Transmit (TX) interference canceller and power detector

• US 8,942,314 B2
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Issued: 01/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Aparin, Vladimir
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, LEON VIET Q
• Application Number:
  US13/828,861
• Publication Number:
  US 20140269991A1
• Time in Patent Office: 684 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 375/297
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/0475 with means for limiting noise, interference or distortion H04B1/0483 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/525 with means for reducing leakage of transmitter signal into the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 15/04 the interference being caused by substantially sinusoidal oscillations, e.g. in a receiver or in a tape-recorder
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 15/06 by local oscillators of receivers

Abstract

A method for Tx interference cancellation and power detection in a wireless device is described. A portion of a Tx output signal is down-converted to generate a feedback signal. A reconstructed interference signal and a weight are generated based on the feedback signal. A Tx power level is detected based on the weight. The reconstructed interference signal is subtracted from the Tx output signal.

Claims

1. A method for Tx interference cancellation and power detection in a wireless device, the method comprising:

down-converting a portion of a Tx output signal to generate a feedback signal;

generating a reconstructed interference signal and a weight based on the feedback signal;

phase shifting the reconstructed interference signal based on the weight to produce an aligned reconstructed interference signal;

detecting a Tx power level based on the weight; and

subtracting the aligned reconstructed interference signal from a filtered baseband TX signal,

wherein the feedback signal comprises a first baseband feedback signal and a second baseband feedback signal, and wherein generating the reconstructed interference signal and the weight based on the feedback signal comprises;

receiving the first baseband feedback signal and the second baseband feedback signal in a first portion of a least mean-square cancellers and receiving a filtered baseband Tx Q signal and a filtered baseband Tx I signal in the first portion of the least mean-square cancellers, wherein the first portion of the least mean-square cancellers produces said weight comprising a first weight and a second weight;

receiving the first weight and the second weight in a second portion of the least mean-square cancellers and receiving the filtered baseband Tx Q signal and the filtered baseband Tx I signal in the second portion of the least mean-square cancellers, wherein the second portion of the least mean-square cancellers produces a first desired Tx signal and a second desired Tx signal; and

subtracting the first desired Tx signal from the first baseband feedback signal and subtracting the second desired Tx signal from the second baseband feedback signal to produce said reconstructed interference signal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the reconstructed interference signal and the weight, detecting the Tx power level, and subtracting the aligned reconstructed interface signal are performed in the digital domain.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the portion of the Tx output signal is down-converted using a frequency from a Tx local oscillator.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising amplifying the filtered baseband Tx signal using a driver amplifier coupled to a power amplifier to obtain the Tx output signal.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the weight is based on signal gain between the baseband Tx signal and the Tx output signal.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first weight comprises a real weight component and the second weight comprises an imaginary weight component, and wherein the real weight component is A sin(φ

)/2 and the imaginary weight component is A cos(φ

)/2.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting the Tx power level comprises adding together a squared first weight with a squared second weight to obtain the Tx power level.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the Tx power level is detected using root mean square calculations on the weight.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein subtracting the aligned reconstructed interference signal from the filtered baseband Tx signal is prior to up-converting and amplifying the filtered baseband Tx signal.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising adjusting an output power of the wireless device based on the Tx power level.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein adjusting the output power of the wireless device comprises adjusting amplification of a power amplifier.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein adjusting the output power comprises:

matching the detected Tx power level to a look-up table; and

obtaining the output power from the look-up table.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the aligned reconstructed interference signal and the weight are generated reusing least mean-squared cancellers on the wireless device.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the least mean-squared cancellers isolate a desired Tx signal of the feedback signal.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the least mean-squared cancellers remove the desired Tx signal from the feedback signal, leaving only noise and interference in the reconstructed interference signal.

