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Digital architecture for radio-frequency apparatus and associated methods

  • US 7,702,362 B2
  • Filed: 11/28/2005
  • Issued: 04/20/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/12/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A radio-frequency (RF) apparatus, comprising:

  • a first circuit partition, comprising;

    an amplifier that receives an RF signal, and provides an amplified RF signal;

    a down-converter that mixes the amplified RF signal to generate a down-converted signal; and

    an analog-to-digital converter that converts the down-converter signal to a digital signal; and

    a second circuit partition, comprising;

    a digital down-converter that converts the digital signal to generate a baseband signal;

    a digital channelization filter that filters the baseband signal to generate a filtered baseband signal; and

    a digital programmable-gain amplifier that amplifies the filtered baseband signal, using a prescribed gain.

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