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Simplified high frequency tuner and tuning method

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  • US 5,937,341 A
  • Filed: 09/13/1996
  • Issued: 08/10/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/13/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A device for effecting frequency translation and selection of a signal of interest, said device comprising:

  • a. an analog portion includingi. a local oscillator for providing a first local oscillator signal having a frequency FLO and a second local oscillator signal having the frequency FLO approximately in quadrature to the first local oscillator signal,ii. a first mixer for mixing the first local oscillator signal with an incoming signal providing thereby a first mixer output comprised of an upper high frequency signal spectrum of interest above FLO and a lower high frequency spectrum of interest be low FLO both translated to a near-baseband passband by mixing with the first local oscillator signal,iii. a second mixer for mixing the second local oscillator signal with the incoming signal providing thereby a second mixer output comprised of the upper high frequency signal spectrum of interest above FLO and the lower high frequency spectrum of interest below FLO translated to the near-baseband passband by mixing with the second-local oscillator signal,iv. a first filter for providing a first filter output by limiting the frequency spectrum of the first mixer output, andv. a second filter for providing a second filter output by limiting the frequency spectrum of the second mixer output; and

    b. a digital portion includingi. a first analog-to digital converter for providing a first converter output comprised of the first filter output converted from analog to digital format, andii. a second analog-to-digital converter for providing a second converter output comprised of the output of the second filter converted from analog to digital format;

    wherein the digital portion is adapted and arranged to (1) correct phase errors and amplitude between the first converter output and the second converter output and combine the first and second converter outputs to provide an image-rejected signal within the near-baseband passband by substantially rejecting the near-baseband image of a selectable one of the upper high frequency spectrum of interest and the lower high frequency spectrum of interest, and (2) translate a selected portion of said near-baseband image-rejected signal to baseband, and wherein the local oscillator is a coarse-tunable local oscillator having a step size S and where the near-baseband passband extends from F1 -FA to F2 +FA and F1 =k·

    (F2 -F1) where F1 is a first frequency, F2 is a second frequency, k is a positive integer, and FA is a given frequency adjustment, and where S=2·

    (F2-F1), and wherein said first and second analog-to-digital converters sample the output of the first and second bandpass filters at a sampling rate RA/D.

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