Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus of an input resistance of a passive mixer to broaden the input matching bandwidth of a common source/gate LNA
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Application No.: US15357566Application Date: 2016-11-21
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Publication No.: US09960948B2Publication Date: 2018-05-01
- Inventor: Zaw Soe
- Applicant: Tensorcom, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Carlsbad
- Assignee: Tensorcom, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Tensorcom, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Carlsbad
- Agent Steven J Shattil
- Main IPC: H04B1/10
- IPC: H04B1/10 ; H04B1/16 ; H03F3/22 ; H04L27/38 ; H03F1/42 ; H03D7/14 ; H03D7/16 ; H03F1/22 ; H03F3/193 ; H03F3/45

Abstract:
A receiver comprises a Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) configured to amplify an input signal and a resonant circuit coupled to the LNA. A first switch couples current from the resonant circuit to a first capacitor integrating a first voltage, wherein the first switch is enabled with a clock signal. A second switch couples current from the resonant circuit to a second capacitor integrating a second voltage, wherein the second switch is enabled with an inverse clock signal. A differential amplifier comprises a positive input for receiving the first voltage and a negative input for receiving the second voltage in order to produce a sum and a difference frequency spectrum between a signal spectrum carried within the current and a frequency of the clock signal.
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