differential mixers each having a first clock input and a second clock input; a clock generator for generating a plurality of clock signals each having a different phase; and a clock distributor for distributing the plurality of clock signals to the first and second clock inputs of the differential mixers in accordance with a designated operation of the reconfigurable mixer as an HRM or an SHM.


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