PRESELECTOR INTERFERENCE REJECTION AND DYNAMIC RANGE EXTENSION

• US 20100114243A1
• Filed: 10/30/2008
• Published: 05/06/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Medtronic Incorporated (Medtronic Plc)
• Original Assignee: Medtronic Incorporated (Medtronic Plc)
• Inventors: Nowak, Michael E., Corndorf, Eric D., Verhoef, William D.
• Granted Patent: US 8,126,418 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 607/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/14 Automatic detuning arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/40 using a wireless architecture
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/00 Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom

Abstract

A wireless telemetry module and associated method reject interference in a received signal. The wireless telemetry module includes an antenna receives a communication signal transmitted at a desired channel frequency and having a channel bandwidth. A transceiver is controlled to operate in receiving and transmitting modes by a processor. An interference rejection module receives control signals from the processor corresponding to the desired channel frequency and is coupled between the antenna and the transceiver when the transceiver is operating in the receiving mode.

Claims

1. A wireless telemetry module, comprising:

an antenna configured to receive a communication signal having a channel frequency and having a channel bandwidth;

a transceiver configured to operate over a channel range of single channel frequencies including the channel frequency;

a processor coupled to the transceiver and configured to control the transceiver to operate in a receiving mode and in a transmitting mode;

an interference rejection module configured to receive control signals from the processor, the interference rejection module coupled between the antenna and the transceiver when the transceiver is operating in the receiving mode, the interference rejection module attenuating interference signals occurring in the received signal and falling within the channel range and outside the channel range in response to the processor control signals, the interference rejection module providing the transceiver with the communication signal at the channel frequency.

2. The wireless telemetry module of claim 1 further comprising:

a first switch coupled between the antenna and the interference rejection module; and

a second switch coupled between the interference rejection module and the transceiver,

the first and second switches configured to receive a control signal from the processor to cause the first and second switches to switch between a first state coupling the interference rejection module between the antenna and the transceiver during the transceiver receiving mode and a second state bypassing the interference rejection module during the transceiver transmitting mode.

3. The wireless telemetry module of claim 2, wherein the transceiver is configured to receive a range of single channel frequencies and wherein the interference rejection module comprises:

a first filter configured to attenuate interference signals occurring in the received signal falling outside of the channel range; and

a second filter configured to attenuate interference signals occurring in the received signal falling within the channel range.

4. The wireless telemetry module of claim 3, wherein the second filter comprises a intermediate frequency filter and the interference rejection module further comprises:

a first mixer for receiving the received signal;

an intermediate frequency filter including a center frequency and a pass band;

a second mixer; and

a local oscillator configured to provide a mixing signal;

wherein, the first mixer is configured to translate the communication signal to fall within the intermediate frequency filter pass band in a mixed signal output, the intermediate frequency filter is configured to filter the mixed signal output, and the second mixer is configured to receive the filtered mixed signal output and the local oscillator signal and translate the filtered mixed signal back to the channel frequency, wherein the local oscillator receives a control signal from the processor for controlling the local oscillator mixing signal frequency.

5. The wireless telemetry module of claim 4 wherein the first mixer is configured to translate the communication signal to the intermediate frequency, based up the local oscillator mixing signal frequency is controlled to cause filter center frequency.

6. The wireless telemetry module of claim 4 wherein the local oscillator mixing signal frequency is controlled to cause the first mixer to translate the communication signal to an intermediate frequency filter pass band frequency offset from the center frequency.

7. The wireless telemetry module of claim 4 wherein the processor is configured to provide the local oscillator with a variable control signal to cause the interference rejection module to pass communication signals to the transceiver corresponding to the range of single channel frequencies.

8. The wireless telemetry module of claim 4 wherein the intermediate frequency filter comprises a series combination of filters.

9. The wireless telemetry module of claim 3 further comprising:

a first multi-pole switch and a second multi-pole switch,

wherein the second filter comprises a plurality of selectable channel-specific filters each having a center frequency corresponding to at least one single channel frequency and the first multi-pole switch and the second multi-pole switch receiving a control signal from the processor for selecting a channel-specific filter corresponding to the channel frequency.

