noted that in an alternative embodiment the i and q signals from filters 60 may be multiplexed into the adcs 70 the multiplexer at the input to adc 70 would select one analog signal and a sample and hold buffer on the output of the adc would maintain the digital value representative of the selected analog input signal the multiplexer would be switched between the input paths fast enough at least double the sampling rate to successfully sample the incoming signal in case only one path is functional the switches would be positioned to support the functional path thus the adcs may be double clocked and multiplexed so that the first and second adcs and corresponding first and second filters may be used to support two receive paths fig4 illustrates another embodiment that supports a full dual receive path for a wireless device such as for example a global system for a mobile communications gsm hand set having one synthesizer that drives one receive vco a loop synthesizer 390 generates a signal that is supplied to vco tune 360 vco tune 360 controls the frequency of the oscillation signal in vco 350 an output of vco 350 is returned through divide by u201c n u201d 430 to close the loop of loop synthesizer 390 vco 350 also provides a signal to divide by u201c m u201d 330 that drives quadrature generator.