Invention Application
- Patent Title: Harmonic reject receiver architecture and mixer
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Application No.: US11302531Application Date: 2005-12-12
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Publication No.: US20060160518A1Publication Date: 2006-07-20
- Inventor: Kishore Seendripu , Raymond Montemayor , Sheng Ye , Glenn Chang , Curtis Ling
- Applicant: Kishore Seendripu , Raymond Montemayor , Sheng Ye , Glenn Chang , Curtis Ling
- Applicant Address: US CA Carlsbad 92008
- Assignee: MaxLinear, Inc.
- Current Assignee: MaxLinear, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Carlsbad 92008
- Main IPC: H04B1/26
- IPC: H04B1/26

Abstract:
Receiver architectures and methods of processing harmonic rich input signals employing harmonic suppression mixers are disclosed herein. The disclosed receivers, mixers, and methods enable a receiver to achieve the advantages of switching mixers while greatly reducing the mixer response to the undesired harmonics. A harmonic mixer can include a plurality of mixers coupled to an input signal. A plurality of phases of a local oscillator signal can be generated from a single local oscillator output. Each of the phases can be used to drive an input of one of the mixers. The mixer outputs can be combined to generate a frequency converted output that has harmonic rejection.
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