Patent ID: 7474693

Claim:
An electronic component comprising: a shared input/output terminal for receiving a multichannel analog signal within a predetermined frequency band, and for transmitting a single-channel analog signal within the predetermined frequency band; a tuning module comprising a reception channel connected to said shared input/output terminal and operating as a two-stage down conversion to baseband reception channel, said reception channel comprising a first mixer, a transmission channel connected to said shared input/output terminal and operating as a two-stage up conversion transmission channel, said transmission channel comprising a second mixer, and said reception and transmission channels comprising a common filter connected to said first and second mixers, said common filter comprising an acoustic wave filter; an analog-to-digital conversion stage connected to said reception channel; a digital-to-analog conversion stage connected to said transmission channel; a digital reception unit connected to an output of said analog-to-digital conversion stage; and a digital transmission unit connected to an input of said digital-to-analog conversion stage.