Patent ID: 7035617
Filing Date: 2006-04-25
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. A block-up converter comprising: a subharmonic mixer; a filter configured to receive said RF signal and filter unwanted spurious signals which may be present in said RF signal; and a power amplification device configured to receive said RF signal and to provide a desired signal gain; wherein said subharmonic mixer, said filter, and said amplification device are located on a single multi-chip module, such that all signal interfaces with said multi-chip module occur at frequencies less than 26 GHz except for the final output of said RF signal from said multi-chip module; wherein said multi-chip module is configured to be surface mounted using a lead frame interface; wherein said block-up converter is configured to be a high power block-up converter, wherein high power is defined to be any power greater than 1 Wart; and wherein said block-up converter is configured to provide a high frequency output, wherein high frequency is defined to be any frequency greater than 26 GHz.