Wireless terminal device

• US 6,721,543 B1
• Filed: 10/24/2000
• Issued: 04/13/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Inventors: Itoh, Kenji, Mochizuki, Mitsuru, Matsunami, Yoshinori, Nagano, Hiroaki, Katsura, Takatoshi, Fukuyama, Shinjirou
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Sinh
• Assistant Examiner(s): SMITH, SHEILA B
• Application Number:
  US09/694,671
• Time in Patent Office: 1,267 Days
• Field of Search: 455/101, 455/562, 455/561, 455/103, 455/105, 455/102, 455/78, 455/274, 455/277.1, 455/83, 455/73, 370/334, 375/229, 343/724, 343/852
• US Class Current: 455/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/48 in circuits for connecting transmitter and receiver to a common transmission path, e.g. by energy of transmitter H04B1/46 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/52 Hybrid arrangements, i.e. arrangements for transition from single-path two-direction transmission to single-direction transmission on each of two paths or vice versa

Abstract

A wireless terminal device includes a transmitting circuit, an isolator, a band pass filter, a switch, a transmitting antenna, a receiving circuit, a band pass filter, a switch, a receiving antenna, a high-pass filter, a low-pass filter and an input/output port. A transmission wave of a frequency is conveyed from the transmitting circuit to the input/output port via the isolator, the band pass filter and the low pass filter, and further to a vehicle antenna. Here, the transmission wave in the direction towards the receiving circuit is blocked by the high-pass filter. On the other hand, a reception wave of a frequency is conveyed from the vehicle antenna to the input/output port, and to the receiving circuit via the high-pass filter and the band pass filter. Here, the reception wave in the direction towards the transmitting circuit is blocked by the low-pass filter. Thus, transmission and reception can simultaneously be performed via a single input/output port, so that the wireless terminal device of the invention is compatible with a general wireless terminal device which performs simultaneous transmission/reception by one transmitting/receiving share antenna.

Claims

1. A wireless terminal device simultaneously performing transmission and reception, comprising:

a transmitting circuit generating a transmission wave;

a transmitting antenna emitting said transmission wave outwards;

a receiving antenna separate from said transmitting antenna;

a receiving circuit receiving a reception wave from said receiving antenna;

a single external input/output node; and

a transferring circuit for transferring the transmission wave from said transmitting circuit to said external input/output node while blocking the reception wave from entering said transmitting circuit and transferring the reception wave from said external input/output node to said receiving circuit while blocking the transmission wave from entering said receiving circuit.

2. The wireless terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a first switching circuit provided between said transmitting circuit and said transmitting antenna to selectively connect said transmitting circuit to said transmitting antenna or said transferring circuit; and

a second switching circuit provided between said receiving circuit and said receiving antenna to selectively connect said receiving circuit to said receiving antenna or said transferring circuit.

3. The wireless terminal device according to claim 2, wherein said transferring circuit comprises:

a first band pass filter provided between said external input/output node and said first switching circuit to allow said transmission wave to pass therethrough and block said reception wave; and

a second switching circuit provided between said receiving circuit and said receiving antenna to selectively connect said receiving circuit to said receiving antenna or said transferring circuit.

4. The wireless terminal device of claim 3, wherein said first band pass filter is a low-pass filter;

and

said second band pass filter is a high-pass filter.

5. The wireless terminal device according to claim 2, wherein said transferring circuit includes a circulator having a first terminal connected to said external input/output node, a second terminal connected to said second switching circuit, and a third terminal connected to said first switching circuit.

6. The wireless terminal device according to claim 2, further comprising:

a band pass filter provided between said second switching circuit and said receiving circuit to allow said reception wave to pass therethrough and block said transmission device.

7. The wireless terminal device according to claim 2, further comprising:

a band pass filter provided between said first switching circuit and said transmitting circuit to allow said transmission wave to pass therethrough and block said reception wave.

8. The wireless terminal device according to claim 1, wherein said transferring circuit includes a transmission/reception branching filter connected to said external input/output node, said transmitting circuit and said receiving circuit.