EDN

Direct conversion receiver designs enable multi-standard/multi-band operation

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 ...
Hackaday

direct conversion receiver

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 ...
PC Magazine

direct conversion receiver

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 ...
EDN

Direct-conversion receiver IC debuts

Tustin, Calif. – TDK Semiconductor has introduced a direct-conversion receiver (DCR) IC for digital satellite and VSAT receivers among other digital wireless applications. The 5504 DCR is designed to ...
Business Wire

Analog Devices Unveils Direct Conversion Receiver Development Platform for Radar Systems

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 ...
Hackaday

direct conversion

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 ...
Electronics Weekly

RF receiver uses direct conversion I/Q demodulator

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, ...
Electronic Design

High-Speed Data Converters Make Direct-Sampling Receivers Practical

Sponsored by Texas Instruments: Pushing beyond the superheterodyne, direct-sampling receivers can help meet the demands of today’s communications systems, but they need ultra-fast ADCs to make them ...
Electronics Weekly

Direct conversion receiver means smaller radars, says ADI

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 ...
Electronic Design

Fast ADC Facilitates Direct RF Sampling at Higher Frequencies

Sponsored by: Texas Instruments. Simple in nature, the new RF-sampling receiver architecture yields major benefits at VHF, UHF, and microwave levels. The critical component in all digital ...
IEEE

A direct-conversion RF scanning receiver based on photonics

Abstract: A photonics-based direct-conversion RF receiver has been realized and characterized. The innovative architecture uses coherent optical techniques to perform a fast and wideband scan of the ...