Integrated Multimode Radio and Components Thereof

An integrated multi-mode radio receiver comprises:

• shared front-end receiving a radio frequency (RF) signal and to produce therefrom one of a plurality of intermediate frequency (IF) signals based on an operational selection signal;
• first section including first filtering module and first amplifying module, wherein gain of the first amplifying module is programmable over an IF gain range based on a gain setting signal, wherein the first filtering module is coupled to filter the one of the plurality of IF signals into a first filtered IF signal, wherein the first amplifying module amplifies the first filtered IF signal based on a gain programmed in accordance with the gain setting signal to produce a first IF signal, wherein the IF gain range and the range of gain are based on performance requirements for converting the RF signal into the first signal;
• second section including second filtering module and second amplifying module, wherein gain of the second amplifying module is set to a gain within the IF gain range, wherein the second filtering module is coupled to filter another one of the plurality of IF signals into a second filtered IF signal, wherein the second amplifying module amplifies the second filtered IF signal to produce a second signal;
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• multiplexor coupled to the shared front-end, the first section, and the second section, wherein the multiplexor provides the one of the plurality of IF signals to the first section and provides the another one of the plurality of IF signals to the second section based on the operational selection signal.