CX74017 - On the Direct Conversion Receiver
of alternative and well-established receiver architectures, this paper presents the direct conversion reception technique and highlights some of the system-level issues associated with DCR.
Traditional Reception Techniques The Superheterodyne The superheterodyne, or more generally heterodyne1, rece
CX74017 On the Direct Conversion Receiver Abstract Increased pressure for low power, small form factor, low cost, and reduced bill of materials in such radio applications as mobile communications has driven academia and industry to resurrect the Direct Conversion Receiver (DCR).
Long abandoned in favor of the mature superheterodyne receiver, direct conversion has emerged over the last decade or so thanks to improved semiconductor process technologies and astute design techniques.
This paper desc
