WIRELESS TRANSCEIVER SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING DUAL MODE

• US 20100118744A1
• Filed: 05/03/2007
• Published: 05/13/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Seong-Min, Ko, Yun-Soo, Lee, Kwang-Chun, Kwon, Heon-Kook, Kim, Joon-Hyung, Jung, Jae-Ho
• Granted Patent: US 8,792,395 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/278
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/406 with more than one transmission mode, e.g. analog and digital modes
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/52 Hybrid arrangements, i.e. arrangements for transition from single-path two-direction transmission to single-direction transmission on each of two paths or vice versa
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/54 using the same frequency for two directions of communication H04B1/44 takes precedence

Abstract

The present invention relates to a wireless transceiver system for supporting a dual mode, and more particularly to a wireless transceiver system for supporting a dual mode that simultaneously supports the Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) method and the Time Division Duplex (TDD) method in a certain frequency band. The present system supports the FDD system conducting transmission and reception simultaneously by using different frequency bands for transmission and reception as well as the TDD system temporally alternating transmission and reception by using the common frequency band among an upper frequency band and a lower frequency band used in the FDD system as well as another frequency band adjacent thereto, thereby selectively supporting both of the two communication systems in a wireless transceiver system. Therefore, efficient use of various wireless communication standards and the limited frequency resource is provided, and on this basis, an efficient application of all wireless transceiver systems adopting the TDD system and the FDD system as well as the mobile communication base station and the terminal is provided.

Claims

1. A wireless transceiver system provided at a front-end of a system for supporting a dual mode, the wireless transceiver system comprising:

a first selecting switch connected to an antenna transmitting/receiving a radio signal, the first selecting switch determining a transmitting/receiving path of a signal according to a communication system;

a first mixer for converting a transmission signal on the basis of a first frequency;

a duplexer for transmitting a transmission signal converted at the first mixer to the antenna via the first selecting switch and for receiving a reception signal received through the antenna via the first selecting switch in a first communication system;

a band-pass filter for receiving a reception signal, which is received through the antenna, via the first selecting switch, and extracting a signal in a predetermined frequency band from the reception signal in a second communication system;

a second selecting switch for selecting and outputting one of a reception signal received through the duplexer and a reception signal received through the first selecting switch according to a communication system; and

a second mixer for converting a reception signal outputted from the second selecting switch on the basis of the first frequency or a second frequency according to a communication system and for outputting the reception signal.

2. The wireless transceiver system of claim 1, further comprising:

a first local oscillator for oscillating the first frequency;

a second local oscillator for oscillating the second frequency; and

a third selecting switch for selecting one of the first local oscillator or the second local oscillator according to a communication system.

3. The wireless transceiver system of claim 1, wherein the first communication system is a Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) system, and the second communication system is a Time Division Duplex (TDD) system.

4. The wireless transceiver system of claim 2, wherein the first local oscillator oscillates only a transmission frequency in the first communication system and oscillates a transmission/reception frequency in the second communication system.

5. The wireless transceiver system of claim 2, wherein the second local oscillator oscillates a reception frequency in the first communication system and is turned off in the second communication system to prevent interference with the first local oscillator.

6. The wireless transceiver system of claim 2, wherein the first selecting switch selects and fixes a transmitting/receiving path between the antenna and the duplexer in the first communication system.

7. The wireless transceiver system of claim 2, wherein the first selecting switch selects one between the duplexer and the band-pass filter according to a transmission/reception mode of a signal in the second communication system to determine a path of a transmission/reception signal.

8. The wireless transceiver system of claim 1, wherein the second selecting switch is connected to an output end of the duplexer in the first communication system and is connected to an output end of the band-pass filter in the second communication system so that demodulation of a reception signal can be performed.

9. The wireless transceiver system of claim 2, wherein the third selecting switch provides the first frequency to the second mixer as a reception oscillation frequency in the second communication system and provides the second frequency to the second mixer as a reception oscillation frequency in the first communication system.

10. The wireless transceiver system of claim 2, wherein the third selecting switch includes a load compensating resistor as a terminating resistance connected to a contact point that is connected to the first local oscillator.

