Interoperability improvement between receivers and transmitters in a mobile station

• US 7,676,243 B2
• Filed: 06/20/2006
• Issued: 03/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Leinonen, Marko E., Valtanen, Juha
• Primary Examiner(s): Milord; Marceau
• Application Number:
  US11/473,275
• Publication Number:
  US 20070082622A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,358 Days
• Field of Search: 455/550.1, 455/69, 455/78, 455/82, 455/83, 455/575.7, 455/553.1, 455/132, 455/303, 455/306, 455/307
• US Class Current: 455/550.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/005 adapting radio receivers, transmitters andtransceivers for operation on two or more bands, i.e. frequency ranges
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3805 with built-in auxiliary receivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/40 Circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 15/00 Suppression or limitation of noise or interference by means associated with receiver H04B1/10

Abstract

A mobile station is disclosed that includes a first antenna, at least one second antenna, and a receiver coupled to the first antenna. The receiver includes first control logic configured to generate a notification of the receiver being able to receive a reception frequency band and includes a transmitter coupled to the at least one second antenna and the receiver. The transmitter communicates radio frequency (RF) signals in a transmission frequency band over an RF transmit path to the at least one second antenna. The transmitter includes a tunable filter coupleable to the RF transmit path, and second control logic configured to adjust at least one characteristic of the tunable filter based at least in part on the notification. The adjustment is performed to reduce, when the tunable filter is coupled to the RF transmit path, interference caused by transmission in the transmission frequency band with reception in the reception frequency band.

Claims

1. A mobile station comprising:

a first antenna;

at least one second antenna;

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

a transmitter coupled to the at least one second antenna and the receiver, the transmitter communicating radio frequency (RF) signals in a transmission frequency band over an RF transmit path to the at least one second antenna, the transmitter comprising;

a tunable filter coupleable to the RF transmit path; and

second control logic coupled to the tunable filter and configured to adjust at least one characteristic of the tunable filter based at least in part on the notification, the adjustment performed to reduce, when the tunable filter is coupled to the RF transmit path, interference caused by transmission in the transmission frequency band with reception in the reception frequency band.

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

3. The mobile station of claim 1, wherein the at least one characteristic comprises at least one of a resonance frequency, attenuation of the tunable filter at certain frequencies, and phase response of the tunable filter at pass and rejection bands.

4. The mobile station of claim 1, wherein the notification further comprises information corresponding to a channel in the reception frequency band and wherein the second control logic is further configured to adjust the at least one characteristic of the tunable filter based at least in part on the information, the adjustment performed to reduce, when the tunable filter is coupled to the RF transmit, path interference caused by transmission in the transmission frequency band with reception in the channel of the reception frequency band.

5. The mobile station of claim 4, wherein the adjustment is performed to reduce, when the tunable filter is coupled to the RF transmit, path interference caused by transmission in the transmission frequency band to be less than a predetermined interoperability requirement in the channel of the reception frequency band.

6. The mobile station of claim 4, wherein the reception frequency band comprises a channel in a 710-746 megahertz (MHz) frequency band, and wherein the transmission frequency band comprises a portion of a 824-849 MHz frequency band.

7. The mobile station of claim 4, wherein the second control logic is further configured to adjust the at least one characteristic of the tunable filter based at least in part on at least one of transmission power level, transmission frequency, or transmission modulation for the transmission frequency band.

8. The mobile station of claim 7, wherein the second control logic further comprises combination logic coupled to a digital-to-analog (D/A) converter, the combination logic configured to determine at least one digital control value and to couple the at least one digital control value to the D/A converter, the D/A converter configured to produce at least one analog control value based at least in part on the at least one digital control value, the at least one analog control value adjusting the at least one characteristic of the tunable filter.

9. The mobile station of claim 1, wherein the notification further comprises information corresponding to a signal level of the reception frequency band and wherein the second control logic is further configured to adjust the at least one characteristic of the tunable filter based at least in part on the information, the adjustment performed to reduce, when the tunable filter is coupled to the RF transmit, path interference caused by transmission in the transmission frequency band with reception at the signal level of the reception frequency band.

10. The mobile station of claim 1, wherein the reception frequency band comprises a portion of a digital video band (DVB), and wherein the transmission frequency band comprises a portion of a cellular frequency band.

11. The mobile station of claim 10, wherein the reception frequency band comprises a portion of a 710-746 megahertz (MHz) frequency band, and wherein the transmission frequency band comprises a portion of a 824-849 MHz frequency band.

12. The mobile station of claim 10, wherein the reception frequency band comprises a portion of a 470-702 megahertz (MHz) frequency band, and wherein the transmission frequency band comprises a portion of a 880-915 MHz frequency band.

13. The mobile station of claim 10, wherein the reception frequency band comprises a portion of a 1670-1675 megahertz (MHz) frequency band, and wherein the transmission frequency band comprises a portion of a 1850-1910 MHz frequency band.

14. The mobile station of claim 1, wherein the tunable filter comprises an input and an output, and wherein each of the input and output is coupleable to the RF transmit path.

15. The mobile station of claim 1, wherein the tunable filter comprises an input and an output, and wherein the input is coupleable to the RF transmit path and the output is coupleable to ground.

