Reconfigurable mixer with gain control
US7982527B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 5, 2009 |
| Grant date | Jul 19, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 5, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03D2200/0084
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A frequency mixer or modulator circuit that is reconfigurable through electronic programming among active and passive operation, and/or harmonic and sub-harmonic operation, and/or up-conversion and down-conversion, and/or no-overlap, off-overlap, and on-overlap mixing, and/or upper-sideband modulation and lower-sideband modulation. In one example, the frequency mixer or modulator circuit also includes automatic gain control.
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