Passive 1KHz frequency shifter. Can it be done?

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Hello,
I know about passive RF signal doublers or harmonic generators, but I was wondering if there is a way to passively shift a receiving signal at a frequency Fo, to Fo+1KHz or so.
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Hi,

you can double frequency by rectifying it.

But i can imagine that only a triangle signal gives a kind of undistorted output (with DC filter).
Any other frequency - or even worse a mixture of frequencies like speech - won´t give satisfying results.


Klaus
 

I was wondering if there is a way to passively shift a receiving signal at a frequency Fo, to Fo+1KHz or so
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Theoretically yes, using a quadrature mixer scheme. Practically it depends on your ability to generate exact 90 degree phase shift for the input signal and LO and the intended other side band suppression.
 

I was wondering if this can be done Passively, i.e. no power applied to the circuit, not even other frequency RF power, other than the input signal frequency itself.
 

neazoi said:
I was wondering if this can be done Passively, i.e. no power applied to the circuit, not even other frequency RF power, other than the input signal frequency itself.
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Passive circuits are always LTI ( Linear Time Invariant ) circuits and they have no frequency shift properties.
 

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