Patent ID: 8724747

Claim:
A surface acoustic wave (SAW)-less receiver comprises: a front end module (FEM) interface module operable to receive an inbound radio frequency (RF) signal; a radio frequency (RF) to intermediate frequency (IF) receiver section including: a first inverter-based low noise amplifier module operable to amplify a positive leg of the inbound RF signal to produce a positive leg current RF signal having a magnitude that varies based in an input voltage signal magnitude; a second inverter-based low noise amplifier module operable to amplify a negative leg of the inbound RF signal to produce a negative leg current RF signal having a magnitude that varies based in an input voltage signal magnitude; a mixing module operable to convert the positive and negative leg current RF signals into an in-phase (I) mixed current signal and a quadrature (Q) mixed current signal; a first transimpedance amplifier module operable to convert the I mixed current signal into an I mixed voltage signal; and a second transimpedance amplifier module operable to convert the Q mixed current signal into a Q mixed voltage signal; and a receiver IF to baseband section operable to convert the I and Q mixed voltage signals into one or more inbound symbol streams.