DC offset reduction in radio-frequency apparatus and associated methods
First Claim
1. A radio-frequency (RF) receiver circuitry, comprising:
- down-converter circuitry configured to accept a received radio-frequency signal, the down-converter circuitry further configured to process the received radio-frequency signal to provide an in-phase down-converted signal and a quadrature down-converted signal;
analog-to-digital converter (ADC) circuitry configured to receive the in-phase and quadrature down-converted signals and to provide an in-phase digital output signal and a quadrature digital output signal;
DC offset reduction circuitry coupled to the analog-to-digital converter circuitry,wherein the DC offset reduction circuitry tends to reduce a DC offset transmitted to the in-phase and quadrature digital output signals; and
a combiner circuitry configured to provide to the analog-to-digital circuitry an in-phase difference signal and a quadrature difference signal,wherein the combiner circuitry subtracts an in-phase output signal of the DC offset reduction circuitry from the in-phase down-converted signal to produce the in-phase difference signal, andwherein the combiner circuitry subtracts a quadrature output signal of the DC offset reduction circuitry from the quadrature down-converted signal to produce the quadrature difference signal.
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Abstract
A radio-frequency receiver circuitry includes a down-converter circuitry, an analog-to-digital converter circuitry, and a DC offset reduction circuitry. The down-converter circuitry accepts a received radio-frequency signal and processes the radio-frequency signal to provide an in-phase down-converted signal and a quadrature down-converted signal to the analog-to-digital converter circuitry. The analog-to-digital converter circuitry converts the in-phase and quadrature down-converted signals to an in-phase digital output signal and a quadrature digital output signal, respectively. The DC offset reduction circuitry couples to the analog-to-digital converter circuitry, and tends to reduce a DC offset transmitted to the in-phase and quadrature digital output signals.
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1. A radio-frequency (RF) receiver circuitry, comprising:
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down-converter circuitry configured to accept a received radio-frequency signal, the down-converter circuitry further configured to process the received radio-frequency signal to provide an in-phase down-converted signal and a quadrature down-converted signal; analog-to-digital converter (ADC) circuitry configured to receive the in-phase and quadrature down-converted signals and to provide an in-phase digital output signal and a quadrature digital output signal; DC offset reduction circuitry coupled to the analog-to-digital converter circuitry, wherein the DC offset reduction circuitry tends to reduce a DC offset transmitted to the in-phase and quadrature digital output signals; and a combiner circuitry configured to provide to the analog-to-digital circuitry an in-phase difference signal and a quadrature difference signal, wherein the combiner circuitry subtracts an in-phase output signal of the DC offset reduction circuitry from the in-phase down-converted signal to produce the in-phase difference signal, and wherein the combiner circuitry subtracts a quadrature output signal of the DC offset reduction circuitry from the quadrature down-converted signal to produce the quadrature difference signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A radio-frequency (RF) receiver circuitry, comprising:
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receiver analog circuitry included within a first integrated circuit, the receiver analog circuitry, comprising; down-converter circuitry configured to receive and down-convert a radio-frequency input signal to generate a down-converted signal; an analog-to-digital converter circuitry to convert the down-converted signal to a digital output signal; and DC offset reduction circuitry coupled to the analog-to-digital converter circuitry, wherein the DC offset reduction circuitry tends to reduce a DC offset of the receiver analog circuitry; receiver digital circuitry included within a second integrated circuit, the receiver digital circuitry configured to receive and process the digital output signal to generate a processed digital signal; and a combiner circuitry configured to provide a difference signal to the analog-to-digital circuitry, wherein the combiner circuitry subtracts an output signal of the DC offset reduction circuitry from the down-converted signal to produce the difference signal. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method of receiving a radio-frequency (RF) signal, comprising:
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down-converting the radio-frequency signal within a receiver analog circuitry to generate a down-converted signal; converting the down-converted signal to a digital output signal by using an analog-to-digital converter circuitry that resides within the receiver analog circuitry; and feeding back to an input of the analog-to-digital converter circuitry a feedback signal that relates to the digital output signal, by subtracting the feedback signal from the down-converted signal to generate a difference signal and supplying the difference signal to the input of the analog-to-digital converter circuitry, wherein feeding back the feedback signal to an input of the analog-to-digital converter tends to reduce a DC offset of the receiver analog circuitry. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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