Analog Devices, Inc.
PROGRAMMABLE HARMONIC REJECTION MIXER (HRM)/SUBHARMONIC MIXER (SHM) TOPOLOGY

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Abstract:

One embodiment is a reconfigurable mixer topology for selectively implementing one of a harmonic rejection mixer (HRM) and a subharmonic mixer (SHM), the reconfigurable mixer topology comprising a mixer core comprising a plurality of differential mixers each having a first clock input and a second clock input; a clock generator for generating a plurality of clock signals each having a different phase; and a clock distributor for distributing the plurality of clock signals to the first and second clock inputs of the differential mixers in accordance with a designated operation of the reconfigurable mixer as an HRM or an SHM.

Status:
Application
Type:

Utility

Filling date:

14 Sep 2021

Issue date:

17 Mar 2022