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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2012
Kishore Seendripu, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Raymond Montemayor, Encinitas, CA (US);
Sheng YE, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Glenn Chang, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Curtis Ling, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Kishore Seendripu, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Raymond Montemayor, Encinitas, CA (US);
Sheng Ye, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Glenn Chang, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Curtis Ling, Carlsbad, CA (US);
MaxLinear, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Abstract
Receiver architectures and methods of processing harmonic rich input signals employing harmonic suppression mixers are disclosed herein. The disclosed receivers, mixers, and methods enable a receiver to achieve the advantages of switching mixers while greatly reducing the mixer response to the undesired harmonics. A harmonic mixer can include a plurality of mixers coupled to an input signal. A plurality of phases of a local oscillator signal can be generated from a single local oscillator output. Each of the phases can be used to drive an input of one of the mixers. The mixer outputs can be combined to generate a frequency converted output that has harmonic rejection.