TRANSMIT ENERGY LEAKAGE CONTROL IN A RECEIVER

• US 20160094267A1
• Filed: 12/01/2015
• Published: 03/31/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Entropic Communications, LLC (SoftBank Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Entropic Communications, LLC (SoftBank Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Petrovic, Branislav, Kons, Shachar, Tsatsanis, Michail
• Granted Patent: US 9,571,154 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/123 using adaptive balancing or compensation means adaptive filter circuits and algorithms H03H
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/525 with means for reducing leakage of transmitter signal into the receiver

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for removing interference from received signals. An interference control signal may be generated in a transceiver during transmission and reception of signals. The interference control signal may be generated based on a first interference control input corresponding to an input signal used in generating the transmitted signals, and a second interference control input corresponding to a model of a leakage of the transmitted signals onto the received signals. The model may be based on a first approximation of a transfer function for the leakage. The interference control signal may be combined with an intermediate signal generated during processing of the received signals, to generate a corresponding combined signal, and the combined signal may be applied during processing of the received signals.

Claims

1-17. -17. (canceled)

18. A system, comprising:

transceiver circuitry that comprises;

a transmit section;

a receive section; and

an interference control section that is operable to;

generate an interference control signal based on;

a first interference control input corresponding to an input signal to the transmit section for transmission;

a second interference control input corresponding to a model of a leakage between the transmit section and receive section, wherein the model is based on a first approximation of a transfer function for the leakage;

combine the interference control signal with an intermediate signal provided from the receive section to generate a corresponding combined signal, wherein the intermediate signal is generated in the receive section during processing of received signals; and

output the combined signal to the receive section for use in completing processing of the received signals.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the interference control section is operable to set and/or adjust characteristics of the generated interference control signal based on one or more control signals applied to the transmit section.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the interference control section comprises one or more adaptive filters operable to apply filtering during generation of the interference control signal.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein each one of the one or more adaptive filters comprises a plurality of weighting circuits, each of the weighting circuits comprising an output, where a sum of the signals output by the plurality of weighting circuits is the interference control signal.

22. The system of claim 20, wherein the interference control section comprises a coefficient adaptation circuit that is operable to determine one or more coefficients for the one or more adaptive filters.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein each one of the one or more adaptive filters comprises a weight setting register coupled to one or more outputs of the coefficient adaptation circuit, the weight setting register being configured to store one or more coefficients received from the coefficient adaption circuit.

24. The system of claim 20, wherein the one or more adaptive filters are operable to continuously track characteristics of signals of the transmit section that leak into the receive section.

25. The system of claim 18, wherein the interference control section further comprises an upconverter operable to upconvert the first interference control input to a same frequency as a transmit interference signal leaked into the receive section.

26. The system of claim 18, comprising a diplexer coupled to an output of the transmit section and an input of the receive section, wherein the model of the leakage is based on a first leakage through the diplexer.

27. The system of claim 18, wherein the interference control section is operable to:

track transmit power; and

provide a control signal to adjust amplitude of the interference control signal to speed up the response of the interference control section.

28. A method, comprising:

in a transceiver;

transmitting signals;

receiving signals;

generating an interference control signal based on;

a first interference control input corresponding to an input signal used in generating transmitted signals; and

a second interference control input corresponding to a model of a leakage of the transmitted signals onto received signals, wherein the model is based on a first approximation of a transfer function for the leakage;

combining the interference control signal with an intermediate signal generated during processing of the received signals, to generate a corresponding combined signal; and

applying the combined signal during processing of the received signals.

29. The method of claim 28, comprising determining the model of the leakage during design of the transceiver, and storing information relating to the model of the leakage for use during operation of the transceiver.

30. The method of claim 28, comprising determining the model of the leakage during a learning mode of operation of the transceiver, and storing information relating to the model of the leakage for use during a normal mode of operation of the transceiver.

31. The method of claim 28, comprising determining the model of the leakage based on determining frequency response of signals coupled through the leakage onto a receive path of the transceiver.

32. The method of claim 28, comprising determining the model of the leakage to determine distortion of signals coupled through the leakage onto a receive path of the transceiver.

33. The method of claim 28, comprising tracking characteristics of signal coupled through the leakage to continuously adapt the model of the leakage.

34. The method of claim 28, wherein the model of the leakage represents frequency response of signals coupled through the leakage onto a receive path of the transceiver.

35. The method of claim 34, wherein the frequency response includes phase, amplitude and delay.

36. The method of claim 28, wherein the model of the leakage comprises separate models corresponding to a plurality of different leakage paths between a transmit path and a receive path in the transceiver.

37. The method of claim 28, wherein the plurality of different leakage paths comprise:

a first leakage path through a diplexer coupled to an output of the transmit path and an input of the receive path;

a second leakage path through pins of a package containing the transmit path and the receive path; and

a third leakage path representing an internal leakage within the package.