Transmitting and Receiving Wireless Signals Via Dual Antennas

• US 20100061279A1
• Filed: 09/08/2008
• Published: 03/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
• Inventors: Knudsen, Mikael Bergholz, Bundgaard, Peter
• Application Number:
  US12/206,567
• Publication Number:
  US 20100061279A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/278
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/0483 Transmitters with multiple parallel paths

Abstract

Systems, methods, and devices to transmit and receive wireless signals are described.

Claims

1. A transceiver comprising:

logic configured to;

generate a first transmission signal;

generate a second transmission signal that is phase shifted with respect to the first transmission signal;

send the first transmission signal to a power amplifier module; and

send the second transmission signal to the power amplifier module.

2. The transceiver of claim 1, wherein the first transmission signal and the second transmission signal are generated based on data received at the transceiver from a software application.

3. The transceiver of claim 1, wherein the first transmission signal and the second transmission signal are generated based on voice traffic received at the transceiver.

4. The transceiver of claim 1, wherein the second transmission signal is phase shifted with respect to the first transmission signal by 90 degrees.

5. The transceiver of claim 1, wherein the logic is configured to send the first transmission signal and the second transmission signal to a test interface via one or more mechanical test connectors.

6. The transceiver of claim 5, wherein the test interface comprises a hybrid circuit configured to receive the first transmission signal and the second transmission signal.

7. The transceiver of claim 5, wherein the one or more mechanical test connectors comprise a single pole two throw switch.

8. A system comprising:

a transceiver;

a power amplifier module coupled to the transceiver, the power amplifier module comprising;

a hybrid circuit coupled to an input port of the power amplifier module;

a first power amplifier unit coupled to a first output port of the hybrid circuit;

a second power amplifier unit coupled to a second output port of the hybrid circuit;

a first duplex filter coupled to a first output port of the power amplifier module;

a second duplex filter coupled to a second output port of the power amplifier module;

a first antenna coupled to the first duplex filter; and

a second antenna coupled to the second duplex filter.

9. The system of claim 8, further comprising:

processing logic; and

memory accessible to the processing logic, the memory comprising instructions executable by the processing logic to transmit at least one of data, voice traffic, and control information via a wide area wireless network, a satellite network, a wireless local area network, or any combination thereof.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the wide area wireless network comprises a global system for mobile communications (GSM) network, a general packet radio service (GPRS) network, an enhanced data rates for GSM evolution (EDGE) network, a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) network, a high speed packet access (HSPA) network, or a worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) network.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the wireless local area network comprises a Bluetooth network or an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 protocol network.

12. The system of claim 8, further comprising a power supply, one or more input devices, one or more output devices, or any combination thereof.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the transceiver is configured to send a transmission signal to the power amplifier module.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the hybrid circuit is configured to receive the transmission signal and forward a first portion of the transmission signal to the first power amplifier unit and to forward a second portion of the transmission signal to the second power amplifier unit.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the first power amplifier unit forwards the first portion of the transmission signal to the first antenna via the first duplex filter and the second power amplifier unit forwards the second portion of the transmission signal to the second antenna via the second duplex filter.

16. A method comprising:

generating a first transmission signal and a second transmission signal at a transceiver, wherein the second transmission signal is phase shifted with respect to the first transmission signal;

forwarding the first transmission signal to a first antenna via a first duplex filter; and

forwarding the second transmission signal to a second antenna via a second duplex filter.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the transceiver generates the first transmission signal and the second transmission signal from particular information received at the transceiver.

18. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

sending the first transmission signal to a base station via the first antenna; and

sending the second transmission signal to the base station via the second antenna.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the second transmission signal is phase shifted with respect to the first transmission signal such that the base station receives the first transmission signal and the second transmission signal in phase.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the first transmission signal is received at a first power amplifier unit of a power amplifier module and the second transmission signal is received at a second power amplifier unit of the power amplifier module, wherein the first power amplifier unit is configured to adjust a power level of the first transmission signal and the second power amplifier unit is configured to adjust a power level of the second transmission signal, and wherein the power level of the first transmission signal and the power level of the second transmission signal are adjusted to provide maximal ratio combining at the base station.