Patent ID: 8159620

Claim:
A receiver arranged to receive different types of reception signals, the receiver comprising: a mixer arranged to mix a reception signal with an oscillator signal so as to obtain an mixer output signal, which comprises a frequency-shifted version of the reception signal; an intermediate frequency amplifier arranged to apply an amplified mixer output signal to two different intermediate frequency filters, one intermediate frequency filter for first type reception signals and another intermediate frequency filter second type reception signals; and a switchable coupling section arranged between the mixer and the intermediate frequency amplifier, the switchable coupling section being switchable, in response to a command indicative of one of the types, to a first state in which the mixer output signal substantially reaches an input of the intermediate frequency amplifier via a first coupling path comprising a filter for the first type reception signals, and to a second state in which the mixer output signal substantially reaches the input of the intermediate frequency amplifier via a second coupling path, wherein the switchable coupling section comprises a switch that is coupled in parallel with the filter for the first type reception signals, the switch forming the second coupling path when the switch is in a closed state.