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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2006
Filed:
May. 18, 2004
Applicants:
Alan Peter Jenkins, Groton, MA (US);
Robert Ian Gresham, Somerville, MA (US);
Inventors:
Alan Peter Jenkins, Groton, MA (US);
Robert Ian Gresham, Somerville, MA (US);
Assignee:
M/A-COM, Inc., Lowell, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A receiver circuit including an oscillator, a mixer coupled to the oscillator, a switch coupled to an output of the mixer, and an envelope detector coupled to the oscillator, such that the envelope detector generates a timing signal for actuating the switch based on the envelope of a signal produced by the oscillator. In one exemplary embodiment, the receiver circuit may be used as part of a radar based sensor system.