16. The mobile station of claim 1, further comprising a fixed value filter coupled to the tunable filter and coupleable to the RF transmit path.

17. The mobile station of claim 16, further comprising at least one switch coupled to the second control logic, the at least one switch configured to couple under direction of the second control logic at least one of the tunable filter or the fixed value filter to the RF transmit path.

18. The mobile station of claim 16, wherein the fixed value filter comprises an inductor in parallel with a first capacitor, and comprises a second capacitor in series with the parallel inductor and first capacitor.

19. The mobile station of claim 1, wherein the tunable filter comprises at least one of a variable capacitance component, a variable inductance component, and a variable resistance component.

20. The mobile station of claim 1, wherein the tunable filter comprises an inductor in parallel with a variable capacitance component, and a capacitance in series with the parallel inductor and variable capacitor component.

21. The mobile station of claim 1, further comprising at least one switch coupled to the second control logic, the at least one switch configured to couple the tunable filter to the RF transmit path under direction of the second control logic.

22. In a mobile station comprising a first antenna and at least one second antenna, a method to operate a transmitter coupled to the at least one second antenna in combination with a receiver coupled to the first antenna, comprising:

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

based at least on the notification, adjusting characteristics of a tunable filter coupleable to a radio frequency (RF) transmit path of the transmitter, the adjustment performed to reduce, when the tunable filter is coupled to the RF transmit path, interference caused by transmission in a transmission frequency band with reception in the reception frequency band; and

transmitting information in the transmission frequency band through the RF transmit path, with the tunable filter coupled thereto, to the at least one second antenna.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the reception frequency band comprises a portion of a digital video band (DVB), and wherein the transmission frequency band comprises a portion of a cellular frequency band.

24. A computer program product comprising a machine-readable medium bearing a program of machine-readable instructions by an apparatus to perform operations for operating a transmitter coupled to at least one second antenna in combination with a receiver coupled to a first antenna, the operations comprising:

generating a notification of the receiver being able to receive a reception frequency band from the first antenna, based at least on the notification, adjusting at least one characteristic of a tunable filter coupleable to a radio frequency (RF) transmit path of the transmitter, the adjustment performed to reduce, when the tunable filter is coupled to the RF transmit path, interference caused by transmission in a transmission frequency band with reception in the reception frequency band; and

causing information to be transmitted in the transmission frequency band through the RF transmit path, with the tunable filter coupled thereto, to the at least one second antenna.

25. The computer program product of claim 24, wherein the reception frequency band comprises a portion of a digital video band (DVB), and wherein the transmission frequency band comprises a portion of a cellular frequency band.

26. An apparatus comprising:

an input for receiving a notification of a receiver being able to receive a reception frequency band;

a tunable filter;

at least one connection for coupling the tunable filter to a radio frequency (RF) transmit path of a transmitter;

control logic coupled to the tunable filter and to the input, the control logic responsive to at least the notification to adjust at least one characteristic of the tunable filter, the adjustment performed to reduce, when the tunable filter is coupled to the RF transmit path, interference caused by transmission by the transmitter in a transmission frequency band with reception in the reception frequency band.

27. The apparatus of claim 26, implemented as part of a mobile station.

28. The apparatus of claim 26, implemented as part of at least one integrated circuit.

29. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the reception frequency band comprises a portion of a digital video band (DVB), and wherein the transmission frequency band comprises a portion of a cellular frequency band.

30. The apparatus of claim 26, further comprising another input for receiving information corresponding to a channel in the reception frequency band, wherein the control logic is further configured to adjust the at least one characteristic of the tunable filter based at least in part on the information, the adjustment performed to reduce, when the tunable filter is coupled to the RF transmit path, interference caused by transmission in the transmission frequency band with reception in the channel of the reception frequency band.

31. The apparatus of claim 26, further comprising another input for receiving information corresponding to a signal level of the reception frequency band and wherein the control logic is further configured to adjust the at least one characteristic of the tunable filter based at least in part on the information, the adjustment performed to reduce, when the tunable filter is coupled to the RF transmit, path interference caused by transmission in the transmission frequency band with reception at the signal level of the reception frequency band.

32. The apparatus of claim 26, further comprising at least one other input for receiving at least one property of a transmission in the transmission frequency band, the at least one property comprising at least one of transmission power level, transmission frequency, or transmission modulation for the transmission frequency band, and wherein the control logic is further configured to adjust the at least one characteristic of the tunable filter based at least in part on the at least one property.

33. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the control logic further comprises combination logic coupled to a digital-to-analog (D/A) converter, the combination logic configured to determine at least one digital control value and to couple the at least one digital control value to the D/A converter, the D/A converter configured to produce at least one analog control value based at least in part on the at least one digital control value, the at least one analog control value suitable for adjusting the at least one characteristic of the tunable filter.

34. The apparatus of claim 26, further comprising a fixed value filter coupled to the tunable filter and coupleable to the at least one connection for coupling to the RF transmit path.

35. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the tunable filter comprises at least one of a variable capacitance component, a variable inductance component, and a variable resistance component.