MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL MODULE AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL

• US 20130242809A1
• Filed: 09/14/2012
• Published: 09/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hitachi Media Electronics Co., Ltd. (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hitachi Media Electronics Co., Ltd. (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Inventors: TONE, MASAZUMI, YAMAMOTO, AKIO, SHIBA, TAKASHI, HIKINO, OSAMU
• Application Number:
  US13/617,767
• Publication Number:
  US 20130242809A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/277
• 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 17/11 for calibration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/14 Two-way operation using the same type of signal, i.e. duplex

Abstract

In a tunable duplexer combining a tunable filter with a canceler, calibration for optimizing passband characteristics and stop band characteristics is accelerated, and the deterioration of performance due to variations is highly accurately compensated. The tunable filter is calibrated to acquire isolation characteristics, and then coarse calibration and fine calibration are performed on the canceler. In coarse calibration, the use band of the tunable filter is set to a suppression band, and the isolation characteristics of the canceler are acquired. An amplitude, a phase, and a bias voltage are adjusted based on a result of comparison with the acquired isolation characteristics of the tunable filter for determining an approximate convergence. Fine calibration is further performed, and the optimum point is determined in a narrow range near the convergence.

Claims

1. A mobile communication terminal module that simultaneously operates transmission and reception using a transmit frequency and a receive frequency in different bands, the mobile communication terminal module comprising:

a filter configured to separate a transmit signal from a receive signal, the filter including a variable characteristic to selectively transmit a plurality of frequency bands; and

a canceler configured to cancel a transmit signal and thermal noise in a reception band leaking from a transmission side to a reception side by a predetermined amount, wherein;

the canceler includes an amplifier having a calibrating unit; and

the calibrating unit includes an amplitude adjusting unit, a phase adjusting unit, and a bias adjusting unit.

2. The mobile communication terminal module according to claim 1,

wherein the calibrating unit performs a plurality of steps of calibration to cancel the transmit signal and thermal noise in the reception band leaking from the transmission side to the reception side by a predetermined amount, performs coarse calibration, and performs fine calibration.

3. The mobile communication terminal module according to claim 2,

wherein in performing the coarse calibration, the calibrating unit adjusts the amplitude adjusting unit, the phase adjusting unit, and the bias adjusting unit based on an amplitude difference and a phase difference determined by acquiring amplitude characteristics and phase characteristics of the filter and the canceler.

4. The mobile communication terminal module according to claim 3,

wherein in performing the fine calibration, the calibrating unit adjusts the amplitude adjusting unit, the phase adjusting unit, and the bias adjusting unit near a convergence determined in the coarse calibration.

5. A mobile communication terminal that simultaneously operates transmission and reception using a transmit frequency and a receive frequency in different bands, the mobile communication terminal comprising:

a filter configured to separate a transmit signal from a receive signal, the filter including a variable characteristic to selectively transmit a plurality of frequency bands; and

a canceler configured to cancel a transmit signal and thermal noise in a reception band leaking from a transmission side to a reception side by a predetermined amount, wherein;

the canceler includes an amplifier having a calibrating unit;

the calibrating unit includes an amplitude adjusting unit, a phase adjusting unit, and a bias adjusting unit; and

the calibrating unit performs a plurality of steps of calibration to cancel the transmit signal and thermal noise in the reception band leaking from the transmission side to the reception side by a predetermined amount, performs coarse calibration, and performs fine calibration.

6. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 5, wherein:

in performing the coarse calibration, the calibrating unit adjusts the amplitude adjusting unit, the phase adjusting unit, and the bias adjusting unit based on an amplitude difference and a phase difference determined by acquiring amplitude characteristics and phase characteristics of the filter and the canceler; and

in performing the fine calibration, the calibrating unit adjusts the amplitude adjusting unit, the phase adjusting unit, and the bias adjusting unit near a convergence determined in the coarse calibration.