Direct down conversion, and its companion, very low IF (VLIF) or near-zero IF, are approaches that have essentially changed the face of the receive chain in a mobile handset. For the designer, it is ...

Cellular operators have longed for the ability to deploy versatile wireless infrastructure that can be field programmed to serve a range of cellular services. Ultimately the wireless infrastructure ...

Direct conversion (or low IF) receiver designs have been in existence for many years. They are widely used in mobile phones and cordless telephones because of their simplicity and lower cost. However, ...

NORWOOD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADI) announced today an integrated direct conversion receiver development platform for radar systems where reduced size, weight and power ...

Also called a "tuned radio frequency" (TRF) receiver, it is a radio receiver that detects and demodulates the carrier signal broadcast by the station without using an intermediate frequency (IF) stage ...

A direct conversion receiver development platform has been designed by Analog Devices for the L- and S-band frequency radar bands. A direct conversion receiver development platform has been designed ...

Zero IF receivers have had limited success in high performance systems, such as wireless basestations, due primarily to their limited dynamic range. Until recently, most basestations needed to only ...

Direct conversion, or zero IF, receivers are popular in applications where the need to reduce power consumption, reduce costs and extend battery life are behind requests to use 'all the Nyquist ...

A direct conversion radio receiver takes a high frequency input signal, often in the 800MHz to 3GHz frequency range, and utilizes one mixer/demodulator stage to convert the signal to baseband without ...

The CMX994 direct-conversion receiver targets next generation multi-mode software defined radios (SDRs). Features include a VCO for VHF applications, an operating frequency range of 100 MHz to 1 GHz, ...

A couple of years ago one of the Hackaday Prize finalists was a project to take highschoolers through building a direct conversion radio receiver for the 40 metre amateur band. It was originated by ...

Over the winter, [Michael LeBlanc] thought a good way to spend his time during those long dark nights would be to scratch build his own direct conversion receiver. He was able to find plans for such a ...