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Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012

Filed:

May. 08, 2008
Applicants:

Nadim Khlat, Midi-Pyrenees, FR;

David Myara, Toulouse, FR;

Inventors:

Nadim Khlat, Midi-Pyrenees, FR;

David Myara, Toulouse, FR;

Assignee:

RF Micro Devices, Inc., Greensboro, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 27/02 (2006.01); H04L 27/04 (2006.01); H04L 25/06 (2006.01); H04B 1/38 (2006.01); H03D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention relates to estimating a direct current (DC) offset of a radio frequency (RF) receiver when an estimated amplitude of a continuous-transmission amplitude-modulated (AM) RF signal is below a first threshold and when the RF receiver is not receiving an RF input signal. The estimated DC offset of the RF receiver may be used to improve RF receiver performance, particularly over temperature and supply voltage variations. Estimating the DC offset of the RF receiver when the estimated instantaneous amplitude of the continuous-transmission AM RF signal is below the first threshold may minimize errors in the estimated DC offset.


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