Method and apparatus for reducing GPS receiver jamming during transmission in a wireless receiver
First Claim
1. A wireless mobile terminal system comprising:
- a GPS receiver;
a first antenna, coupled to the GPS receiver, for allowing the GPS receiver to receive GPS signals transmitted from at least one GPS satellite;
a wireless transceiver;
a second antenna, coupled to the transceiver, for allowing the transceiver to transmit signals and further for allowing the transceiver to receive signals;
a first coupling means, coupled to the transceiver, for obtaining a replica signal from the transceiver, the replica signal being a replica of a signal being transmitted by the transceiver;
a phase and gain adjusting means, with an input coupled to the first coupling means, for accepting and selectively conditioning the replica signal; and
a second coupling means, coupled to the output of the phase and gain adjusting means, for providing the selectively phase and gain adjusted replica signal to the GPS receiver, wherein the selectively phase and gain adjusted replica signal reduces interference between a transmitted signal from the transceiver and a signal received by the GPS receiver.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for minimizing the interference between wireless transmissions and a proximately located or co-located GPS receiver is disclosed. By feedforward of a phase and amplitude adjusted version of the transmitted signal and combining said signal with the composite signal at the input of the GPS receiver, the GPS receiver sensitivity degradation is reduced or eliminated in the case of perfect cancellation, and the GPS receiver is not jammed by the wireless transmissions. The invention allows a single antenna to be implemented for GPS reception and wireless transmission and reception without unduly complicating the diplexing/filtering network required to separate the multiple signals being transmitted and/or received by the single antenna.
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20 Claims
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1. A wireless mobile terminal system comprising:
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a GPS receiver;
a first antenna, coupled to the GPS receiver, for allowing the GPS receiver to receive GPS signals transmitted from at least one GPS satellite;
a wireless transceiver;
a second antenna, coupled to the transceiver, for allowing the transceiver to transmit signals and further for allowing the transceiver to receive signals;
a first coupling means, coupled to the transceiver, for obtaining a replica signal from the transceiver, the replica signal being a replica of a signal being transmitted by the transceiver;
a phase and gain adjusting means, with an input coupled to the first coupling means, for accepting and selectively conditioning the replica signal; and
a second coupling means, coupled to the output of the phase and gain adjusting means, for providing the selectively phase and gain adjusted replica signal to the GPS receiver, wherein the selectively phase and gain adjusted replica signal reduces interference between a transmitted signal from the transceiver and a signal received by the GPS receiver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for reducing interference in a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver that shares an antenna with a transceiver, comprising the steps of:
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replicating a first transmission of the transceiver, wherein the first transmission of the transceiver emanates from the shared antenna;
coupling the replicated transmission into a front end of the GPS receiver; and
at least partially canceling a GPS signal received by the GPS receiver using the replicated transmission. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A wireless communication system comprising:
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(a) a wireless transceiver for receiving and transmitting communication signals;
(b) a GPS receiver for receiving GPS signals; and
(c) a feedback circuit for receiving a replica signal from the transceiver, the replica signal being a replica of a signal transmitted by the transceiver, for conditioning the replica signal, and for providing the conditioned replica signal to the GPS receiver as an interference cancellation signal. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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