Radio transceiver on a chip
US7068171B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 12, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jun 27, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 12, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B2001/7152
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An entire radio transceiver can be completely integrated into one IC chip. In order to integrate the IF filters on the chip, a heterodyne architecture with a low IF is used. A single, directly modulated VCO is used for both up-conversion during transmission, and down-conversion during reception. Bond-wires are used as resonators in the oscillator tank for the VCO. A TDD scheme is used in the air interface to eliminate cross-talk or leakage. A Gaussian-shaped binary FSK modulation scheme is used to provide a number of other implementation advantages.
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