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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2000
David F. Sorrells, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Michael J. Bultman, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Charles D. Clements, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Robert W. Cook, Switzerland, FL (US);
Joseph M. Hamilla, St. Augustine, FL (US);
Richard C. Looke, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Charley D. Moses, Jr., Jacksonville, FL (US);
Gregory S. Silver, St. Augustine, FL (US);
ParkerVision, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US);
Abstract
A method and system is described for several embodiments of a communication system. In a first embodiment, a method and system is described wherein a signal is received and down-converted and wherein power consumption can be characterized as “ultra-low.” In a second embodiment, a method and system is described wherein undesirable images are rejected in a down-conversion system. In a third embodiment, a method and system is described wherein a signal is transmitted in a highly efficient manner. In one implementation the present invention is used in a family radio system.