MIMO Antenna Leakage Canceller System

• US 20160119020A1
• Filed: 10/14/2015
• Published: 04/28/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (Analog Devices, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (Analog Devices, Inc.)
• Inventors: CHARLON, Olivier
• Granted Patent: US 9,960,803 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0413 MIMO systems

Abstract

A system includes a first duplexer that receives samples of a signal transmitted from a first transmit portion of a communication device and outputs a filtered signal based on sampled transmitted signal. A first modulator adjusts the filtered signal based on at least one of a phase, amplitude, and delay of leakage associated with the transmitted signal. The leakage corresponds to leakage from the first transmit portion of the communication device to a first receive portion of the communication device. The first modulator provides a leakage cancellation signal based on the adjusted filtered signal. A first coupler subtracts the leakage cancellation signal from a signal received by the first receive portion of the communication device.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a first duplexer that receives samples of a signal transmitted from a first transmit portion of a communication device and outputs a filtered signal based on the sampled transmitted signal;

a first modulator that adjusts the filtered signal based on at least one of a phase, amplitude, and delay of leakage associated with the transmitted signal, wherein the leakage corresponds to leakage from the first transmit portion of the communication device to a first receive portion of the communication device, and that provides a leakage cancellation signal based on the adjusted filtered signal; and

a first coupler that subtracts the leakage cancellation signal from a signal received by the first receive portion of the communication device.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of antennas in a multiple in multiple out (MIMO) arrangement.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the first transmit portion communicates with a first antenna of the plurality of antennas and the first receive portion communicates with a second antenna of the plurality of antennas.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising a second duplexer that provides the transmitted signal, wherein the first duplexer and the second duplexer have a same transfer function.

5. The system of claim 4, further comprising a second coupler that samples the transmitted signal as provided by the second duplexer and provides the samples to the first duplexer.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprising a phase amplitude delay (PAD) determination module that determines the phase, the amplitude, and the delay of the leakage and provides the determined phase, amplitude, and delay to the first modulator.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein, to adjust the filtered signal, the first modulator adjusts at least one of the phase, the amplitude, and the delay of the filtered signal based on the at least one of the phase, the amplitude, and the delay of the leakage.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein a delay and an amplitude of the leakage cancellation signal are approximately equal to the delay and the amplitude of the leakage, and wherein a phase of the leakage cancellation signal is opposite to a phase of the leakage.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein, to subtract the leakage cancellation signal from the received signal, the first coupler combines (i) the received signal with (ii) the leakage cancellation signal having the phase opposite to the phase of the leakage.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the first modulator comprises:

a delay control module that selects a delay of the leakage cancellation signal;

a phase control module that adjusts a phase of the leakage cancellation signal; and

an amplitude control module that adjusts an amplitude of the leakage cancellation signal.

11. A method comprising:

sampling a signal transmitted from a first transmit portion of a communication device;

filtering the sampled transmitted signal;

adjusting the filtered signal based on at least one of a phase, amplitude, and delay of leakage associated with the transmitted signal, wherein the leakage corresponds to leakage from the first transmit portion of the communication device to a first receive portion of the communication device;

providing a leakage cancellation signal based on the adjusted filtered signal; and

subtracting the leakage cancellation signal from a signal received by the first receive portion of the communication device.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising arranging a plurality of antennas in a multiple in multiple out (MIMO) arrangement.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising communicating with a first antenna of the plurality of antennas using the first transmit portion and communicating with a second antenna of the plurality of antennas using the first receive portion.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein filtering the sampled transmitted signal includes using a first duplexer to filter the sampled transmitted signal, and further comprising providing the transmitted signal using a second duplexer having a same transfer function as the first duplexer.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein sampling the transmitted signal includes sampling the transmitted signal as provided by the second duplexer and providing the samples to the first duplexer.

16. The method of claim 11, further comprising determining the phase, the amplitude, and the delay of the leakage.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein adjusting the filtered signal includes adjusting at least one of the phase, the amplitude, and the delay of the filtered signal based on the at least one of the phase, the amplitude, and the delay of the leakage.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein a delay and an amplitude of the leakage cancellation signal are approximately equal to the delay and the amplitude of the leakage, and wherein a phase of the leakage cancellation signal is opposite to a phase of the leakage.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein subtracting the leakage cancellation signal from the received signal includes combining (i) the received signal with (ii) the leakage cancellation signal having the phase opposite to the phase of the leakage.

20. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

selecting a delay of the leakage cancellation signal;

adjusting a phase of the leakage cancellation signal; and

adjusting an amplitude of the leakage cancellation signal.