System and method for transmission interference cancellation in full duplex transceiver

• US 8,306,480 B2
• Filed: 01/22/2008
• Issued: 11/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Texas Instruments, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Texas Instruments, Inc.
• Inventors: Muhammad, Khurram, Elahi, Imtinan
• Primary Examiner(s): Ghebretinsae, Temesgh
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chan, Richard
• Application Number:
  US12/017,372
• Publication Number:
  US 20090186582A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,750 Days
• Field of Search: 455/114.2, 455/76, 455/106, 455/109, 455/78
• US Class Current: 455/67.13
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/525 with means for reducing leakage of transmitter signal into the receiver

Abstract

A full duplex transceiver has cancellation circuitry that includes an auxiliary receiver and an auxiliary transmitter. More specifically, an analog received signal that includes transmission signal leakage is provided to a low noise amplifier (LNA), which then provides its output to a main receiver and the auxiliary receiver. The auxiliary receiver includes a portion operable to convert the received signal from the analog domain to the digital domain. The auxiliary receiver additionally includes a cancellation processor that determines the transmission signal leakage and generates a signal based on the determined leakage. This signal generated by the auxiliary receiver is provided to the auxiliary transmitter, which converts the digital signal back to the analog domain and generates a cancellation signal. The analog cancellation signal is fed back and added to the received signal at the input of the LNA. As a result of the feedback system including an auxiliary receiver and an auxiliary transmitter, transmission signal leakage of many types may be canceled from a received signal.

Claims

1. A device for use with a transmission signal generator operable to generate a transmission signal and an antenna operable to transmit a transmit signal and to receive a reception signal, said device comprising:

a first transmitter operable to generate an output signal based on the transmission signal;

a second transmitter operable to generate a cancellation signal;

a duplexer operable to receive a first signal, to receive a second signal, to separate the second signal from the first signal and to generate a duplexed signal, the first signal being based on the output signal and the second signal being based on the reception signal;

a combiner operable to combine a third signal and a fourth signal and to generate a received signal, the third signal being based on the cancellation signal and the fourth signal being based on the duplexed signal;

a first receiver operable to receive a fifth signal based on the received signal; and

a second receiver in communication with said second transmitter and operable to receive a sixth signal and to generate a control signal, the sixth signal being based on the received signal,

wherein the cancellation signal is based on the control signal, and

wherein a portion of the received signal includes interference based on the first signal.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein said second receiver comprises:

a preprocessor portion operable to receive the sixth signal and to generate a seventh signal, and

a cancellation processor operable to generate the control signal based on the seventh signal.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein said cancellation processor comprises an adaptive least mean square filter.

4. The device of claim 1,

wherein said first transmitter comprises a coordinate rotation digital computer operable to provide an amplitude signal and a phase signal,

wherein said second transmitter comprises an an in-phase signal path and a quadrature signal path,

wherein said in-phase signal path is operable to generate an in-phase modulated signal, and

wherein said quadrature signal path is operable to generate a quadrature modulated signal.

5. The device of claim 4,

wherein said second transmitter further comprises an adder operable to add the in-phase modulated signal and the quadrature modulated signal and to generate an added signal, and

wherein the cancellation signal is based on the added signal.

6. The device of claim 1, further comprising a delay unit operable to receive the transmission signal and to generate a delayed transmission signal,

wherein said first transmitter comprises an in-phase signal path and a quadrature signal path,

wherein said in-phase signal path is operable to generate an in-phase modulated signal, and wherein said quadrature signal path is operable to generate a quadrature modulated signal.

21. The device of claim 1, wherein the duplexor is a full duplexor.

7. A system comprising:

a transmission signal generator operable to generate a transmission signal;

an antenna operable to transmit a transmit signal and to receive a reception signal;

a first transmitter operable to generate an output signal based on the transmission signal;

a second transmitter operable to generate a cancellation signal;

a duplexer operable to receive a first signal, to receive a second signal, to separate the second signal from the first signal and to generate a duplexed signal, the first signal being based on the output signal and the second signal being based on the reception signal;

a combiner operable to combine a third signal and a fourth signal and to generate a received signal, the third signal being based on the cancellation signal and the fourth signal being based on the duplexed signal;

a first receiver operable to receive a fifth signal based on the received signal; and

a second receiver in communication with said second transmitter and operable to receive a sixth signal and to generate a control signal, the sixth signal being based on the received signal,

wherein the cancellation signal is based on the control signal, and

wherein a portion of the received signal includes interference based on the first signal.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein said second receiver comprises:

a preprocessor portion operable to receive the sixth signal and to generate a seventh signal, and

a cancellation processor operable to generate the control signal based on the seventh signal.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein said cancellation processor comprises an adaptive least mean square filter.

