Triple band receiving apparatus for a mobile communication terminal

• US 7,155,184 B2
• Filed: 06/28/2002
• Issued: 12/26/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Dae-Hyun
• Primary Examiner(s): Kincaid, Lester G.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Casca, Fred A.
• Application Number:
  US10/183,380
• Publication Number:
  US 20030003952A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,642 Days
• Field of Search: 455/552, 455/160.1, 455/179.1, 455/180.1, 455/187.1, 455/189.1, 455/190.1, 455/191.1, 455/193.1, 455/139, 455/339, 455/151.2, 455/151.4, 455/168.1, 455/194.2, 455/205, 455/230, 455/276.1, 455/315, 455/318, 455/334, 455/341
• US Class Current: 455/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/005 adapting radio receivers, transmitters andtransceivers for operation on two or more bands, i.e. frequency ranges
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/18 Input circuits, e.g. for coupling to an antenna or a transmission line coupling networks between antennas or lines and receivers independent of the nature of the receiver H03H
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/406 with more than one transmission mode, e.g. analog and digital modes

Abstract

A triple band receiving terminal of a mobile communication system operates in three bands by installing an impedance matching unit and a band selection switching unit at the exterior of a dual band RF receiver. The triple band receiving terminal includes three filters for passing signals corresponding to three different bands, an impedance matching unit for matching impedance of signals passing the second and the third filters, and a RF (radio frequency) receiver for processing a signal inputted from the first filter and the switching unit as an intermediate frequency. Accordingly, by simplifying and minimizing the size of the construction of an internal circuit, a mobile communication terminal can be efficiently small size and light-weighed

Claims

1. A tri-band receiving terminal of a mobile communications system, comprising:

a filter unit which filters signals in each of three frequency bands;

a dual-band radio frequency (RF) receiver including first and second inputs, which respectively receive first and second signals;

a switching unit disposed on an exterior of the dual-band RF receiver and having an output connected to the second input of the dual-band RF receiver, and having a first input for receiving a first-band signal and a second input for receiving a second-band signal and which switches between selection of the first-band signal and the second-band signal, the second-band signal being of a different frequency than the first-band signal, wherein the switching unit switches between selection of the first-band signal and the second-band signal based on a band select signal; and

an impedance-matching unit including a first matching unit connected to the first input of the switching unit and a second matching unit connected to the second input of the switching unit, and which adjusts an impedance mismatch before the second input of the RF receiver caused by the switching unit, wherein the dual-band RF receiver receives a third-band signal at the first input of the dual-band RF receiver, the third-band signal being of a different frequency than the first-band signal and the second-band signal.

2. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the RF receiver outputs an intermediate frequency.

3. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the RF receiver comprises:

an amplifier which amplifies the signal selected by the switching unit;

an oscillating unit which generates a phase-modulated oscillation signal; and

a mixing unit which mixes the oscillation signal with an output of the amplifier.

4. The terminal of claim 3, wherein the oscillating unit comprises:

a local oscillator which outputs an oscillation frequency; and

a phase shift unit for phase-modulating the oscillation frequency.

5. The terminal of claim 4, wherein the local oscillator outputs a different oscillation frequency based on the frequency band of a received signal.

6. An apparatus for a triple band receiving terminal of a mobile communication system, comprising:

a first filter for passing signals corresponding to a first band;

a second filter for passing signals corresponding to a second band;

a third filter for passing signals corresponding to a third band;

a dual-band radio frequency (RF) receiver including a first input and a second input for respectively receiving first and second signals;

a switching unit having first and second inputs for respectively receiving two of the three band-filtered signals and having an output connected to the second input of the dual-band RF receiver for outputting one of the two band-filtered signals based on a control signal, wherein the switching unit outputs a first-band signal or a second-band signal based on a band select signal; and

an impedance-matching unit including a first matching unit connected to the first input of the switching unit and a second matching unit connected to the second input of the switching unit, and which adjusts an impedance mismatch before the second input of the RF receiver caused by the switching unit, wherein the dual-band RF receiver receives a third-band signal at the first input of the dual-band RF receiver, the third-band signal being of a different frequency than the first-band signal and the second-band signal.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the second band and the third band are frequency bands adjacent each other.

