A signal transmitter for sending a radio signal is made up of an input for
receiving input data and a first circuit for generating an inphase signal
and a quadrature signal from the input data. A second circuit produces a
first signal associated with a cosine of a first frequency and a third
circuit that produces a second signal associated with a sine of the first
frequency. A first modulator, coupled to the first circuit and the second
circuit, upconverts the inphase signal with the first signal and produces
a first upconverted signal. A second modulator, coupled to the first
circuit and the third circuit, upconverts the inphase signal with the
second signal and produces a second upconverted signal. A third
modulator, coupled to the first circuit and the second circuit,
upconverts the quadrature signal with the first signal and produces a
third upconverted signal. A fourth modulator, coupled to the first
circuit and the third circuit, upconverts the quadrature signal with the
second signal and produces a fourth upconverted signal. A fourth circuit,
coupled to the first and fourth modulators, combines the first
upconverted signal and the fourth upconverted signal into a first
intermediate signal. A fifth circuit, coupled to the second and third
modulators, combines an inverse of the second upconverted signal and the
third upconverted signal into a second intermediate signal. A quadrature
modulator, coupled to the fourth circuit and the fifth circuit, converts
the first intermediate signal and the second intermediate signal to an
output signal. The output signal has a component at a first sideband of a
second frequency, the first sideband frequency offset from the second
frequency by a first amount. A filter, coupled to the quadrature
modulator, passes the first sideband, and filters the second frequency
and a second sideband, the second sideband offset from the second
frequency by the inverse of the first amount.