Compensation apparatus for receiver asymmetric wide passband frequency response with 25% duty cycle passive mixer
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a low noise amplifier having an output;
a mixer having an input; and
a compensator coupled to the output of the low noise amplifier and to the input of the mixer, wherein the compensator comprises a balun and one or more capacitors,wherein the capacitors are coupled to the balun on an input side, an output side, or both the input side and the output side of the balun, andwherein the compensator is configured to reduce an asymmetric frequency response with respect to a positive offset and a negative offset from a carrier frequency of a receiver as compared with an identical apparatus that lacks the compensator.
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Abstract
A receiver compensation method comprising receiving a radio frequency signal, amplifying the radio frequency signal, thereby producing an amplified signal, compensating the amplified signal, thereby producing a compensated signal, and mixing the compensated signal, thereby producing a mixed compensated signal, wherein the mixed compensated signal has a first gain difference between a positive differential from a center frequency and a negative differential from the center frequency and wherein the first gain differential is smaller than a second gain differential that would be obtained by mixing the amplified signal without compensating the amplified signal.
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11 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a low noise amplifier having an output; a mixer having an input; and a compensator coupled to the output of the low noise amplifier and to the input of the mixer, wherein the compensator comprises a balun and one or more capacitors, wherein the capacitors are coupled to the balun on an input side, an output side, or both the input side and the output side of the balun, and wherein the compensator is configured to reduce an asymmetric frequency response with respect to a positive offset and a negative offset from a carrier frequency of a receiver as compared with an identical apparatus that lacks the compensator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method comprising:
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receiving a radio frequency signal; amplifying the radio frequency signal, thereby producing an amplified signal; compensating the amplified signal, thereby producing a compensated signal; and mixing the compensated signal, thereby producing a mixed compensated signal, wherein the mixed compensated signal has a first gain differential between a positive differential from a center frequency and a negative differential from the center frequency, and wherein the first gain differential gain is smaller than a second gain differential that would be obtained by mixing the amplified signal without compensating the amplified signal. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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