Apparatus, System, and Method for Down-Converting and Up-Converting Electromagnetic Signals

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APP PUB NO 20140308911A1
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14075738

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Methods, systems, and apparatuses for down-converting and up-converting an electromagnetic signal. In embodiments, the invention operates by receiving an electromagnetic signal and recursively operating on approximate half cycles of a carrier signal. The recursive operations can be performed at a sub-harmonic rate of the carrier signal. The invention accumulates the results of the recursive operations and uses the accumulated results to form a down-converted signal. In embodiments, up-conversion is accomplished by controlling a switch with an oscillating signal, the frequency of the oscillating signal being selected as a sub-harmonic of the desired output frequency. When the invention is being used in the frequency modulation or phase modulation implementations, the oscillating signal is modulated by an information signal before it causes the switch to gate a bias signal. The output of the switch is filtered, and the desired harmonic is output.

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PARKERVISION INC7915 BAYMEADOWS WAY SUITE 400 JACKSONVILLE FL 32256

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bultman, Michael J Jacksonville, US 127 6349
Cook, Robert W Switzerland, US 135 6582
Looke, Richard C Jacksonville, US 121 6129
Moses, Charley D Jacksonville, US 16 188
Rawlins, Gregory S Heathrow, US 163 7590
Rawlins, Michael W Lake Mary, US 129 6864
Sorrells, David F Middleburg, US 233 11114

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