摘要 |
<p>A radio receiver has a frequency down conversion stage (28) including a first passive filter (50, 51, 52) tuned to a lower frequency. An amplifier (56, 58) functioning as a voltage to current converter (54) comprises a resistor (60) which can be shunted by a second passive filter (70, 71, 74) in response to actuation of symmetrically arranged switching devices (72, 73). When the second passive filter shunts the resistor the overall pass band is raised to a higher frequency. Additionally the amplifier has a lower noise figure when the second passive filter shunts the transconductor.</p> |