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 ...

Linear Technology won a 2007 Product of the Year award for its LT5575 direct-conversion I/Q demodulator. We recently spoke to Design Manager Min Zou about the product’s development. “The concept for ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Low power semiconductor specialist, CML Microcircuits has added a new Direct Conversion Receiver IC (DCRx) to its family of rf integrated circuits. The CMX994 targets the next generation of multimode ...