Apparatus and method for receiving a modulated radio frequency signal by converting the radio frequency signal to a very low intermediate frequency signal
First Claim
1. A receiver for use in a wireless network, information being communicated on the wireless network on a modulated carrier wave at one of a plurality of channel frequencies, the modulated carrier wave having important sidebands extending a certain amount on either side of the carrier (channel center) frequency, the receiver comprising:
- a carrier wave input;
a frequency synthesizer;
a mixer having a first input coupled to the carrier wave input to receive a carrier wave signal from the carrier wave input, a second input coupled to the frequency synthesizer to receive a synthesizer signal, and a mixer output, wherein the synthesizer signal has a frequency approximate the one of said channel frequencies, wherein the mixer provides a very low intermediate frequency signal at the mixer output, the very low intermediate frequency signal having a center frequency just greater than the difference frequency between the highest frequency important sidebands and the carrier frequency;
a band pass filter having a filter input and a filter output, the filter input being coupled to the mixer output and a filter output; and
a decoder coupled to the filter output, the decoder receiving a signal corresponding to the very low intermediate frequency signal and providing a decoded signal indicative of the information on the modulated carrier wave.
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Abstract
A very low intermediate frequency (IF) transceiver is described for use in a wireless LAN, cellular telephone, cordless telephone, and other radio transceiver applications. The transceiver preferably directly down-converts the RF signal to lower frequency such as a very low IF signal, which can be handled by transceiver components advantageously integrated with the communication control system such as an MAC or serial communications controller. Preferably, the very low IF signal is above peak modulation deviation and below the channel interval for the communication system. The very low IF signal may be up converted so that the RF signal can be more reliably demodulated. Alternatively, the RF signal can be additionally converted to a second IF frequency before the very low IF frequency to reduce the effects of noise in the transceiver. Alternatively, an image rejection mixer circuit can be employed to provide some rejection selectivity for the adjacent channels on one side of the local oscillator. Alternatively, a phasing circuit can be added in the receiver front end to assist in the isolation of the local oscillator signal from the antenna.
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19 Claims
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1. A receiver for use in a wireless network, information being communicated on the wireless network on a modulated carrier wave at one of a plurality of channel frequencies, the modulated carrier wave having important sidebands extending a certain amount on either side of the carrier (channel center) frequency, the receiver comprising:
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a carrier wave input; a frequency synthesizer; a mixer having a first input coupled to the carrier wave input to receive a carrier wave signal from the carrier wave input, a second input coupled to the frequency synthesizer to receive a synthesizer signal, and a mixer output, wherein the synthesizer signal has a frequency approximate the one of said channel frequencies, wherein the mixer provides a very low intermediate frequency signal at the mixer output, the very low intermediate frequency signal having a center frequency just greater than the difference frequency between the highest frequency important sidebands and the carrier frequency; a band pass filter having a filter input and a filter output, the filter input being coupled to the mixer output and a filter output; and a decoder coupled to the filter output, the decoder receiving a signal corresponding to the very low intermediate frequency signal and providing a decoded signal indicative of the information on the modulated carrier wave. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14)
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10. A receiver for receiving a baseband frequency signal transmitted on a modulated carrier wave having one of a plurality of channel frequencies, the modulated carrier wave having important sidebands extending a certain amount on either side of the carrier (channel center) frequency, the receiver comprising:
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antenna means for receiving the modulated carrier wave; frequency source means for providing a source frequency signal, the source frequency signal having a frequency approximate the one of the channel frequencies; intermediate frequency means for receiving the source frequency signal and the modulated carrier wave and generating a very low intermediate frequency signal having a frequency greater than the peak deviation signal; and a demodulator means for receiving the very low intermediate frequency signal and providing a demodulated signal indicative of the baseband frequency signal transmitted on the modulated carrier wave. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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15. A method of receiving information on a modulated carrier wave having peak important sidebands extending a certain amount on either side of the carrier (channel center) frequency, the receiver comprising steps of:
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receiving the modulated carrier wave signal; amplifying the modulated carrier wave signal to generate an amplified modulated carrier signal; generating a mixing signal having a frequency approximate the one of the channel frequencies; mixing the mixing signal and the amplified modulated carrier signal to form a very low intermediate frequency signal having a frequency above a peak modulation deviation; and demodulating a result signal related to the very low intermediate frequency signal to obtain the information on the modulated carrier wave. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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