Patent ID: 7596189

Claim:
A communication device, comprising: a multiplexor (MUX) configured to: receive an analog in-phase (I) stream; receive an analog quadrature (Q) stream; and output an analog stream that alternates between the analog I stream and the analog Q stream based upon a clocked selector input; an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) configured to: receive the analog stream; and sample the analog stream thereby generating a digital stream that includes alternating digital I information and digital Q information based upon the clocked selector input; a de-multiplexor (DE-MUX) configured to receive the digital stream that includes the alternating digital I information and the digital Q information and alternately extracting a digital I stream and a digital Q stream from the digital stream based upon a slower clock rate with respect to the clocked selector input; and a digital signal processor (DSP) configured to process at least one of the digital I stream and the digital Q stream to compensate for an alternating analog-to-digital conversion introduced effect thereon.