Receiver capable of concurrently collecting dual band signals, and method thereof

• US 8,693,967 B2
• Filed: 03/28/2011
• Issued: 04/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: National Taiwan University (Government of The Republic of China), MediaTek, Inc.
• Original Assignee: National Taiwan University (Government of The Republic of China), MediaTek, Inc.
• Inventors: Chen, Yi-Jan, Cheng, Chi-Wei, Yu, Yueh-Hua
• Primary Examiner(s): TRAN, PABLO N
• Application Number:
  US13/073,996
• Publication Number:
  US 20120252395A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,107 Days
• Field of Search: 455/176.1, 455/182.1, 455/183.1, 455/183.2, 455/130, 455/150.1, 455/151.1, 455/168.1, 455/179.1, 455/180.1, 455/184.1, 455/189.1, 455/190.1, 455/192.1, 342/357.76
• US Class Current: 455/176.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/0007 wherein the AD/DA conversion occurs at radiofrequency or intermediate frequency stage
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/0053 with common antenna for more than one band

Abstract

A receiver of a GNSS system is provided. The receiver comprises two mixers and a processing circuit. The first mixer down-converts an input radio-frequency signal comprising a first GNSS signal and a second GNSS signal into a first low-frequency signal. The second mixer down-converts the input radio-frequency signal into a second low-frequency signal. The processing circuit generates at least one phase-shifted low-frequency signal according to at least the first low-frequency signal, extract signal components of the first GNSS signal by rejecting signal components of the second GNSS signal according to the second low-frequency signal and the at least one phase-shifted low-frequency signal, and extract signal components of the second GNSS signal by rejecting signal components of the first GNSS signal according to the second low-frequency signal and the at least one phase-shifted low-frequency signal. The first and second GNSS signals are situated in different frequency ranges.

Claims

1. A receiver for receiving a first communication signal and a second communication signal, comprising:

a first mixer, for down-converting an input radio-frequency signal comprising the first communication signal and the second communication signal into a first low-frequency signal according to a first local oscillating signal;

a second mixer, for down-converting the input radio-frequency signal into a second low-frequency signal according to a second local oscillating signal; and

a processing circuit, coupled to the first mixer and the second mixer, for generating at least one phase-shifted low-frequency signal according to at least the first low-frequency signal, for extracting signal components of the first communication signal by rejecting signal components of the second communication signal according to the second low-frequency signal and the at least one phase-shifted low-frequency signal, and for extracting signal components of the second communication signal by rejecting signal components of the first communication signal according to the second low-frequency signal and the at least one phase-shifted low-frequency signal;

wherein the first communication signal is situated in a first frequency range different from a second frequency range in which the second communication signal is situated, and the processing circuit comprises;

a first polyphase filter, coupled to the first and second mixer, for receiving the first and second low-frequency signals, and for rejecting the second communication signal and extracting the first communication signal according to the first and second low-frequency signals; and

a second polyphase filter, coupled to the first and second mixer, for receiving the first and second low-frequency signals, and for rejecting the first communication signal and extracting the second communication signal according to the first and second low-frequency signals.

2. The receiver of claim 1, further comprising:

a synthesizer, coupled to the first mixer and the second mixer, for generating both the first and second oscillating signals, wherein the first and second oscillating signals are orthogonal to each other, and frequency of the first and second oscillating signals is between frequency ranges of the first and second GNSS signals.

3. The receiver of claim 1, wherein the processing circuit further comprises a processing unit, coupled to the first and second polyphase filters, for generating an addition result in accordance with the outputs of the first polyphase filter, and for generating an addition result in accordance with the outputs of the second polyphase filter.

4. A method for receiving a first communication signal and a second communication signal, comprising:

down-converting an input radio-frequency signal comprising the first communication signal and the second communication signal into a first low-frequency signal according to a first local oscillating signal;

down-converting the input radio-frequency signal into a second low-frequency signal according to a second local oscillating signal;

generating at least one phase-shifted low-frequency signal according to at least the first low-frequency signal;

using a first polyphase filter to receive the at least one phase-shifted low-frequency signal and the second low-frequency signal, and to extract signal components of the first communication signal by rejecting signal components of the second communication signal according to the second low-frequency signal and the at least one phase-shifted low-frequency signal; and

using a second polyphase filter to receive the at least one phase-shifted low-frequency signal and the second low-frequency signal, and to extract signal components of the second communication signal by rejecting signal components of the first communication signal according to the second low-frequency signal and the at least one phase-shifted low-frequency signal;

wherein the first communication signal is situated in a first frequency range different from a second frequency range in which the second communication signal is situated.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the first and second oscillating signals are orthogonal to each other, and a frequency of the first and second oscillating signals is between frequency ranges of the first and second GNSS signals.

6. A receiver for receiving a first GNSS signal and a second GNSS signal, comprising:

a first mixer, for down-converting an input radio-frequency signal comprising the first GNSS signal and the second GNSS signal into a first low-frequency signal according to a first local oscillating signal;

a second mixer, for down-converting the input radio-frequency signal into a second low-frequency signal according to a second local oscillating signal; and

a processing circuit, coupled to the first mixer and the second mixer, for generating at least one phase-shifted low-frequency signal according to at least the first low-frequency signal, for extracting signal components of the first GNSS signal by rejecting signal components of the second GNSS signal according to the second low-frequency signal and the at least one phase-shifted low-frequency signal, and for extracting signal components of the second GNSS signal by rejecting signal components of the first GNSS signal according to the second low-frequency signal and the at least one phase-shifted low-frequency signal;

wherein the first GNSS signal is situated in a first frequency range different from a second frequency range in which the second GNSS signal is situated, and the processing circuit comprises;

a first polyphase filter, coupled to the first and second mixer, for receiving the second low-frequency signal and the at least one phase-shifted low-frequency signal, and for rejecting the second GNSS signal and extracting the first GNSS signal according to the second low-frequency signal and the at least one phase-shifted low-frequency signal; and

a second polyphase filter, coupled to the first and second mixer, for receiving the second low-frequency signal and the at least one phase-shifted low-frequency signal, and for rejecting the first GNSS signal and extracting the second GNSS signal according to the second low-frequency signal and the at least one phase-shifted low-frequency signal.