Interoperability improvement between receivers and transmitters in a mobile station

• US 7,477,915 B2
• Filed: 05/31/2005
• Issued: 01/13/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Mykkanen, Jarkko, Leinonen, Marko, Valtanen, Juha
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham; Tuan A
• Application Number:
  US11/141,838
• Publication Number:
  US 20060135195A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,323 Days
• Field of Search: 455/78, 455/82, 455/83, 455/550.1, 455/575.7, 455/553.1, 455/132, 455/303, 455/306, 455/307
• US Class Current: 455/550.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/0057 using diplexing or multiplexing filters for selecting the desired band
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/006 using switches for selecting the desired band H04B1/0057 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/0064 with separate antennas for the more than one band H04B1/0053 takes precedence

Abstract

Techniques are disclosed for improving the interoperability of transmitters and receivers in a mobile station. Certain exemplary techniques involve performing filtering in a transmitter in response to a notification that a receiver is able to receive a reception frequency band. Other exemplary techniques involve changing one or more inputs of one or more devices in a receiver in response to a transmission by a transmitter. Still other exemplary techniques are disclosed.

Claims

1. A device comprising:

a receiver configured to connect to a first antenna, the receiver comprising first control logic configured to generate a notification of the receiver being able to receive a reception frequency band,

a transmitter configured to connect to at least one second antenna and to the receiver, the transmitter communicating radio frequency signals in a selected one of at least one transmission frequency bands over a radio frequency transmit path to the at least one second antenna, the transmitter comprising;

second control logic;

at least one filter; and

at least one switch coupled to the radio frequency transmit path, the at least one filter, and the second control logic, the at least one switch configured to modify the radio frequency transmit path to couple a given one of the at least one filters or to decouple the given filter from the radio frequency transmit path,

wherein the second control logic is responsive to the notification to cause the at least one switch to modify the radio frequency transmit path to couple the given filter to the radio frequency transmit path,

where the modified radio frequency transmit path is selected to reduce interference between the transmission frequency band using the modified radio frequency transmit path and the reception frequency band.

2. The device of claim 1, further comprising a display device coupled to the receiver and configured to display at least information received from the receiver.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein:

the second control logic is responsive to the notification to generate at least one control signal; and

the at least one switch is coupled to the at least one control signal and is responsive to the at least one control signal to modify the radio frequency transmit path to couple the given filter or to decouple the given filter from the radio frequency transmit path.

4. The device of claim 3, wherein:

the at least one switch comprises a first switch, the first switch coupled to an antenna coupling in the radio frequency transmit path and intermediate the antenna coupling and the at least one filter, the first switch responsive to one of the at least one control signals to couple the at least one filter or to decouple the at least one filter from the antenna coupling.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein:

the at least one control signal comprises first and second control signals;

the at least one filter comprises two filters;

the at least one switch comprises a second switch coupled to and intermediate the first switch and the two filters, the second switch responsive to the second control signal to couple one of the two filters to an output of the second switch; and

the first switch is responsive to the first control signal to couple the output of the second switch or to decouple the output of the second switch from the antenna coupling.

6. The device of claim 5, wherein:

the at least one transmission frequency band comprises first and second transmission frequency bands;

the two filters comprise first and second filters, the first filter corresponding to the first transmission frequency band and the second filter corresponding to the second transmission frequency band;

the second control logic is responsive to the transmitter being in a transmission mode to cause, by using the first control signal, the first switch to couple the output of the second switch to the antenna coupling; and

the control logic is responsive to which of the first and second transmission frequency bands is to be used for transmission to cause, by using the second control signal, the second switch to couple the first filter to the output of the second switch when the first transmission frequency band is to be used for transmission and to couple the second filter to the output of the second switch when the second transmission frequency band is to be used for transmission.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein:

the at least one transmission frequency band comprises first and second transmission frequency bands;

the at least one filter comprises first and second filters, the first filter corresponding to the first transmission frequency band and the second filter corresponding to the second transmission frequency band; and

the second control logic is responsive to which of the first and second transmission frequency bands is to be used for transmission to cause the at least one switch to couple the first filter to the radio frequency transmit path when the first transmission frequency band is to be used for transmission and to couple the second filter to the radio frequency transmit path when the second transmission frequency band is to be used for transmission.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein the at least one switch comprises a single switch, the single switch comprising three positions and an output, a first position coupling the first filter to the output, a second position coupling the second filter to the output, and a third position coupling a not connected terminal to the output.