16. An apparatus for Tx interference cancellation and power detection, the apparatus comprising:

a feedforward path configured to generate a Tx output signal from a filtered baseband Tx signal; and

a feedback loop comprising;

a Tx interference canceller/power detector that generates a reconstructed interference signal and a weight from a feedback signal, that generates an aligned reconstructed interference signal based on the weight, and that detects a Tx power level based on the weight; and

a summer that subtracts the aligned reconstructed interference signal from the filtered baseband Tx signal,

wherein the feedback signal comprises a first baseband feedback signal and a second baseband feedback signal, and wherein Tx interference canceller/power detector;

receives the first baseband feedback signal and the second baseband feedback signal in a first portion of a least mean-square cancellers and receives a filtered baseband Tx Q signal and a filtered baseband Tx I signal in the first portion of the least mean-square cancellers, wherein the first portion of the least mean-square cancellers produces said weight comprising a first weight and a second weight;

receives the first weight and the second weight in a second portion of the least mean-square cancellers and receives the filtered baseband Tx Q signal and the filtered baseband Tx I signal in the second portion of the least mean-square cancellers, wherein the second portion of the least mean-square cancellers produces a first desired Tx signal and a second desired Tx signal; and

subtracts the first desired Tx signal from the first baseband feedback signal and subtracts the second desired Tx signal from the second baseband feedback signal to produce said reconstructed interference signal.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the Tx interference canceller/power detector and the summer operate in the digital domain.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein a portion of the Tx output signal is used as the feedback signal.

19. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the feedback signal is down-converted using a frequency from a Tx local oscillator.

20. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the weight is based on signal gain between the filtered baseband Tx signal and the Tx output signal.

21. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the first weight comprises a real weight component and the second weight comprises an imaginary weight component, and wherein the real weight component is A sin(φ

)/2 and the imaginary weight component is A cos(φ

)/2.

22. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the Tx interference canceller/power detector detects the Tx power level by adding together a squared first weight with a squared second weight.

23. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the Tx interference canceller/power detector detects the Tx power level by using root mean square calculations on the weight.

24. The apparatus of claim 16, further comprising a modem that receives the Tx power level, wherein the modem adjusts an output power of the wireless device based on the Tx power level.

25. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the modem matches the detected Tx power level to a look-up table to determine the output power.

26. A computer-program product for Tx interference cancellation and power detection in a wireless device, the computer-program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions thereon, the instructions comprising:

code for causing the wireless device to down-convert a portion of a Tx output signal to generate a feedback signal;

code for causing the wireless device to generate a reconstructed interference signal and a weight based on the feedback signal;

code for causing the wireless device to phase shift the reconstructed interference signal based on the weight to produce an aligned reconstructed interference signal;

code for causing the wireless device to detect a Tx power level based on the weight; and

code for causing the wireless device to subtract the aligned reconstructed interference signal from a filtered baseband TX signal,

wherein the feedback signal comprises a first baseband feedback signal and a second baseband feedback signal, and further comprising code for causing the wireless device to;

receive the first baseband feedback signal and the second baseband feedback signal in a first portion of a least mean-square cancellers and receive a filtered baseband Tx Q signal and a filtered baseband Tx I signal in the first portion of the least mean-square cancellers, wherein the first portion of the least mean-square cancellers produces said weight comprising a first weight and a second weight;

receive the first weight and the second weight in a second portion of the least mean-square cancellers and receive the filtered baseband Tx Q signal and the filtered baseband Tx I signal in the second portion of the least mean-square cancellers, wherein the second portion of the least mean-square cancellers produces a first desired Tx signal and a second desired Tx signal; and

subtract the first desired Tx signal from the first baseband feedback signal and subtracting the second desired Tx signal from the second baseband feedback signal to produce said reconstructed interference signal.

27. The computer-program product of claim 26, wherein the portion of the Tx output signal is down-converted using a frequency from a Tx local oscillator.

28. The computer-program product of claim 26, further comprising code for causing the wireless device to amplify the filtered baseband Tx signal using a power amplifier to obtain the Tx output signal.