8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the RF receiver comprises:

an amplifier for amplifying a reception signal inputted through the first filter and the switching unit at a predetermined level;

a local oscillator for generating and outputting an oscillation frequency;

a first phase shifter and a second phase shifter for receiving the oscillation frequency from the local oscillator and phase-modulating the oscillation frequency; and

a mixer for outputting an intermediate frequency by mixing the signals outputted from the first and the second phase shifters with the signal outputted from the amplifier.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the amplifier comprises:

a first low noise amplifier for amplifying a signal received through the first filter at a predetermined level; and

a second low noise amplifier for amplifying a signal received through the second or the third filter at a predetermined level.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the local oscillator outputs a different oscillation frequency according to a frequency band of a received signal.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the first and the second phase shifters are respectively connected between the local oscillator and the mixers, and the phase shifters modulate the oscillation frequency in quadrature.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the mixer comprises:

a first mixer and a second mixer connecting the first low noise amplifier with the first phase shifter; and

a third mixer and a fourth mixer for connecting the second low noise amplifier with the second phase shifter.

13. An apparatus for a triple band receiving terminal of a mobile communication system, comprising:

a first, a second, and a third filter for filtering signals in a first, a second and a third band;

a first and a second matching unit for impedance-matching the signals passing through the second and the third filters;

a switching unit for selectively connecting to the first or the second matching unit;

a first and a second low noise amplifier for amplifying signals inputted from the first filter and the switching unit at a predetermined level;

a first and a second phase shifter for phase-modulating an oscillation frequency outputted from a local oscillator;

a first and a second mixer for mixing an output signal of the first low noise amplifier with the oscillation frequency outputted from the first phase shifter; and

a third and a fourth mixer for mixing an output signal of the second low noise amplifier with the oscillation frequency outputted from the second phase shifter,

wherein the first and second matching units are disposed between the second and third filters and the switching unit and adjust an impedance mismatch at the second low noise amplifier caused by the switching unit,

wherein the first and second low noise amplifiers, the first and second phase shifters, the first and second receivers and the third and fourth mixers comprise a dual-band receiver constructed as a single unit, and

wherein the switching unit, the first and second matching units and the first, second and third filters are constructed on an exterior of the dual-band receiver so as to form the triple band receiving terminal.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the second band and the third band are frequency bands adjacent each other.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the switching unit connects the first or the second matching unit with the second low noise amplifier according to a band selection signal.

16. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the local oscillator outputs a different oscillation frequency according to a frequency band of a received signal.

17. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the first and the second phase shifters are connected between the local oscillator and the mixer, and the phase shifters modulate the oscillation frequency in quadrature.

18. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the switching unit selects between an output at the first matching unit and an output of the second matching unit based on a select signal.

19. A signal processor in a mobile communications system, comprising:

a first impedance-matching unit which matches an impedance of a signal received within a first frequency band;

a second impedance-matching unit which matches an impedance of a signal received within a second frequency band, the second frequency band being a different frequency band than the first frequency band;

a switching unit which selects a signal output from one of the first impedance-matching unit and the second impedance-matching unit;

a dual-band radio frequency (RF) receiver including first and second inputs, which respectively receive first and second signals, the dual-band RF receiver receiving the selected signal from the switching unit at the second input and receiving a signal corresponding to a third frequency band at the first input, the third frequency band being a different frequency band than the first frequency band and the second frequency band;

a first filter which filters signals within the first frequency band; and

a second filter which filters signals within the second frequency band, said first filter and said second filter respectively connected to inputs of the first impedance-matching unit and the second impedance-matching unit,

wherein the first and second impedance-matching units are disposed between the first and second filters and the switching unit and the first and second impedance-matching units adjust an impedance mismatch at the second input of the dual-band RF receiver caused by the switching unit.

20. The signal processor of claim 19, wherein the switching unit selects a signal output from one of the first impedance-matching unit and the second impedance-matching unit based on a frequency band corresponding to a received signal.

21. The signal processor of claim 20, wherein the dual-band RF receiver comprises:

an oscillator which outputs an oscillation signal based on the frequency band of the received signal; and

a mixer which mixes the oscillation signal with the output signal selected by the switching unit.

22. The signal processor of claim 21, wherein the oscillation signal output from the oscillator corresponds to an intermediate frequency.

23. The signal processor of claim 19, wherein the first frequency band includes a digital cellular band and the second frequency band includes a PCS band.

24. The signal processor of claim 19, wherein the switching unit selects between an output of the first impedance-matching unit and an output of the second impedance-matching unit based on a band select signal.