Telecommunications – Receiver or analog modulated signal frequency converter – Frequency modifying or conversion
Patent
1993-07-12
1998-09-15
Vo, Nguyen
Telecommunications
Receiver or analog modulated signal frequency converter
Frequency modifying or conversion
455318, 455326, H04B 128
Patent
active
058094105
ABSTRACT:
A single bias block for a single or multiple low voltage RF circuits including one or more amplifiers and one or more single or double balanced mixers with compensation for temperature and integrated circuit process parameters. The power supply may be a lower voltage without sacrificing the dynamic range of the amplifier and/or mixer by applying full power supply voltage to the load with the bias applied to the base circuit through an operational amplifier and/or buffer circuit. For the mixer, a lower noise figure may also be realized by moving the gain control impedance from the emitter to the collector circuit. The circuits may be discrete components or part of an integrated circuit. Methods are disclosed for reducing the power supply voltage without affecting the dynamic range of an amplifier, for temperature and process parameter compensation, and for controlling the gain of a mixer without affecting input or output impedance.
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Brogan Thomas David
Lee Sang-Gug
Schultz Richard Douglas
Stuebing Carlton
Harris Corporation
Vo Nguyen
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