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Versatile system for multimode, wireless communication receiver with ZIF and Near-ZIF operations

US7558550B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 5, 2006
Grant dateJul 7, 2009
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Expiry dateJun 9, 2027

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B1/30
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An architecture for a receiver component in a wireless communications system is disclosed—one that supports both zero intermediate frequency (ZIF) and near-zero intermediate frequency (NZIF) operation. The architecture provides a down-conversion segment, and a local oscillator segment operatively associated with the down-conversion segment. An analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) segment is adapted to receive signals from the down-conversion segment and introduce the signals into a digital intermediate frequency (DIF) construct. The DIF construct performs a DC offset compensation or DC residue filtering on NZIF-based signals, and droop or mismatch compensation. Image removal is performed on NZIF-based signals, and DC offset compensation is performed on ZIF-based signals. Compensated signals are amplified to some nominal or desired level, and interpolation filtering of the amplified signals is performed prior to transmission thereof.

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