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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2010
Applicant:
Antonio Montalvo, Raleigh, NC (US);
Inventor:
Antonio Montalvo, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
ANALOG DEVICES, INC., Norwood, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/0475 (2013.01);
Abstract
Apparatus and methods are disclosed related to low-voltage radio transmitters with high spectral purity. One such apparatus includes a baseband path with a predistortion stage, a programmable filter, and an upconverter core. In an embodiment, the programmable filter is placed between the predistortion stage and the upconverter core. In an embodiment, the programmable filter is configured by a controller to reject out-of-band noise introduced at the predistortion stage or earlier.