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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 1995
Filed:
Jan. 13, 1994
Xuesong Zhou, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Afshin S Daryoush, Shaker Heights, OH (US);
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Abstract
Self-oscillating mixer circuits for use in communications systems. The circuits comprise a push-pull amplifier for amplifying a signal having a first frequency to produce an amplified signal, a feedback loop coupled to the push-pull amplifier for phase shifting the amplified signal during each half cycle of the push-pull amplifier, thereby creating an oscillating output signal, and a mixing element for coupling the oscillating output signal to the signal having the first frequency, thereby mixing the signal having the first frequency with the oscillating signal to produce a signal having a second frequency. The circuits described herein have transistors that operate near the class B mode to obtain optimal frequency conversion with minimal power consumption. These circuits will therefore find use in any communications-type system which requires a frequency converter.