9. The device of claim 7, wherein:

the second control logic is configured to generate first and second control signals;

the at least one switch comprises first and second switches;

the first switch is coupled to the first filter and is responsive to the first control signal to couple the first filter to the radio frequency transmit path; and

the second switch is coupled to the second filter and is responsive to the second control signal to couple the second filter to the radio frequency transmit path.

10. The device of claim 7, wherein:

the transmitter comprises a power amplifier;

the at least one switch comprises first and second switches, each of the first and second switches having a single terminal and first, second, and third terminals;

the single terminal of the first switch is coupled to the power amplifier;

the first terminal of the first switch is coupled to an input of the first filter, and the output of the first filter is coupled to the first terminal of the second switch;

the second terminal of the first switch is coupled to the second terminal of the second switch;

the third terminal of the first switch is coupled to an input of the second filter, and an output of the second filter is coupled to the third terminal of the second switch; and

the single terminal of the second switch is coupled to the at least one second antenna.

11. The device of claim 7, wherein:

the at least one second antenna comprises two given antennas;

the transmitter comprises a power amplifier;

the at least one switch comprises first and second switches, the first switch having a single terminal and first, second, and third terminals, the second switch having a single terminal and first and second terminals;

the single terminal of the first switch is coupled to the power amplifier;

the first terminal of the first switch is coupled to an input of the first filter, and the output of the first filter is coupled to the first terminal of the second switch;

the second terminal of the first switch is coupled to the second terminal of the second switch;

the third terminal of the first switch is coupled to an input of the second filter, and an output of the second filter is coupled to one of the given antennas; and

the single terminal of the second switch is coupled to the other of the given antennas.

12. The device of claim 7, wherein:

the at least one second antenna comprises three given antennas;

the transmitter comprises a power amplifier;

the at least one switch comprises a given switch having a single terminal and first, second, and third terminals;

the single terminal of the given switch is coupled to the power amplifier;

the first terminal of the given switch is coupled to an input of the first filter, and the output of the first filter is coupled to a first of the given antennas;

the second terminal of the given switch is coupled to a second of the given antennas; and

the third terminal of the first switch is coupled to an input of the second filter, and an output of the second filter is coupled to a third of the given antennas.

13. The device of claim 1, wherein:

the transmitter further comprises at least one radio frequency device configured to create the radio frequency signals in the selected one of the at least one transmission frequency bands; and

the radio frequency transmit path comprises a path from the at least one radio frequency device to the at least one second antenna.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein the second control logic is part of the at least one switch.

15. The device of claim 13, wherein the second control logic is part of the at least one radio frequency device and is configured to cause the at least one radio frequency device to communicate information through the radio frequency transmit path to the at least one second antenna.

16. The device of claim 13, wherein:

the transmitter further comprises first and second buses from the at least one radio frequency device to the at least one switch;

the at least one radio frequency device is further configured to create and communicate first radio frequency signals defined by a first communication protocol over the first bus and second radio frequency signals defined by a second communication protocol over the second bus, the first radio frequency signals defined by the first communication protocol being the radio frequency signals in the selected one of the at least one transmission frequency bands;

the transmitter further comprises first and second power amplifiers and at least one duplex filter, each of the first and second power amplifiers coupled to the at least one second antenna, the second power amplifier coupled to the at least one second antenna through the at least one duplex filter;

the at least one switch is coupled to the first and second buses and is intermediate the at least one radio frequency device and the at least one duplex filter, the at least one switch configured to couple the first bus to the second power amplifier, thereby coupling the at least one duplex filter to the radio frequency transmit path for the first radio frequency signals, and to couple the first bus to the first power amplifier and the second bus to the second power amplifier, thereby decoupling the duplex filter from the radio frequency transmit path for the first radio frequency signals.

17. The device of claim 16, wherein the at least one switch comprises first and second switches, the first switch having inputs coupled to the first and second buses and an output coupled to an input of the second switch, the second switch having a first output coupled to the first power amplifier and a second output coupled to the second power amplifier.

18. The device of claim 16, wherein:

the second control logic is configured to create two control signals; and

the at least one switch is responsive to the two control signals to couple the first bus to the second power amplifier when the two control signals are in a first state, to couple the first bus to the first power amplifier when the two control signals are in a second state, and to couple the second bus to the second power amplifier when the two control signals are in a third state.

19. The device of claim 16, wherein:

the first communication protocol is a global system for mobile communications protocol; and

the second communication protocol is a code division multiple access protocol.

