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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
Martin Anderson, Löddeköpinge, SE;
Henrik Sjöland, Lund, SE;
Lars Sundström, Södra Sandby, SE;
Jim Svensson, Stockholm, SE;
Martin Anderson, Löddeköpinge, SE;
Henrik Sjöland, Lund, SE;
Lars Sundström, Södra Sandby, SE;
Jim Svensson, Stockholm, SE;
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A mixer unit () for frequency translating, based on an LO signal, an input signal having one or more input signal components is disclosed. The mixer unit has a signal processing path (--) from each Input terminal (−) to each output terminal (_I+,_I−,_Q+,_Q−) of the mixer unit (), The LO signal has an associated LO signal component (LO_Ia-d, LO_Qa-d) for each signal processing path. The mixer unit () comprises a plurality of mixer switches (-N) and a control unit (). The control unit () is adapted to, for each signal processing path (--), dynamically select an associated subset, in the following denoted active switch subset, of the plurality of mixer switches (-N) for operation in the signal processing path (-) such that which of the plurality of mixer switches (-N) belong to said active switch subset varies in time. At any instant in time, the union of all the active switch subsets is a strict subset, denoted combined active subset, of the plurality of mixer switches (-N). The control unit () is further adapted to activate only the mixer switches (-N) in said combined active subset by, for each mixer switch (-N) in the combined active subset, supplying the corresponding LO signal component to the mixer switch. A related radio receiver circuit (), a related radio communication apparatus (), and a related method are also disclosed.