Patent ID: 6914950

Claim:
A multi-protocol receiver for receiving wireless transmissions comprising: a plurality of RF receiver units each receiving a wireless signal and outputting a broadband IF signal; a plurality of tunable down converter units, each able to tune over a frequency range of all of said broadband IF signal of all of said RF receiver units, and said plurality of tunable down converter units output raw I and Q signals; a plurality of tunable filters receiving said raw I and Q signals from one of said plurality of tunable down converter units and providing filtered I and Q output signals; a switch for coupling a selected RF receiver unit of said plurality of RF receiver units to a selected one of said plurality of tunable down converter units; and a management unit receiving a request for a specific frequency band and setting a tuning frequency of a selected one of said plurality of tunable down converter units, setting filter parameters of a selected one of said plurality of tunable filters, and setting said switch.