WIRELESS COMMUNICATION CALIBRATION SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHOD

• US 20160261303A1
• Filed: 11/03/2015
• Published: 09/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: MediaTek, Inc.
• Original Assignee: MediaTek, Inc.
• Inventors: Liu, Yu-Ching, Liao, Jian-Hsiung, Han, Tzu-Wei, Chou, Yi-Chun, Yang, Yen-Wen, Chen, Sheng-Yao, Hsu, Tsai-Yuan, Huang, Shun-Yong, Chiu, Po-Jung
• Granted Patent: US 9,531,428 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3816 Mechanical arrangements for accommodating identification devices, e.g. cards or chips; with connectors for programming identification devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/44 Transmit/receive switching
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/104 of other parameters, e.g. DC offset, delay or propagation times
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/11 for calibration
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/14 of the whole transmission and reception path, e.g. self-test loop-back
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/21 for calibration; for correcting measurements

Abstract

A wireless communication calibration system has a radio chipset, an analog circuit set, and a calibration path. The radio chipset has a transmitter and a receiver. The analog circuit set is external to the radio chipset and coupled to the transmitter, and receives an output signal of the transmitter and generates a transmission signal according to the output signal. The calibration path is external to the radio chipset and coupled to the analog circuit set, and guides an input signal to the receiver, wherein the input signal is derived from the transmission signal, and a first delay is calculated after the input signal is received by the receiver.

Claims

1. A wireless communication calibration system, comprising:

a radio chipset, comprising a transmitter and a receiver;

an analog circuit set, external to the radio chipset and coupled to the transmitter, wherein the analog circuit set is arranged to receive an output signal of the transmitter and generate a transmission signal according to the output signal; and

a calibration path, external to the radio chipset and coupled to the analog circuit set, wherein the calibration path is arranged to guide an input signal to the receiver, and the input signal is derived from the transmission signal;

wherein a first delay is calculated after the input signal is received by the receiver.

2. The wireless communication calibration system of claim 1, wherein an internal signal is transmitted inside the radio chipset from the transmitter to the receiver, and a second delay is calculated after the internal signal is received by the receiver.

3. The wireless communication calibration system of claim 2, wherein an outside chipset delay is obtained according to the first delay and the second delay.

4. The wireless communication calibration system of claim 1, further comprising:

a switch set, external to the radio chipset, wherein the switch set is coupled to the analog circuit set and arranged to selectively bypass at least one analog circuit of the analog circuit set;

wherein the output signal of the transmitter is transmitted via the switch set and the analog circuit set.

5. The wireless communication calibration system of claim 4, wherein the switch set bypasses the analog circuit of the analog circuit set to generate a bypassed path, and the output signal is transmitted through the bypassed path.

6. The wireless communication calibration system of claim 1, wherein the calibration path comprises a coupler or an antenna.

7. A wireless communication calibration system, comprising:

a radio chipset, comprising a transmitter and a receiver;

an analog circuit set, external to the radio chipset and comprising a plurality of analog circuits; and

a switch set, external to the radio chipset, wherein the switch set is coupled to the analog circuit set and arranged to selectively bypass at least one analog circuit of the plurality of analog circuits;

wherein a transmission signal is generated from an output signal of the transmitter transmitted via the analog circuit set and the switch set, an input signal of the receiver is generated from a reception signal transmitted via the analog circuit set and the switch set, the reception signal is derived from the transmission signal, and a first delay is calculated after the input signal is received by the receiver.

8. The wireless communication calibration system of claim 7, wherein an internal signal is transmitted inside the radio chipset from the transmitter to the receiver, and a second delay is calculated after the internal signal is received by the receiver.

9. The wireless communication calibration system of claim 8, wherein the switch set bypasses the analog circuit of the analog circuit set to generate a bypassed path, and the reception signal and the output signal are transmitted through the bypassed path.

10. The wireless communication calibration system of claim 9, wherein an outside chipset delay is obtained according to the first delay and the second delay.

11. A wireless communication calibration method, comprising:

receiving an output signal of a transmitter in a radio chipset;

generating a transmission signal external to the radio chipset according to the output signal; and

guiding an input signal to a receiver in the radio chipset via a calibration path external to the radio chipset, wherein the input signal is derived from the transmission signal;

wherein a first delay is calculated after the input signal is received by the receiver.

12. The wireless communication calibration method of claim 11, further comprising:

transmitting an internal signal inside the radio chipset from the transmitter to the receiver; and

calculating a second delay after the internal signal is received by the receiver.

13. The wireless communication calibration method of claim 12, further comprising:

obtaining an outside chipset delay according to the first delay and the second delay.

14. The wireless communication calibration method of claim 11, wherein generating the transmission signal comprises utilizing an analog circuit set to generate the transmission signal according to the output signal;

and the calibration method further comprises;

utilizing a switch set, external to the radio chipset, to selectively bypass at least one analog circuit of the analog circuit set;

wherein the output signal of the transmitter is transmitted via the switch set and the analog circuit set.

15. The wireless communication calibration method of claim 14, wherein the switch set bypasses the analog circuit of the analog circuit set to generate a bypassed path, and the output signal is transmitted through the bypassed path.

16. The wireless communication calibration method of claim 11, wherein the calibration path comprises a coupler or an antenna.

17. A wireless communication calibration method, comprising:

generating a transmission signal from an output signal of a transmitter that is transmitted via an analog circuit set and a switch set;

generating an input signal of a receiver from a reception signal transmitted via the analog circuit set and the switch set, wherein the reception signal is derived from the transmission signal, wherein the transmitter and the receiver are in a radio chipset, and the switch set and the analog circuit set are external to the radio chipset; and

utilizing the switch set to selectively bypass at least one analog circuit of the analog circuit set;

wherein a first delay is calculated after the input signal is received by the receiver.

18. The wireless communication calibration method of claim 17, further comprising:

transmitting a second signal inside the radio chipset from the transmitter to the receiver; and

calculating a second delay after the second signal is received by the receiver.

19. The wireless communication calibration method of claim 18, wherein utilizing the switch set to selectively bypass the analog circuit of the analog circuit set comprises:

bypassing the analog circuit of the analog circuit set to generate a bypassed path, and transmitting the reception signal and the output signal through the bypassed path.

20. The wireless communication calibration method of claim 19, further comprising:

obtaining an outside chipset delay according to the first delay and the second delay.