Method and system for processing signals in a high performance receive chain
First Claim
1. A method for processing communication signals, the method comprising:
- amplifying a plurality of radio frequency signals in one or more respective one or one of a plurality of amplifier chains in a multistandard radio frequency front-end comprising one or more shared processing stages, wherein;
said plurality of radio frequency signals are compliant with a plurality of radio frequency communication standards;
said one or more shared processing stages are shared between two or more of said plurality of amplifier chains;
each of said two or more of said plurality of amplifier chains are operable to amplify signals compliant with different ones of said plurality of radio frequency communication standards; and
combining, with substantially equal gain, a number of phase-shifted radio frequency signals of said amplified plurality of radio frequency signals into a plurality of substantially equal-gain-combined radio frequency signals.
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Abstract
Aspects of a method and system for processing signals in a high performance receive chain may include amplifying radio frequency signals in amplifier chains in a multistandard radio frequency front-end, comprising one or more shared processing stages, and combining, with substantially equal gain, a number of phase-shifted radio frequency signals of the radio frequency signals into substantially equal-gain-combined radio frequency signals. The substantially equal-gain-combined radio frequency signals may be demodulated to obtain inphase channels and quadrature channels. A number of inphase channels and quadrature channels may be processed in I-channel processing blocks and Q-channel processing blocks to generate an output analog baseband signal. The multistandard radio frequency front-end may be capable of processing Bluetooth® signals and Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) signals. The amplifier chains may comprise a first amplifier and a second amplifier, where the first amplifier may be shared between Bluetooth® signal processing paths and WLAN signal processing paths.
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1. A method for processing communication signals, the method comprising:
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amplifying a plurality of radio frequency signals in one or more respective one or one of a plurality of amplifier chains in a multistandard radio frequency front-end comprising one or more shared processing stages, wherein; said plurality of radio frequency signals are compliant with a plurality of radio frequency communication standards; said one or more shared processing stages are shared between two or more of said plurality of amplifier chains; each of said two or more of said plurality of amplifier chains are operable to amplify signals compliant with different ones of said plurality of radio frequency communication standards; and combining, with substantially equal gain, a number of phase-shifted radio frequency signals of said amplified plurality of radio frequency signals into a plurality of substantially equal-gain-combined radio frequency signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 31)
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16. A system for processing communication signals, the system comprising:
one or more circuits comprising a plurality of amplifier chains in a multistandard radio frequency front-end comprising one or more shared processing stages;
said one or more circuits operable to;amplify a plurality of radio frequency signals in one or more respective one or ones of said plurality of amplifier chains in said multistandard radio frequency frontend, wherein said plurality of radio frequency signals are compliant with a plurality of radio communication standards; share said one or more shared processing stages between two or more of said plurality of amplifier chains; amplify signals compliant with different ones of said plurality of radio frequency communication standards in each of said two or more of said plurality of amplifier chains; and combine, with substantially equal gain, a number of phase-shifted radio frequency signals of said plurality of radio frequency signals into a plurality of substantially equal-gain-combined radio frequency signals. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32)
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