11. The wireless transceiver system of claim 2, wherein the first local oscillator is configured to oscillate a frequency in a first frequency band, and the second local oscillator is configured to oscillate a frequency in a second frequency band adjacent to the first frequency band, so that signal transmission/reception in the first communication system and signal transmission in the second communication system can be performed in the first frequency band, and signal reception in the second communication system can be performed in the second frequency band.

12. The wireless transceiver system of claim 11, wherein signal transmission/reception according to the first communication system and signal transmission according to the second communication system in the first frequency band are divided by the band-pass filter.

13. The wireless transceiver system of claim 11, further comprising an additional band-pass filter for extracting a signal having a frequency in the second frequency band from a signal outputted from a reception signal output end of the duplexer when the second communication system is employed.

14. A wireless transceiver system provided at a front-end of a system for supporting dual mode, the wireless transceiver system comprising:

a first selecting switch connected to an antenna transmitting/receiving a radio signal, the first selecting switch determining a transmitting/receiving path of a signal according to a communication system;

a first mixer for converting a transmission signal on the basis of a first frequency or a second frequency according to a communication system;

a second selecting switch for determining a path of a transmission signal converted at the first mixer according to a communication system;

a duplexer for receiving a reception signal received through the antenna via the first selecting switch and for receiving a transmission signal converted at the first mixer via the second selecting switch in a first communication system and transmitting the transmission signal to the antenna via the first selecting switch;

a band-pass filter for receiving a transmission signal converted at the first mixer via the second selecting switch in a second communication system and for extracting a signal having a frequency in a predetermined band and transmitting the signal to the antenna via the first selecting switch; and

a second mixer for converting a signal outputted from the duplexer on the basis of a second frequency and outputting the signal.

15. The wireless transceiver system of claim 14, further comprising:

a first local oscillator for oscillating the first frequency;

a second local oscillator for oscillating the second frequency; and

a third selecting switch for selecting one of the first local oscillator or the second local oscillator according to a communication system.

16. The wireless transceiver system of claim 14, wherein the first communication system is an FDD system, and the second communication system is a TDD system.

17. The wireless transceiver system of claim 15, wherein the first local oscillator oscillates only a transmission frequency in the first communication system and is turned off in the second communication system to prevent interference with the second local oscillator.

18. The wireless transceiver system of claim 15, wherein the second local oscillator oscillates a reception frequency in the first communication system and oscillates a transmission/reception frequency in the second communication system.

19. The wireless transceiver system of claim 14, wherein the first selecting switch selects and fixes a transmitting/receiving path between the antenna and the duplexer in the first communication system, the first selecting switch selecting one between the duplexer and the band-pass filter according to a transmission/reception mode of a signal in the first communication system to determine a path of a transmission/reception signal.

20. The wireless transceiver system of claim 14, wherein the second selecting switch is connected to a transmitting-end of the duplexer in the first communication system, while the second selecting switch transmits a signal in a predetermined frequency band to the antenna through the band-pass filter in the second communication system.

21. The wireless transceiver system of claim 15, wherein the third selecting switch provides the first frequency to the first mixer as a transmission oscillation frequency in the first communication system and provides the second frequency to the first mixer as a transmission oscillation frequency in the second communication system.

22. The wireless transceiver system of claim 15, wherein the third selecting switch includes a load compensating resistor as a terminating resistance connected to a contact point that is connected to the second local oscillator.

23. The wireless transceiver system of claim 15, wherein the first local oscillator is configured to oscillate a frequency in a first frequency band, and the second local oscillator is configured to oscillate a frequency in a second frequency band adjacent to the first frequency band, so that signal reception in the first communication system and signal transmission/reception in the second communication system can be performed in the first frequency band, and signal transmission in the first communication system can be performed in the second frequency band.

24. The wireless transceiver system of claim 23, wherein signal reception according to the first communication system and signal transmission/reception according to the second communication system in the first frequency band are divided by the band-pass filter.

25. The wireless transceiver system of claim 23, further comprising an additional band-pass filter for extracting a signal having a frequency in the second frequency band from a signal outputted from the second selecting switch when the first communication system is employed.