Telecommunications – Receiver or analog modulated signal frequency converter – Plural receivers
Patent
1993-05-14
1994-11-01
Eisenzopf, Reinhard J.
Telecommunications
Receiver or analog modulated signal frequency converter
Plural receivers
455136, 455138, 455140, 455275, 4552772, 4552781, 370 953, H04B 1702
Patent
active
053614046
ABSTRACT:
Two or more signal paths are provided for receiving a radio frequency signal. One or more signal paths include conventional bandpass filters for eliminating interference and noise signals. One or more remaining signal paths include reduced filtering devices for increasing the sensitivity of a radio frequency receiver to the desired signal. Each of the receiving paths is coupled to a respective radio frequency amplifier. Provided that each radio frequency amplifier has equivalent current-source output impedances, the output signals from each amplifier are added constructively if they are in-phase. If the output signals are out-of-phase, a phase inverter inverts the phase of one signal so that the signals may be added constructively. The combined signals of the two or more radio frequency amplifiers pass through various signal processing components associated with conventional superheterodyne receivers. A control unit produces gain variation signals for controlling the gain of each radio frequency amplifier. Accordingly, the control unit controls whether the desired signal is received from a first signal path, a second signal path, or as a weighted combination of two or more signal paths.
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Eisenzopf Reinhard J.
Ericsson-GE Mobile Communications Inc.
Faile Andrew
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