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Finite impulse response digital to analog converter

US7528754B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 8, 2007
Grant dateMay 5, 2009
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Expiry dateMar 25, 2027

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03M7/304
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A noise-shaped direct digital IF to RF DAC (DIF2RF) with embedded up-converter mixer is presented. The digital IF signal is noised shaped by a band-pass ΣΔ modulator with a single bit IF output followed by a semi-digital current-mode IF filter to attenuate out-of-band quantization noise. A current steering DAC combines scaled values of local oscillator (LO) signals as current sources for performing current steering and upconversion in a single cell.

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