Wireless telecommunications multi-carrier receiver architecture

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6813320
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09605078

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A receiver (10) for a wireless telecommunications system that provides relatively wideband signal processing of received signals without increased signal distortion so that multiple received signals can be simultaneously processed. The receiver (10) includes a specialized LNA (16), frequency down-converter (18) and ADC (20) to perform the wideband signal processing while maintaining receiver performance. The frequency down-converter (18) employs a suitable mixer (28), BPA (32), attenuator (34), and transformer (36) that are tuned to provide the desired frequency down-conversion and amplitude control over the desired wideband. The down-converter devices are selected depending on the particular performance criteria of the ADC (20). A specialized digital channelizer (22) is included in the receiver (10) that receives the digital signal from the ADC (20), and separates the signals into the multiple channels. In one embodiment, the frequency down-conversion is performed in a single down-conversion process, and the ADC (20) employs delta-sigma processing to provide digital conversion over the complete frequency band. In an alternate embodiment, the frequency down-conversion is performed in a double down-conversion process so that a less complex ADC (62) can be used.

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NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION2980 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE FALLS CHURCH VA 22042-4511

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Allen, Barry R Redondo Beach, CA 21 566
Brunone, David J Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 8 159
Claxton, Shimen K Encino, CA 8 119
Kintis, Mark Manhattan Beach, CA 62 1117
Martin, Donald R Redondo Beach, CA 34 721
Moretti, Vincent C Torrance, CA 32 569
Oyama, Bert K Torrance, CA 7 112
Skones, William M Manhattan Beach, CA 10 181
Smith, Andrew D Redondo Beach, CA 84 3595
Smith, Ronald P Redondo Beach, CA 20 289
Talbott, Craig R Huntington Beach, CA 7 114
Upton, Eric L Redondo Beach, CA 47 1077

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