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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Patrik Eriksson, Kolmården, SE;
Peter Petersson, Järfälla, SE;
Assignee:
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/66 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/66 ;
Abstract
A digital-to-analog circuit arrangement that can be used, for example, in radio transmitters, includes a Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) whose output is connected directly to a mixer. A periodic signal is also provided to the mixer. The frequency of the periodic signal provided to the mixer, is an integer multiple of half the update rate frequency of the DAC. In an embodiment of the invention, the frequency of the periodic signal provided to the mixer, is half the update rate frequency of the DAC. An intermediate frequency (IF) filter can be provided. downstream of the mixer.