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US 6,788,921 B1Granted
Modular RF IC architecture
AssigneeAgere Systems Inc.
InventorChristopher Andrew Zelley
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Abstract
There is described an RF integrated circuit receiver structure. The structure comprises a receiver channel; a selectable amplification stage associated with the receiver channel; and a selectable diversity channel associated with the receiver channel. There is therefore provided a modular reconfigurable RFIC receiver architecture.
Claims8
An RF integrated circuit receiver structure comprising:
- a receiver channel having a first input for receiving a signal from a first antenna and a second input for receiving a local oscillator signal at a reference frequency;
- a selectable amplification stage associated with the first input to the receiver channel;
- and a selectable diversity channel associated with the receiver channel, and having a first input for receiving a signal from a second antenna and a second input for receiving said local oscillator signal at said reference frequency.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.