Frequency-converting super-regenerative transceiver

A computer-implemented method of capturing symbol data from a wireless signal using an RF receiver, wherein the RF receiver comprises a resonator, a feedback element, a frequency mixer, and a controlled oscillator, the resonator comprises two or more electrodes, each of the two or more electrodes is coupled to at least one other electrode of the two or more electrodes, the two or more electrodes comprise at least one feedback electrode, the two or more electrodes comprise at least one input electrode, the feedback element is coupled to the at least one feedback electrode, the feedback element has a gain, the gain is controlled based at least in part upon one or more feedback control signals, the frequency mixer is coupled to the at least one input electrode, the frequency mixer shifts a first signal within at least a first frequency range by an amount based at least in part upon a frequency of a local oscillator frequency signal, the controlled oscillator is coupled to the frequency mixer, and the controlled oscillator provides the local oscillator frequency signal to the frequency mixer, the method comprising:

• providing, by at least one of one or more processors, instructions to set the gain to a first value during a first portion of a period of a single symbol, wherein the gain is set based at least in part upon the at least one of the one or more feedback control signals comprising first data;
• providing, by at least one of the one or more processors, instructions to set the gain to an intermediate value during a second portion of the period of the single symbol, wherein the gain is set based at least in part upon at least one of the one or more feedback control signals comprising second data, and the intermediate value is between the first value and a second value;
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• providing, by at least one of the one or more processors, instructions to set the gain to the second value during a third portion of the period of the single symbol, wherein the gain is set based at least in part upon at least one of the one or more feedback control signals comprising third data.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions for capturing symbol data from a wireless signal using an RF receiver, wherein the RF receiver comprises a resonator, a feedback element, a frequency mixer, and a controlled oscillator, the resonator comprises two or more electrodes, each of the two or more electrodes is coupled to at least one other electrode of the two or more electrodes, the two or more electrodes comprise at least one feedback electrode, the two or more electrodes comprise at least one input electrode, the feedback element is coupled to the at least one feedback electrode, the feedback element has a gain, the gain is controlled based at least in part upon one or more feedback control signals, the frequency mixer is coupled to the at least one input electrode, the frequency mixer shifts a first signal within at least a first frequency range by an amount based at least in part upon a frequency of a local oscillator frequency signal, the controlled oscillator is coupled to the frequency mixer, the controlled oscillator provides the local oscillator frequency signal to the frequency mixer, and the instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause:

• providing instructions to set the gain to a first value during a first portion of a period of a single symbol, wherein the gain is set based at least in part upon the at least one of the one or more feedback control signals comprising first data;
• providing instructions to set the gain to an intermediate value during a second portion of the period of the single symbol, wherein the gain is set based at least in part upon at least one of the one or more feedback control signals comprising second data, and the intermediate value is between the first value and a second value;
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• providing instructions to set the gain to the second value during a third portion of the period of the single symbol, wherein the gain is set based at least in part upon at least one of the one or more feedback control signals comprising third data.