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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2013
Applicant:
Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Mark May, Austin, TX (US);
Carlos Briseno-Vidrios, College Station, TX (US);
Junsong Li, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/06 (2006.01); H03D 7/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03D 7/166 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a first signal path to receive and process a radio frequency (RF) signal of a first band and which has a first programmable digitizer to convert the RF signal of the first band into a digitized signal without downconversion. In addition, the apparatus further includes a second signal path to receive and process an RF signal of a second band, where at least portions of one or more of the paths may be shared during operation in the different bands.