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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2016
Maxlinear Asia Singapore Pte Ltd., Singapore, SG;
William Michael Lye, Coquitlam, CA;
John B. Groe, Poway, CA (US);
Maxlinear Asia Singapore PTE LTD., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
An Interleaved Radio Frequency Digital-to-Analog Converter (RF DAC) suitable for use in cellular base stations and optimized to give both a wide RF tuning range and a wide RF bandwidth is disclosed. The RF DAC uses two levels of interleaving, the first providing a direct conversion path from Base Band (BB) to RF, and the second providing a variable interleaving factor through the use of summation to optimize the output bandwidth as a function of the RF center frequency. Digital Interpolation, including an arbitrary sample rate conversion filter, allows the RF DAC to operate from a wide range of possible BB sample rates and the DAC sample rate is a fixed ratio of the RF center frequency. As a result, the spurious outputs from the RF DAC are in known locations that are relatively easy to filter out, minimizing the frequency planning tasks required for a complete RF system design.