US 9,210,362 B2
WIDEBAND TUNER ARCHITECTUREGeneral
US 9,210,362 B2
WIDEBAND TUNER ARCHITECTURE
Tech Center:
2600 Communications
Examiner:
Blane J Jackson
Art Unit:
2649 Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details
Inventors:
Madhukar Reddy; Curtis Ling; Tim Gallagher
Assignee:
Priority:
04/19/10
Filed:
02/05/15
Granted:
12/08/15
Expiration:
04/17/29
Abstract
A wideband receiver system comprises a mixer module, a wideband analog-to-digital converter (ADC) module, and digital circuitry. The mixer module is configured to downconvert a plurality of frequencies that comprises a plurality of desired television channels and a plurality of undesired television channels. The wideband ADC module is configured to digitize the swatch of frequencies comprising the plurality of desired television channels and the plurality of undesired television channels. The digital circuitry is configured to select the desired plurality of television channels from the digitized plurality of frequencies, and output the selected plurality of television channels to a demodulator as a digital datastream.
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
H04H04B1/0014H04N21/4263H04B