Multi-dynamic multi-envelope receiver
First Claim
1. A method of improving the effective linearity of a receiver that is processing a signal comprising at least a payload component and an interference component, said payload component being within a frequency band, at least a first part of said interference component being outside said frequency band, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) converting a first portion of said signal inside said frequency band to form a relatively narrow band, high-resolution first converted signal;
(b) converting a second portion of said signal including said noise component outside said frequency band to form a relatively wide band, low-resolution second converted signal; and
(c) extracting said payload component from said first converted signal using said interference component derived from said second converted signal to form a filtered signal.
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Abstract
The present invention is a system and a method of filtering a signal at a receiver, the signal having at least a desired channel and blockers. A first converter converts a first copy of the signal resulting in a relatively narrow band, high-resolution first signal. A second converter converts a second copy of the signal resulting in a relatively wide band, low-resolution second signal. Once each copy of the signal is converted, the copies are passed to a combiner. At the combiner, the two copies of the signal are analyzed and the desired channel is extracted from the first copy of the signal by removing any inter-modulation product caused by any interference detected in the second copy from the blockers (not detected in the first copy).
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20 Claims
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1. A method of improving the effective linearity of a receiver that is processing a signal comprising at least a payload component and an interference component, said payload component being within a frequency band, at least a first part of said interference component being outside said frequency band, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) converting a first portion of said signal inside said frequency band to form a relatively narrow band, high-resolution first converted signal; (b) converting a second portion of said signal including said noise component outside said frequency band to form a relatively wide band, low-resolution second converted signal; and (c) extracting said payload component from said first converted signal using said interference component derived from said second converted signal to form a filtered signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for improving linearity of the receiver, whose received signal comprises at least a payload component and an interference component, said payload component being within a frequency band, at least a first part of said interference component being outside said frequency band, the system comprising:
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(a) a first converter for converting a first portion of said signal inside said frequency band to form a relatively narrow band, high-resolution first converted signal; (b) a second converter for converting a second portion of said signal including said interference component outside said frequency band to form a relatively wide band, low-resolution second converted signal; and (c) a combiner connected to both said first converter and said second converter, said combiner for extracting said payload component from said first converted signal using said interference component derived from said second converted signal to form a filtered signal. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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