20. The device of claim 16, wherein:

the at least one transmission frequency band is defined by the first protocol to comprise first and second transmission frequency bands;

the second protocol defines radio frequency signals using the first and second transmission frequency bands;

the at least one duplex filter comprises a first duplex filter corresponding to the first transmission frequency band and a second duplex filter corresponding to the second transmission frequency band; and

the second power amplifier is configured to route the first transmission frequency band to the first duplex filter and the second transmission frequency band to the second duplex filter.

21. The device of claim 16, wherein:

the at least one second antenna comprises two given antennas, wherein one given antenna is coupled to the first power amplifier, and the other given antenna is coupled to the at least one duplex filter.

22. The device of claim 16, wherein:

the at least one second antenna comprises a single antenna coupled to both the first and second power amplifiers.

23. The device of claim 1, wherein:

the at least one transmission frequency band comprises one or more of an 824 to 849 megahertz (MHz) frequency band and an 1850 to 1910 MHz frequency band; and

the reception frequency band comprises a 1670 to 1675 MHz frequency band.

24. The device of claim 1, wherein:

the at least one transmission frequency band comprises a 824 to 849 megahertz (MHz) frequency band and a 1850 to 1910 MHz frequency band;

the reception frequency band comprises a 1670 to 1675 MHz frequency band;

the at least one filter comprises a first filter to filter at least one harmonic caused by transmitting the 824 to 849 MHz frequency band and a second filter to filter wideband noise caused by transmitting the 1850 to 1910 MHZ frequency band.

25. The device of claim 1, wherein:

the at least one transmission frequency band comprises one or more of a 880 to 915 megahertz (MHz) frequency band, a 1710 to 1785 MHz frequency band, and a 1920 to 1980 MHz frequency band; and

the reception frequency band comprises a 470 to 702 MHz frequency band.

26. The device of claim 1, wherein:

the at least one transmission frequency band comprises one or more of a 824 to 849 megahertz (MHz) frequency band and a 1850 to 1910 MHz frequency band; and

the reception frequency band comprises a 1670 to 1675 MHz frequency band.

27. The device of claim 1, wherein:

the at least one transmission frequency band comprises at least one transmission frequency band defined by a global system for mobile communications standard; and

the reception frequency band comprises a reception frequency band defined by a digital video broadcasting handheld standard.

28. The device of claim 1, wherein:

the at least one transmission frequency band comprises at least one transmission frequency band defined by a code division multiple access standard; and

the reception frequency band comprises a reception frequency band defined by a digital video broadcasting handheld standard.

29. The device of claim 1, wherein:

the at least one transmission frequency band comprises at least one transmission frequency band defined by a wideband code division multiple access standard; and

the reception frequency band comprises a reception frequency band defined by a digital video broadcasting handheld standard.

30. The device of claim 1, wherein:

the at least one transmission frequency band comprises at least one transmission frequency band defined by a CDMAOne or CDMA2000 standard; and

the reception frequency band comprises a reception frequency band defined by a digital video broadcasting handheld standard.

31. The device of claim 1, wherein the transmitter further comprises a front end module, in the radio frequency transmit path, comprising a power amplifier, and wherein the second control logic is further responsive to the notification to adjust biasing of the power amplifier.

32. The device of claim 1, wherein the first control logic is configured to generate the notification of the receiver being able to receive the reception frequency band when one or more of the following is true:

the receiver is coupled to the transmitter;

the receiver is in a reception mode; and

the receiver is receiving information in the reception frequency band.

33. The device of claim 13, wherein:

the transmitter further comprises first and second power amplifiers, outputs of each of the first and second power amplifiers coupled to selected inputs of the at least one switch;

an output of the at least one filter is coupled to a given one of the at least one second antennas;

the transmitter further comprises a first bus from the at least one radio frequency device to an input of the first power amplifier and a second bus from the at least one radio frequency device to an input of the second power amplifier;

the at least one radio frequency device is further configured to create and communicate first radio frequency signals defined by a first communication protocol over the first bus and second radio frequency signals defined by a second communication protocol over the second bus, the first radio frequency signals defined by the first communication protocol being the radio frequency signals in the selected one of the at least one transmission frequency bands; and

the at least one switch is coupled through the selected inputs to the outputs of the first and second power amplifiers and is intermediate the first and second power amplifiers and the at least one second antenna, the at least one switch configured to couple in a first state the output of the first power amplifier to an input of the at least one filter, to couple in a second state the output of the first power amplifier to a coupling coupled to a selected one of the at least one second antennas but not coupled to the at least one filter, and to couple in a third state the second power amplifier to the input of the at least one filter, whereby in the first state the at least one filter is coupled to the radio frequency transmit path for the first radio frequency signals and in the second and third states the at least one filter is uncoupled from the radio frequency transmit path for the first radio frequency signals.

