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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2009
Antoine Hue, Saint Genis Pouilly, FR;
Gabriel Della-monica, Moirans, FR;
Florent Sibille, Grenoble, FR;
Antoine Hue, Saint Genis Pouilly, FR;
Gabriel Della-Monica, Moirans, FR;
Florent Sibille, Grenoble, FR;
STMicroelectronics SA, Montrouge, FR;
STMicroelectronics N.V., Amsterdam, NL;
STMicroelectronics (Grenoble) SAS, Grenoble, FR;
Abstract
A method may compensate for direct current (DC) offset in a radio frequency reception device. The method may include partitioning an analog portion of the reception device into a plurality of zones, for each zone, calibrating initial DC offset compensation to be applied within an operating range of a respective zone, the operating range of the other zones being limited to a threshold operating range, and determining DC offset compensation to be applied to the reception device throughout the operating range based on the basic DC offset compensations.