Patent ID: 8116359

Claim:
A transceiver having a transmit portion configured to transmit a radio frequency (“RF”) transmit signal and a receive portion configured to receive a RF receive signal, said transceiver comprising: a power splitter configured to receive an oscillator signal and to divide said oscillator signal into a first signal and a second signal; and a first multiplier configured to receive said first signal and to scale the frequency of said first signal by a factor of M to create a first scaled signal, wherein the frequencies of said first scaled signal and said second signal are not equal to each other, wherein said first scaled signal is used for frequency conversion in the transmit portion of said transceiver, wherein said second signal is used for frequency conversion in the receive portion of said transceiver, wherein M is any rational integer number other than 0 and 1, wherein the frequency of said oscillator signal is allowed to drift, and wherein, with the exception of the drift in the frequency of said oscillator signal, the frequency of said oscillator signal is the same frequency for both transmit and receive operations; and wherein: (A) the transmit frequency conversion is the result of one of: (i) the sum of an intermediate frequency (“IF’) transmit signal frequency and said first scaled signal frequency, or (ii) the difference of said IF transmit signal frequency and the first scaled signal frequency; and (B) the receive frequency conversion is the result of one of: (i) the sum of said RF receive signal frequency and said second signal frequency, or (ii) the difference of said RF receive signal frequency and said second signal frequency.