Patent ID: 7599678

Claim:
A receiver comprising an RF bridge and a processor coupled to the RF bridge to receive an information signal from the RF bridge, the processor including a clock source and a processor front end, the processor front end comprising: a first frequency source operable to generate a reference signal at a predetermined reference frequency based on a signal from the clock source, the reference signal being coupled to the RF bridge, the RF bridge being operable to provide the information signal at the predetermined reference frequency with a frequency difference modulated thereon, the frequency difference being a difference between frequencies of first and second RF signals received at respective first and second antennas; a second frequency source operable to generate a first local oscillator signal based on the signal from the clock source; a processor down converter operable to heterodyne the first local oscillator signal and the information signal; and an analog to digital converter coupled to the processor down converter and operable to provide a digitized down converted signal.