Direct conversion FM receiver with offset

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 4944025
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07229976

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A direct conversion FM receiver that includes AC coupling and automatic gain control employs an offset frequency at the first local oscillator. The offset frequency prevents the frequency spectrum occupied by the signal modulation from being affected by AC coupling. The offset frequency is chosen so that it translates the frequency spectrum of the received signal outside the DC notch created in the spectrum by the AC coupling. To conserve battery supplied power, an error amplifier coupled between the output of the receiver and the first local oscillator maintains the offset frequency after it has been established by a frequency synthesizer, which is then turned off.

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SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC8 NAKASE 1-CHOME MIHAMA-KU CHIBA-SHI CHIBA 2618507 ?2618507

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Gehring, Mark R Portland, OR 23 794
Ragan, Lawrence H Richardson, TX 20 929
Suter, Richard R Beaverton, OR 9 411

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