Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Intermediate frequency amplifier with a configurable high-pass filter
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Application No.: US17566047Application Date: 2021-12-30
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Publication No.: US12021552B2Publication Date: 2024-06-25
- Inventor: Karthik Subburaj , Pranav Sinha , Mayank Kumar Singh , Rittu Sachdev , Karan Singh Bhatia , Shailesh Joshi , Indu Prathapan
- Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agent Michael T. Gabrik; Frank D. Cimino
- Main IPC: H04B1/00
- IPC: H04B1/00 ; H04B1/04 ; H04B1/10 ; H04B1/69

Abstract:
A device comprises a digital ramp generator, an oscillator, a power amplifier, a low-noise amplifier (LNA), a mixer, and an intermediate frequency amplifier (IFA). The oscillator generates a chirp signal based on an output from the digital ramp generator. The power amplifier receives the chirp signal and outputs an amplified chirp signal to a transmitter antenna. The LNA receives a reflected chirp signal from a receiver antenna. The mixer receives output of the LNA and combines it with the chirp signal from the oscillator. The IFA receives the mixer output signal and includes a configurable high-pass filter, which has a first cutoff frequency during a first portion of the chirp signal and a second cutoff frequency during a second portion of the chirp signal. In some implementations, the first cutoff frequency is chosen based on a frequency of a blocker signal introduced by couplings between the transmitter and receiver antennas.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230216528A1 INTERMEDIATE FREQUENCY AMPLIFIER WITH A CONFIGURABLE HIGH-PASS FILTER Public/Granted day:2023-07-06
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