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Apparatus and associated method, for operating on receive signals received at a receiver

US6332083A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 30, 1999
Grant dateDec 18, 2001
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Expiry dateMar 30, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B1/406
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus, and an associated method, for the IF stage of a receiver, such as the receive portion of a multi-mode mobile station. Direct conversion of an IF-stage receive signal is made into the digital domain through the use of a .SIGMA..DELTA. analog-to-digital converter. Increased portions of the receiver processes signals in the digital domain using digital-domain circuitry.

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