Patent ID: 7366489

Claim:
A transceiver comprising: a first variable gain low pass filter receiving a baseband signal, said first variable gain low pass filter including a variable gain amplifier and a low pass filter; a first offset voltage canceling circuit including a first DC offset canceller to cancel a DC offset voltage of said first variable gain low pass filter; a second variable gain low pass filter receiving an output signal of said first variable gain low pass filter and an output of a second offset voltage canceling circuit, said second variable gain low pass filter including a variable gain amplifier and a low pass filter; and a second offset voltage canceling circuit including a second DC offset canceller to cancel a DC offset voltage of said second variable gain low pass filter; wherein said first offset voltage canceling circuit is arranged to cancel the DC offset voltage of said first variable gain low pass filter in circuit before said second offset voltage canceling circuit cancels the DC offset voltage of said second variable gain low pass filter, further comprising: wherein each of said first and second offset voltage canceling circuits comprises: an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) receiving an output signal of said variable gain amplifier of a respective one of said first and second variable gain low pass filters; a controller for detecting the DC offset voltage from an output signal of said ADC to output a signal for canceling said DC offset voltage; and a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) receiving the output signal of said controller to output a signal to said variable gain amplifier, wherein said second variable gain low pass filter is configured of a differential circuit, and said low pass filter of said second variable gain low pass filter includes first and second switches and a capacitance, wherein said first switch is connected to a first signal wire and said capacitance of said first low pass filter, wherein said second switch is connected to a second signal wire and said capacitance of said first low pass filter, and wherein said first and second switches are switched to a short-circuited state or to an open state in synchronism through switching control.