Communications receiver with intermodulation reduction, and method

A communications receiver with a front end stage for receiving a transmitted RF input signal and a mixer stage for mixing the RF input signal with an oscillator signal so as to provide an intermediate frequency signal, wherein the front end stage is connected to the mixer stage by an interconnecting section, the communications receiver further comprising:

• forward current means for creating a forward current through the interconnecting section,
• reverse current means for creating a reverse current through the interconnecting section,
• a switching element for selectively connecting the forward current means and said reverse current means to said interconnecting section, so as to combine said forward current and said reverse current, respectively, with said RF input signal and to provide an RF output signal of reduced amplitude which is applied to the mixer stage so that the mixer stage is operated in its linear operating range and intermodulation effects are reduced.