METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING HIGH FREQUENCY

• US 20130303091A1
• Filed: 01/15/2013
• Published: 11/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: LEE, Seung Sik, CHOI, Sangsung, KIM, Jae Young, JEON, Young Ae, SHIN, cheol-ho, LEE, Sangjae, KIM, Byoung Hak, KIM, Jaehwan, OH, Mi Kyung
• Application Number:
  US13/741,940
• Publication Number:
  US 20130303091A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/40 Circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/44 Transmit/receive switching

Abstract

A high frequency transmitting and receiving apparatus of a wireless communication system low-noise amplifies a signal that is received from a transmitting and receiving antenna through a low noise amplifier in a reception mode, and amplifies a signal be transmitted through a power amplifier in a transmission mode and transmits the signal through the transmitting and receiving antenna, and the high frequency transmitting and receiving apparatus is connected between the transmitting and receiving antenna and the low noise amplifier and turns on a switch in a reception mode and turns off the switch in a transmission mode, thereby separating transmitting and receiving signals.

Claims

1. A high frequency transmitting and receiving apparatus of a wireless communication system, the high frequency transmitting and receiving apparatus comprising:

a transmitting and receiving antenna;

a low noise amplifier that low-noise amplifies a signal that is received through the transmitting and receiving antenna in a reception mode;

a power amplifier that amplifies a signal to be transmitted in a transmission mode and that outputs the signal to the transmitting and receiving antenna; and

a switch that is connected between the transmitting and receiving antenna and the low noise amplifier and that is turned on in a reception mode and that is turned off in a transmission mode.

2. The high frequency transmitting and receiving apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a load that is connected between the transmitting and receiving antenna and a power voltage source,

wherein the switch is connected between the transmitting and receiving antenna, a contact point of the load, and the low noise amplifier.

3. The high frequency transmitting and receiving apparatus of claim 2, wherein the load performs input impedance matching of a signal that is received through the transmitting and receiving antenna in the reception mode, and performs output impedance matching of a signal that is transmitted through the transmitting and receiving antenna in a transmission mode.

4. The high frequency transmitting and receiving apparatus of claim 2, wherein the load comprises a capacitor and an inductor that are coupled in parallel between the transmitting and receiving antenna and the power voltage source.

5. The high frequency transmitting and receiving apparatus of claim 2, wherein the low noise amplifier converts a signal that is received through the transmitting and receiving antenna from a single phase signal to a differential phase signal.

6. The high frequency transmitting and receiving apparatus of claim 5, wherein the low noise amplifier comprises:

a first output terminal that outputs a positive signal of the differential phase signal;

a second output terminal that outputs a negative signal of the differential phase signal;

an input terminal that is connected to the switch;

a first amplifier that generates the positive signal by non-inversion amplifying a single phase signal that is input through the input terminal; and

a second amplifier that generates the negative signal by amplifying a single phase signal that is input through the input terminal.

7. The high frequency transmitting and receiving apparatus of claim 6, wherein the first amplifier comprises:

a first transistor comprising a gate that receives an input of a bias voltage, a source that receives an input of the single phase signal, and a drain that outputs the single phase signal; and

a second transistor comprising a gate that receives an input of a bias voltage, a source that is connected to the drain of the first transistor, and a drain that outputs the positive signal, and

the second amplifier comprises;

a third transistor comprising a gate that receives an input of the single phase signal, a source that is connected to a power voltage source, and a drain that outputs the single phase signal; and

a fourth transistor comprising a gate that receives an input of the bias voltage, a source that is connected to the drain of the third transistor, and a drain that outputs the negative signal.

8. The high frequency transmitting and receiving apparatus of claim 6, wherein the low noise amplifier further comprises a capacitor that separates a DC voltage that is input to the source of the first transistor and a DC voltage that is input to the gate of the third transistor.

9. The high frequency transmitting and receiving apparatus of claim 6, wherein the low noise amplifier further comprises:

a first resistor that is connected between the first output terminal and the power voltage source; and

a second resistor that is connected between the second output terminal and the power voltage source.

10. The high frequency transmitting and receiving apparatus of claim 2, wherein the high frequency transmitting and receiving apparatus is formed in a single chip.

11. A method of transmitting and receiving a signal in a high frequency transmitting and receiving apparatus of a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

low-noise amplifying a received signal from a transmitting and receiving antenna through a low noise amplifier in a reception mode; and

amplifying a transmitting signal through a power amplifier in a transmission mode and transmitting the transmitting signal through the transmitting and receiving antenna,

wherein the transmitting of the transmitting signal comprises turning off a switch that is connected between the transmitting and receiving antenna and the low noise amplifier.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the low-noise amplifying of a received signal comprises turning on the switch.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the low-noise amplifying of a received signal comprises matching an input impedance of the received signal through a first load that is connected between the transmitting and receiving antenna and the low noise amplifier, and

the transmitting of the transmitting signal comprises matching an output impedance of the amplified signal through a second load that is connected between the transmitting and receiving antenna and the power amplifier.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the high frequency transmitting and receiving apparatus comprises a capacitor and an inductor that are coupled in parallel between the transmitting and receiving antenna and the power voltage source, and

the first load and the second load share the capacitor and the inductor, respectively.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the high frequency transmitting and receiving apparatus is formed in a single chip.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the low-noise amplifying of a received signal comprises converting the received signal from a single phase form to a differential phase form.