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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:
Jun. 19, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2006
Applicants:
Petrus Gerardus Maria Baltus, Valkenswaard, NL;
Timothy John Ridgers, Bayeux, FR;
Maja Vidojkovic, Waalre, NL;
Inventors:
Petrus Gerardus Maria Baltus, Valkenswaard, NL;
Timothy John Ridgers, Bayeux, FR;
Maja Vidojkovic, Waalre, NL;
Assignee:
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The system and method of the present invention provide a single mixer (-) with significantly reduced noise performance at a low cost by adding a current control circuit () that reduces the current in at least the switching stage () during polarity changes of the local oscillator (LO) signal (). Alternative embodiments (-) are provided for a single mixer having significantly reduced noise wherein the low-noise characteristic is enhanced by a further modification to the switching stage (-).