Patent ID: 7120405

Claim:
A wide bandwidth transceiver comprises: receiver section that includes: first receiver intermediate frequency (IF) stage operably coupled to convert a first inbound radio frequency (RF) signal into a first inbound IF signal based on a first local oscillation; receiver switching module operably coupled to pass one of the first inbound IF signal and a second inbound RF signal to produce a selected inbound signal, wherein frequency of the second inbound RF signal is substantially equal to the first inbound IF signal and wherein the frequency of the second inbound RF signal is less than frequency of the first inbound RF signal; and second receiver IF stage operably coupled to convert the selected inbound signal into an inbound low IF signal based on a second location oscillation; transmitter section that includes: first transmitter IF stage operably coupled to convert an outbound low IF signal into a first outbound RF signal based on the second local oscillation; second transmitter IF stage, when operably coupled, converts the first outbound RF signal into a second outbound RF signal based on the first location oscillation; power amplifier operably coupled to amplifier a selected outbound RF signal; and transmitter switching module operably coupled to provide one of the first outbound RF signal and the second outbound RF signal to the power amplifier as the selected outbound RF signal; local oscillation module operably coupled to produce the first and second local oscillations.