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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2000
Andrei R. Petrov, Pocatello, ID (US);
Craig L. Christensen, Pocatello, ID (US);
Kenneth L. Reinhard, Pocatello, ID (US);
AMI Semiconductor, Inc., Pocatello, ID (US);
Abstract
A direct conversion receiver is disclosed that converts RF signal into corresponding quadrature baseband signals without requiring conversion through an intermediate frequency. The direct conversion receiver abates local oscillator leakage, increases dynamic range and increases RF selectivity as compared to conventional direct conversion circuits. The circuit includes an in-phase branch and a quadrature-phase branch, each branch including two mixers instead of the conventional one. Each mixer is provided with balanced control signals that include a primary control signal and a complementary control signal. For each branch, the signals from the mixer pass through an operational amplifier and a low pass filter to extract the corresponding baseband signal component.