10. The wireless telemetry module of claim 9 wherein each of the plurality of selectable channel-specific filters having a pass band less than the channel range.

11. The wireless telemetry module of claim 9 wherein one of the plurality of selectable channel-specific filters comprises a series combination of filters.

12. The wireless telemetry module of claim 9 wherein the plurality of selectable channel-specific filters are selectable in series.

13. The wireless telemetry module of claim 1 further comprising a diplexer for frequency duplexing the received signal with a simultaneously transmitted signal being transmitted by the transceiver.

14. A method, comprising:

receiving a wireless signal comprising a communication signal transmitted at a channel frequency and having a single channel bandwidth;

controlling a transceiver to operate in a receiving mode and in a transmitting mode over a channel range of single channel frequencies including the channel frequency;

coupling an interference rejection module between an antenna receiving the wireless signal and the transceiver when the transceiver is operating in the receiving mode;

controlling the interference rejection module to attenuate interference signals occurring in the received signal and falling outside the channel bandwidth within the channel range and outside the channel range in response to the processor control signals; and

providing the transceiver with the communication signal at the channel frequency.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising providing a control signal to a first switch coupled between the antenna and the interference rejection module and to a second switch coupled between the interference rejection module and the transceiver to cause the first and second switches to switch between a first state coupling the interference rejection module between the antenna and the transceiver during the transceiver receiving mode and a second state bypassing the interference rejection module during the transceiver transmitting mode.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the transceiver is configured to receive a range of single channel frequencies and wherein attenuating the interference signals comprises:

filtering the received signal using a first filter having a pass band corresponding to the channel range; and

filtering the received signal using a second filter having a pass band narrower than the channel range.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the second filter comprises a intermediate frequency filter having a pass band and a center frequency and the method further comprises:

generating a local oscillator signal corresponding to one of a sum and a difference of the channel frequency and a frequency within the intermediate frequency filter pass band;

mixing the received signal and a local oscillator signal for translating the communication signal to fall within the intermediate frequency filter pass band in a mixed signal output,

filtering the mixed signal output using the intermediate frequency filter, and

mixing the filtered mixed signal output and the local oscillator signal for translating the filtered mixed signal back to the channel frequency.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein the local oscillator signal corresponds to one of a sum and a difference of the channel frequency and the intermediate frequency filter center frequency.

19. The method of claim 17 wherein the local oscillator signal corresponds to one of a sum and a difference of the channel frequency and an intermediate frequency filter pass band frequency offset from the center frequency.

20. The method of claim 17 wherein the local oscillator signal is a variable control signal corresponding to the channel range.

21. The method of claim 17 wherein the intermediate frequency filter comprises a series combination of filters.

22. The method of claim 14 wherein the second filter comprises a plurality of selectable channel-specific filters each having a center frequency corresponding to at least one single channel frequency, the method further comprising selecting a channel-specific filter corresponding to the channel frequency.

23. The method of claim 22 wherein each of the plurality of selectable channel-specific filters having a pass band less than the channel range.

24. The method of claim 22 wherein one of the plurality of selectable channel-specific filters comprises a series combination of filters.

25. The method of claim 22 wherein selecting a channel-specific filter comprises selecting at least two of the plurality of selectable channel-specific filters in series.

26. The method of claim 14 further comprising a frequency duplexing the received signal and a simultaneously transmitted signal.

27. A medical device system, comprising;

a first medical device comprising a first telemetry module transmitting a wireless communication signal at a channel frequency having a channel bandwidth; and

a second medical device comprising a second telemetry module adapted for bidirectional communication with the first telemetry module over a channel range of single channel frequencies;

the first telemetry module comprising

an antenna configured to receive a communication signal transmitted at a channel frequency and having a channel bandwidth;

a transceiver;

a processor coupled to the transceiver and controlling the transceiver to operate in a receiving mode and in a transmitting mode;

an interference rejection module configured to receive control signals from the processor, the interference rejection module coupled between the antenna and the transceiver when the transceiver is operating in the receiving mode, the interference rejection module attenuating interference signals occurring in the received signal and falling outside the channel bandwidth within the channel range and outside the channel range in response to the processor control signals, the interference rejection module providing the transceiver with the communication signal at the channel frequency.