The DIY super-het transceiver
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1. Antenna amp
2. BP and LP filters
3 3. DDS and mixers
4. Crystal ladder filter
5. AF amp
7 6. Microphone amp and 2-tone
gen.
5 8 7. PWR pre amp
8. PWR amp
9. Touch GFX
10. FFT
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Multiplying two sine waves:
Mixer-Stage of the DIY Transceiver
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Multiplying two sine waves:
Mixer-Stage of the DIY Transceiver
from antenna crystal filter 9MHz
audio out
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Mixer-Stage of the DIY Transceiver
take IF from
Multiplying before
two sine waves:the crystal filter and mix it down to 300kHz
to AD converter
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LO generation for the mixers
VFO for tuning 9MHz for 8.7 MHz for
prod. detector down mixing
to 300kHz
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A BJT can be used as a multiplier…
Source: [Link], DIT School of Comm. Eng.
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Diode Ring Double Balanced Mixer not bridge rectifier!
• Diodes used as switches
• Usually, schottky diodes used for lower forward voltage of 0.3V,
low on resistor and good high freq. response
• Choose 20dB higher signal on LO vs. RF to drive the diodes from LO
• LO must be > 7dBm
• Analog switches can be used as well
Source: [Link], DIT School of Comm. Eng.
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