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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2008
Applicants:
Carey Ritchey, Murphy, TX (US);
Kim E. Beumer, Richardson, TX (US);
Marius Pop, Richardson, TX (US);
Inventors:
Carey Ritchey, Murphy, TX (US);
Kim E. Beumer, Richardson, TX (US);
Marius Pop, Richardson, TX (US);
Assignee:
Zoran Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An agile RF tuner circuit capable of converting a wide portion of RF signal into an IF signal suitable for analog-to-digital conversion. The circuit up converts a received RF signal to a high IF signal and then down converts the high IF signal to a low IF signal. Embodiments of the RF circuit incorporate harmonic reject mixers to suppress harmonies and intermodulations typically associated with the frequency conversion process.