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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 12, 2014
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Lai Kan Leung, San Marcos, CA (US);

Chiewcharn Narathong, San Diego, CA (US);

Jianyun Hu, San Diego, CA (US);

Yunfei Feng, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/06 (2006.01); H04B 17/00 (2015.01); H04B 17/21 (2015.01); H04B 17/29 (2015.01); H04B 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 17/008 (2013.01); H04B 1/16 (2013.01); H04B 17/00 (2013.01); H04B 17/21 (2015.01); H04B 17/29 (2015.01);
Abstract

Receiver circuits that can be reconfigured to generate test signals in a wireless device are disclosed. In an exemplary design, an apparatus includes a mixer and an amplifier. The mixer downconverts an input radio frequency (RF) signal based on a local oscillator (LO) signal in a first mode. The amplifier, which is formed by at least a portion of the mixer, amplifies the LO signal and provides an amplified LO signal in a second mode. In another exemplary design, an apparatus includes an amplifier and an attenuator. The amplifier receives and amplifies an input RF signal in a first mode. The attenuator, which is formed by at least a portion of the amplifier, receives and passes an LO signal in a second mode.


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