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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2007
G. Tyson Tuttle, Austin, TX (US);
Dan B. Kasha, Seattle, WA (US);
Wade R. Gillham, Austin, TX (US);
Richard T. Behrens, Lafayette, CO (US);
G. Tyson Tuttle, Austin, TX (US);
Dan B. Kasha, Seattle, WA (US);
Wade R. Gillham, Austin, TX (US);
Richard T. Behrens, Lafayette, CO (US);
Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
Receiver architectures and related methods are disclosed for high definition (HD) and digital radio FM broadcast receivers. The radio receiver architectures are configured to utilize multiple analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) to handle the digital radio spectrum and can be configured to modify a target IF frequencies depending upon the mode of operation of the receiver. For example, the receiver can include an analog FM reception mode and a digital FM reception mode for which different down-conversions are used for the same analog-plus-digital audio broadcast channel. If desired, the radio broadcast receivers disclosed can be configured so that they only receive digital FM radio content, for example, if the analog FM broadcast was of no interest and/or if the broadcast was all digital.