Wireless transmission/reception apparatus for transmitting/receiving frequency band signals according to mobile communication services

• US 20060121937A1
• Filed: 11/21/2005
• Published: 06/08/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Son, Young-Il
• Application Number:
  US11/284,317
• Publication Number:
  US 20060121937A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/553.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/0053 with common antenna for more than one band
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/48 in circuits for connecting transmitter and receiver to a common transmission path, e.g. by energy of transmitter H04B1/46 takes precedence

Abstract

Disclosed is a wireless transmission/reception apparatus for transmitting/receiving signals of multiple frequency bands according to multiple mobile communication services. The apparatus includes a transmission unit having a plurality of transmitters for transmitting the signals of the frequency bands of the mobile communication services through each transmitter, and a reception unit having a plurality of receivers for receiving signals, which correspond to an equal frequency band from among the signals of the frequency bands of the mobile communication services, through at least one receiver for receiving radio signals of different service schemes of the equal frequency band, and receiving signals not corresponding to the equal frequency band through receivers according to each frequency band. The apparatus uses one receiver capable of receiving different service signals of the same frequency band, so that the number of receivers can be reduced. Further, the apparatus enables a duplexer used only in an existing FDD scheme to be also used in a TDD scheme.

Claims

1. A wireless transmission/reception apparatus for transmitting/receiving signals of multiple frequency bands according to multiple mobile communication services, the wireless transmission/reception apparatus comprising:

a transmission unit having a plurality of transmitters for transmitting the signals of the frequency bands of the mobile communication services through each transmitter; and

a reception unit having a plurality of receivers for receiving signals, which correspond to an equal frequency band from among the signals of the frequency bands of the mobile communication services, through at least one receiver for receiving radio signals of different service schemes of the equal frequency band, and receiving signals not corresponding to the equal frequency band from among the signals of the frequency bands according to the mobile communication services through receivers according to each frequency band.

2. The wireless transmission/reception apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein each receiver includes a Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) for amplifying the signals of the different service schemes of the equal frequency band according to the different service schemes.

3. The wireless transmission/reception apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a duplexer unit for separating transmission/reception signals of a Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) scheme and a Time Division Duplex (TDD) scheme from among the signals of the frequency bands of the mobile communication services.

4. The wireless transmission/reception apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the frequency band according to the mobile communication services includes a WCDMA 2000 MHz band, a WCDMA 1900 MHz band, a WCDMA 850 MHz band, a GSM 850 MHz band, a GSM 900 MHz band, a DCS 1800 MHz band, and a PCS 1900 MHz band.

5. The wireless transmission/reception apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transmission unit comprises at least one of:

a WCDMA 2000 transmitter for transmitting signals of a WCDMA 2000 MHz band;

a WCDMA 1900 transmitter for transmitting signals of a WCDMA 1900 MHz band;

a WCDMA 850 transmitter for transmitting signals of a WCDMA 850 MHz band;

a DCS 1800/PCS 1900 transmitter for transmitting signals of a DCS 1800 MHz band and a PCS 1900 MHz band; and

a GSM 850/GSM 900 transmitter for transmitting signals of a GSM 850 MHz band and a GSM 900 MHz band.

6. The wireless transmission/reception apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the receiver of each frequency band comprises at least one of:

a WCDMA 2000 receiver for receiving signals of a WCDMA 2000 MHz band;

a DCS 1800 receiver for receiving signals of a DCS 1800 MHz band; and

a GSM 900 receiver for receiving signals of a GSM 900 MHz band.

7. The wireless transmission/reception apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the receiver comprises one of:

a WCDMA/PCS 1900 receiver for receiving both signals of a WCDMA 1900 MHz band and signals of a PCS 1900 MHz band; and

a WCDMA/GSM 850 receiver for receiving both signals of a WCDMA 850 MHz band and signals of a GSM 850 MHz band.

8. The wireless transmission/reception apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a first mixer for converting high frequency band signals received in receivers for receiving signals of a main reception band, which is a band having a high degree of use in a predetermined region from among the frequency bands according to the mobile communication services, into low frequency band signals; and

a second mixer for converting high frequency band signals received in receivers for receiving signals of a sub-reception band, which is a band having a low degree of use in the predetermined region from among the frequency bands according to the mobile communication services, into low frequency band signals.

9. The wireless transmission/reception apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein the sub-reception band includes a diversity band.