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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2011
Applicants:
G. Tyson Tuttle, Austin, TX (US);
Dan B. Kasha, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Inventors:
G. Tyson Tuttle, Austin, TX (US);
Dan B. Kasha, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Assignee:
Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An integrated low-IF (low intermediate frequency) terrestrial broadcast receiver and associated method are disclosed that provide an advantageous and cost-efficient solution. The integrated receiver includes a mixer, local oscillator generation circuitry, low-IF conversion circuitry, and DSP circuitry. And the integrated receiver is particularly suited for small, portable devices and the reception of terrestrial audio broadcasts, such as FM and AM terrestrial audio broadcast, in such portable devices.