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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Aslamali A. Rafi, Austin, TX (US);
Alessandro Piovaccari, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for receiving a radio frequency (RF) signal and mixing the RF signal with a master clock to obtain a mixed signal, cyclically rotating the mixed signal to each of N gain stages for at least one cycle of the master clock, and summing the outputs of the N gain stages to provide an output signal.