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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1999
Babak Bastani, Weston, FL (US);
Kenneth D Cornett, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A tuned low noise mixer (200) for use in radio frequency (RF) communications includes a transconductance amplifier (203) for amplifying an RF input signal (201). An impedance matching network (207) is formed using an impedance matching transformer with a tap connection (207') between primary and secondary coils. A mixer circuit (209) is then used for mixing a local oscillator signal (211) with the output of the impedance matching network (207) while a load network (213) provides a load to an output (215) of the mixer circuit (209). The invention provides a novel RF mixer topology that has a substantially low noise figure and a proportionally large power gain with low current drain for eliminating the need for an low noise amplifier (LNA) commonly used in RF mixer circuitry.