34. The device of claim 33, wherein:

the first communication protocol is a global system for mobile communications protocol;

the second communication protocol is a wide-band code division multiple access protocol; and

the reception frequency band comprises a reception frequency band defined by a digital video broadcasting standard.

35. The device of claim 33, wherein:

the first control logic generates a second notification of the receiver not being able to receive the reception frequency band;

the second control logic is responsive to the notification and to whether the first radio frequency signals are to be transmitted over the radio frequency transmit path to cause the at least one switch to operate in the first state;

the second control logic is responsive to the second notification and to whether the first radio frequency signals are to be transmitted over the radio frequency transmit path to cause the at least one switch to operate in the second state; and

the second control logic is responsive to whether the second radio frequency signals are to be transmitted over the radio frequency transmit path to cause the at least one switch to operate in the third state.

36. The device of claim 33, wherein:

the at least one second antenna comprises a single antenna; and

each of the given and selected second antennas is the single antenna.

37. The device of claim 33, wherein the given and selected second antennas are separate antennas.

38. The device of claim 13, wherein:

the transmitter further comprises a power amplifier, an output of the power amplifier coupled to a selected input of the at least one switch;

an output of the at least one filter is coupled to a given one of the at least one second antennas;

the transmitter further comprises a bus from the at least one radio frequency device to an input of the power amplifier;

the at least one radio frequency device is further configured to create and communicate first radio frequency signals defined by a first communication protocol over the bus and second radio frequency signals defined by a second communication protocol over the bus, the first radio frequency signals defined by the first communication protocol being the radio frequency signals in the selected one of the at least one transmission frequency bands;

the at least one switch is coupled through the selected input to the output of the power amplifier and is intermediate the power amplifier and the at least one second antenna, the at least one switch configured to couple in a first state the output of the power amplifier to an input of the at least one filter and to couple in a second state the output of the power amplifier to a coupling coupled to a selected one of the at least one second antennas but not coupled to the at least one filter; and

the second control logic is responsive to the notification and to whether the first radio frequency signals are to be transmitted over the radio frequency transmit path to cause the at least one switch to couple the output of the power amplifier to an input of the at least one filter, thereby coupling the at least one filter to the radio frequency transmit path for the first radio frequency signals.

39. The device of claim 38, wherein:

the first communication protocol is a global system for mobile communications protocol;

the second communication protocol is a wide-band code division multiple access protocol; and

the reception frequency band comprises a reception frequency band defined by a digital video broadcasting standard.

40. The device of claim 38, wherein:

the first control logic generates a second notification of the receiver not being able to receive the reception frequency band;

the second control logic is responsive to the second notification and to whether the first radio frequency signals are to be transmitted over the radio frequency transmit path to cause the at least one switch to couple the output of the power amplifier to a coupling coupled to the selected one of the at least one second antennas but not coupled to the at least one filter, thereby decoupling the at least one filter from the radio frequency transmit path for the first radio frequency signals; and

the second control logic is responsive to whether the second radio frequency signals are to be transmitted over the radio frequency transmit path to cause the at least one switch to couple the output of the power amplifier to an input of the at least one filter.

41. The device of claim 38, wherein:

the at least one second antenna comprises a single antenna; and

each of the given and selected antennas is the single antenna.

42. The device of claim 38, wherein the given and selected second antennas are separate antennas.

45. The device of claim 1, where the device is a mobile station.

43. A method comprising:

receiving a notification of a receiver being able to receive a reception frequency band from a first antenna;

modifying, in response to the notification, a radio frequency transmit path to couple a given one of at least one filters or to decouple the given filter from the radio frequency transmit path; and

transmitting information in a selected one of at least one transmission frequency bands and through the modified radio frequency transmit path to at least one second antenna,

where the modified radio frequency transmit path is selected to reduce interference between the transmission frequency band using the modified radio frequency transmit path and the reception frequency band.

44. A signal bearing medium tangibly embodying a program of machine-readable instructions executable by an apparatus to perform operations comprising the steps of:

receiving a notification of a receiver being able to receive a reception frequency band from a first antenna;

modifying, in response to the notification, a radio frequency transmit path to couple a given one of at least one filters or to decouple the given filter from the radio frequency transmit path; and

transmitting information in a selected one of at least one transmission frequency bands and through the modified radio frequency transmit path to at least one second antenna,

where the modified radio frequency transmit path is selected to reduce interference between the transmission frequency band using the modified radio frequency transmit path and the reception frequency band.