Receiver, communication unit, and method for down-converting a radio frequency signal
AssigneeMediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd.
InventorFederico Alessandro Fabrizio Beffa
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Abstract
There is provided a communication receiver comprising: an input for receiving a radio frequency, RF, input signal; and at least one finite impulse response, FIR, discrete time filter, DTF. The at least one FIR DTF comprises: an input circuit comprising an input port for sampling the RF input signal at a sampling frequency that is comparable to the input RF input signal; and N parallel branches, each branch having a set of input unit sampling capacitances, where each unit sampling capacitance is independently selectively coupleable to an output summing node. The input circuit is configured to convert an equivalent input impedance of the at least one FIR DTF around the sampling frequency to a real impedance.
Claims20
A communication receiver comprising:
- an input for receiving a radio frequency, RF, input signal;
- and
- at least one finite impulse response, FIR, discrete time filter, DTF, that comprises:
- an input circuit comprising an input port for sampling the RF input signal at a sampling frequency that is comparable to the input RF input signal;
- and
- N parallel branches, each branch having a set of input unit sampling capacitances, where each unit sampling capacitance is independently selectively coupleable to an output summing node;
- wherein the input circuit is configured to convert an equivalent input impedance of the at least one FIR DTF around the sampling frequency to a real impedance.
A communication unit comprising a receiver having:
- an input for receiving a radio frequency, RF, input signal;
- and
- at least one finite impulse response, FIR, discrete time filter, DTF, that comprises:
- an input circuit comprising an input port for sampling the RF input signal at a sampling frequency that is comparable to the input RF input signal;
- and
- N parallel branches, each branch having a set of input unit sampling capacitances, where each unit sampling capacitance is independently selectively coupleable to an output summing node;
- wherein the input circuit is configured to convert an equivalent input impedance of the at least one FIR DTF around the sampling frequency to a real impedance.
A method of down conversion of a radio frequency signal in a communication receiver comprising a finite impulse response, FIR, discrete time filter, DTF that comprises an input coupled to N parallel branches, each branch having a set of input unit sampling capacitances;
- the method comprising:
- receiving a radio frequency, RF, input signal;
- converting an equivalent input impedance of the at least one FIR DTF around a sampling frequency to a real impedance;
- sampling, at an input of the at least one FIR DTF, the RF input signal at the sampling frequency, wherein the sampling frequency is comparable to the input RF input signal;
- and
- independently selectively coupling a set of unit sampling capacitances to an output summing node of the FIR DTF to provide a frequency down-converted signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.