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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2008
Applicants:
Alyosha Molnar, Ithaca, NY (US);
Rahul Magoon, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
Alyosha Molnar, Ithaca, NY (US);
Rahul Magoon, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
Mediatek, Inc., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/26 (2006.01); H04B 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A receiver circuit comprising a quadrature passive mixer having an input and an output, and an input impedance of the quadrature passive mixer provides a band-pass response. One or more output impedances coupled to the output of the quadrature passive mixer. A low noise amplifier (LNA) having an input and an output coupled to the quadrature passive mixer, the LNA configured to provide substantially linear transconductance over a predetermined input range.