10. The system of claim 7,

wherein said first transmitter comprises a coordinate rotation digital computer operable to provide an amplitude signal and a phase signal,

wherein said second transmitter comprises an an in-phase signal path and a quadrature signal path,

wherein said in-phase signal path is operable to generate an in-phase modulated signal, and

wherein said quadrature signal path is operable to generate a quadrature modulated signal.

11. The system of claim 10,

wherein said second transmitter further comprises an adder operable to add the in-phase modulated signal and the quadrature modulated signal and to generate an added signal, and

wherein the cancellation signal is based on the added signal.

12. The system of claim 7, further comprising further comprising a delay unit operable to receive the transmission signal and to generate a delayed transmission signal,

wherein said first transmitter comprises an in-phase signal path and a quadrature signal path,

wherein said in-phase signal path is operable to generate an in-phase modulated signal, and wherein said quadrature signal path is operable to generate a quadrature modulated signal.

22. The system of claim 7, wherein the duplexor is a full duplexor.

13. A method of reducing transmit signal interference in a reception signal in a system having a transmission signal generator operable to generate a transmission signal and an antenna operable to transmit the transmit signal and to receive the reception signal, said method comprising:

generating an output signal based on the transmission signal;

generating a cancellation signal;

receiving a first signal based on the output signal;

receiving a second signal based on the reception signal;

separating the second signal from the first signal;

generating a duplexed signal;

combining a third signal and a fourth signal, the third signal being based on the cancellation signal and the fourth signal being based on the duplexed signal;

generating a received signal;

receiving a fifth signal based on the received signal; and

generating a control signal,

wherein the cancellation signal is based on the control signal, and

wherein a portion of the received signal includes interference based on the first signal.

14. The method of claim 13,

wherein said generating an output signal comprises generating an amplitude signal and generating a phase signal, and

wherein said generating a cancellation signal comprises generating an in-phase signal and generating a quadrature signal,

wherein said generating a cancellation signal further comprises adding the in-phase signal and the quadrature signal and generating an added signal, and

wherein the cancellation signal is based on the added signal.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein said generating an output signal comprises generating an in-phase signal and generating a quadrature signal.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein said generating a delayed transmission signal comprises receiving the delayed transmission signal and further delaying the delayed transmission signal.

23. The method of claim 13, wherein the duplexed signal is generated by a full duplexor.

17. A device for use with a transmission signal generator operable to generate a transmission signal and an antenna operable to transmit a transmit signal and to receive a reception signal, said device comprising:

a first transmitter operable to generate an output signal based on the transmission signal;

a duplexer operable to receive a first signal, to receive a second signal, to separate the second signal from the first signal and to generate an analog duplexed signal, the first signal being based on the output signal and the second signal being based on the reception signal;

a first receiver operable to receive an analog third signal based on the analog duplexed signal; and

circuitry operable to receive the analog third signal, to generate a digital control signal based on the analog third signal, to generate an analog cancellation signal based on the digital control signal, and to add the analog cancellation signal to the analog duplexed signal,

wherein in a portion of the analog duplexed signal includes interference based on the first signal.

18. The device of claim 17,

wherein said circuitry comprises a second receiver, a second transmitter and a combiner,

wherein said second receiver is operable to receive the analog third signal and to generate the digital control signal,

wherein said second transmitter is operable to receive the digital control signal and to generate the analog cancellation signal,

wherein said combiner operable to combine the analog cancellation signal and the analog duplexed signal.

19. The device of claim 18, wherein said second receiver comprises an adaptive least mean square filter;

and

wherein the duplexor is a full duplexor.

20. The device of claim 17, wherein said first transmitter comprises a phase modulation path operable to generate a first modulating signal having a first phase and a second modulating signal having a second phase,

wherein said second transmitter comprises an amplifier having an in-phase signal path and a quadrature signal path,

wherein said in-phase signal path is operable to receive the first modulating signal and to generate an in-phase modulated signal, and

wherein said quadrature signal path is operable to receive the second modulating signal and to generate a quadrature modulated signal.