Combined GPS and CDMA in a mobile transceiver

• US 6,351,236 B1
• Filed: 04/25/2000
• Issued: 02/26/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Avago Technologies International Sales Pte Limited (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: Hasler, Raymond Jensen
• Primary Examiner(s): Blum, Theodore M.
• Application Number:
  US09/558,122
• Time in Patent Office: 672 Days
• Field of Search: 342/357.09, 342/357.1
• US Class Current: 342/357.59
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/36 relating to the receiver frond end
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3805 with built-in auxiliary receivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

This novel mobile CDMA station incorporates the global positioning system (GPS). Two modes of operation are possible. One, during GPS operation, there is no transmission or reception of CDMA services. Two, simultaneous CDMA transmissions and reception of GPS are provided. When the mobile receiver is in the CDMA mode, a signal path selector selects the CDMA RF section and the GPS RF section is powered down. During GPS operation, the GPS RF section is selected and the CDMA section is powered down. When CDMA operation is compared with GPS, the average current draw can be less, as the system swaps between the RF sections. The GPS RF section may accept an antenna input from a multi-band antenna network or a separate GPS antenna. The GPS signal is propagated through the existing CDMA channel select filter, having a 1.23 MHz bandwidth and is processed in a base-band signal processor.

Claims

1. A CDMA mobile station comprising:

CDMA antenna;

a GPS antenna;

a duplexer, connected to the CDMA antenna;

a GPS section, connected to the GPS receive antenna, including,

a first and second filter, the first filter connecting to the GPS antenna, and

an amplifier positioned between the first and second filters;

a CDMA section, connected to the duplexer;

a signal path selector, connected to the GPS and CDMA sections;

a down conversion mixer, connected to the signal path selector, for frequency converting the output of the selected one of the GPs and CDMA sections;

a band select filter, connected to the down conversion mixer, having an output; and

a digital signal processor, receiving a signal derived from the output of the band select filter.

2. A CDMA mobile station, as defined claim 1, wherein one of the duplexer, band select filter, and the first and second filters of the GPS section is selected from a group that includes thin film bulk acoustic wave resonator filters, ceramic filters, and surface acoustic wave filters.

3. A CDMA mobile station, as defined in claim 1, wherein the switch is selected from a group that includes a mechanical switch, a semiconductor switch, a duplexer, a diplexer, a coupler, a circulator, and phased line lengths.

4. A CDMA mobile station, as defined in claim 1, wherein the downconversion mixer is a “

single sideband image reject”

device that minimizes the function of the second filter of the GPS section.

5. A CDMA mobile station, as defined in claim 1, wherein the band select filter is a filter having a passband greater than 1.23 MHz.

6. A CDMA mobile station comprising:

CDMA antenna;

a GPS antenna;

a duplexer, connected to the CDMA antenna;

a GPS section, connected to the GPS receive antenna, including,

a first filter connecting to the GPS antenna,

an amplifier connecting to the first filter,

a second filter connecting to the amplifier, and

a GPS down conversion mixer, connected to the second filter;

a CDMA section, connected to the duplexer;

a CDMA down conversion mixer, connected to the CDMA section;

a signal path selector, connected to the down conversion mixer and the GPS section;

a local oscillator signal switch, connecting to the GPS and CDMA down conversion mixers;

a band select filter, connected to the signal path selector, having an output; and

a digital signal processor, receiving a signal derived from the output of the band select filter.

7. A CDMA mobile station, as defined claim 6, wherein one of the duplexer, band select filter, and the first and second filters of the GPS section is selected from a group that includes thin film bulk acoustic wave resonator filters, ceramic filters, and surface acoustic wave filters.

8. A CDMA mobile station, as defined in claim 6, wherein the switch is selected from a group that includes a mechanical switch, a semiconductor switch, a coupler, and phased line lengths.

9. A CDMA mobile station, as defined in claim 6, wherein the band select filter is a filter having a passband greater than 1.23 MHz.

10. A CDMA mobile station, as defined in claim 6, further comprising a fixed frequency source connected to the GPS downconversion mixer.

11. A CDMA mobile station, as defined in claim 6, wherein the downconversion mixer is a “

single sideband image reject”

device that minimizes the function of the second filter of the GPS section.

12. A CDMA mobile station comprising:

CDMA antenna;

a GPS antenna;

a duplexer, connected to the CDMA antenna;

a GPS section, connected to the GPS receive antenna, including,

a first filter connecting to the GPS antenna,

an amplifier connecting to the first filter,

a second filter connecting to the amplifier,

a GPS oscillator, and

a GPS down conversion mixer, connected to the second filter and the GPS oscillator,

a CDMA section having a CDMA oscillator, connected to the duplexer;

a CDMA down conversion mixer, receiving the CDMA oscillator signal;

a signal path selector, connected to the down conversion mixer and the GPS section;

a band select filter, connected to the signal path selector, having an output; and

a digital signal processor, receiving a signal derived from the output of the band select filter.