Patent ID: 7643380

Claim:
A receiving circuit comprising: an antenna circuit for receiving an electromagnetic wave to acquire an electric signal carried by the electromagnetic wave; an amplifier circuit for amplifying the electric signal acquired by the antenna circuit; a frequency converter/detector circuit for converting a frequency of the electric signal amplified by the amplifier circuit to acquire an intermediate frequency signal, and for detecting the intermediate frequency signal to acquire a demodulated signal; and a filter circuit for removing an intermediate frequency component from the demodulated signal acquired by the frequency converter/detector circuit, wherein the frequency converter/detector circuit comprises: a local oscillation circuit for generating an oscillation signal; plural mixer circuits each for mixing the electric signal amplified by the amplifier circuit with the oscillation signal generated by the local oscillation circuit, whereby plural intermediate frequency signals are generated, which are shifted in phase from each other; plural detecting circuits for detecting the plural intermediate frequency signals generated by the plural mixer circuits respectively, thereby outputting plural demodulated signals; and an adder circuit for combining the plural demodulated signals output respectively from the plural detecting circuits.