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Radio apparatus and transmission/reception method

US6807237B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateDec 1, 2000
Grant dateOct 19, 2004
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Expiry dateDec 1, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B1/00
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

At the time of ordinary communication, up-mixer 108 combines a signal with a frequency f2 from frequency synthesizer 124 with I and Q signals for transmission that are quadrature modulated in quadrature modulator 105, down-mixer 115 combines the signal with the frequency f2 with a received signal, then only in the case of receiving a signal with a frequency fr′ different from a frequency fr, frequency synthesizer 125 that generates a signal with a frequency f3 different from the frequency f2 is operated, and frequency synthesizer 125 and down-mixer 115 are connected with switch 127, so that down-mixer 115 combines the signal with the frequency f3 with a received signal. It is thereby possible to switch frequencies fast and with low current consumption in receiving a signal with a reception frequency other than a combination of transmission frequency and reception frequency specified in an ordinary radio system.

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