29. The computer-program product of claim 26, wherein the weight is based on signal gain between the filtered baseband Tx signal and the Tx output signal.

30. The computer-program product of claim 26, wherein the first weight comprises a real weight component and the second weight comprises an imaginary weight component, and wherein the real weight component is A sin(φ

)/2 and the imaginary weight component is A cos(φ

)/2.

31. The computer-program product of claim 26, wherein the code for causing the wireless device to detect the Tx power level comprises code for causing the wireless device to add together a squared first weight with a squared second weight to obtain the Tx power level.

32. The computer-program product of claim 26, wherein the Tx power level is detected using root mean square calculations on the weight.

33. The computer-program product of claim 26, further comprising code for causing the wireless device to adjust an output power of the wireless device based on the Tx power level.

34. The computer-program product of claim 33, wherein the code for causing the wireless device to adjust the output power of the wireless device comprises code for causing the wireless device to adjust amplification of a power amplifier.

35. The computer-program product of claim 33, wherein the code for causing the wireless device to adjust the output power comprises:

code for causing the wireless device to match the detected Tx power level to a look-up table; and

code for causing the wireless device to obtain the output power from the look-up table.

36. The computer-program product of claim 26, wherein the reconstructed interference signal and the weight are generated reusing least mean-squared cancellers on the wireless device.

37. The computer-program product of claim 36, wherein the least mean-squared cancellers isolate a desired Tx signal of the feedback signal.

38. The computer-program product of claim 37, wherein the least mean-squared cancellers remove the desired Tx signal from the feedback signal, leaving only noise and interference in the reconstructed interference signal.

39. A wireless device for Tx interference cancellation and power detection, comprising:

means for down-converting a portion of a Tx output signal to generate a feedback signal;

means for generating a reconstructed interference signal and a weight based on the feedback signal;

means for phase shifting the reconstructed interference signal based on the weight to produce an aligned reconstructed interference signal;

means for detecting a Tx power level based on the weight; and

means for subtracting the aligned reconstructed interference signal from a filtered baseband TX signal,

wherein the feedback signal comprises a first baseband feedback signal and a second baseband feedback signal, and further comprising;

means for receiving the first baseband feedback signal and the second baseband feedback signal in a first portion of a least mean-square cancellers and receiving a filtered baseband Tx Q signal and a filtered baseband Tx I signal in the first portion of the least mean-square cancellers, wherein the first portion of the least mean-square cancellers produces said weight comprising a first weight and a second weight;

means for receiving the first weight and the second weight in a second portion of the least mean-square cancellers and receiving the filtered baseband Tx Q signal and the filtered baseband Tx I signal in the second portion of the least mean-square cancellers, wherein the second portion of the least mean-square cancellers produces a first desired Tx signal and a second desired Tx signal; and

means for subtracting the first desired Tx signal from the first baseband feedback signal and subtracting the second desired Tx signal from the second baseband feedback signal to produce said reconstructed interference signal.

40. The wireless device of claim 39, wherein the weight is based on signal gain between the baseband Tx signal and the Tx output signal.

41. The wireless device of claim 39, wherein the means for detecting the Tx power level comprise means for adding together a squared first weight with a squared second weight to obtain the Tx power level.

42. The wireless device of claim 39, wherein the Tx power level is detected using root mean square calculations on the weight.

43. The wireless device of claim 39, wherein the means for subtracting the aligned reconstructed interference signal from the filtered baseband Tx signal is prior to up-converting and amplifying the filtered baseband Tx signal.

44. The wireless device of claim 39, further comprising means for adjusting an output power of the wireless device based on the Tx power level.

45. The wireless device of claim 39, wherein the reconstructed interference signal and the weight are generated reusing least mean-squared cancellers on the wireless device.

46. The wireless device of claim 45, wherein the least mean-squared cancellers isolate a desired Tx signal of the feedback signal.

47. The wireless device of claim 46, wherein the least mean-squared cancellers remove the desired Tx signal from the feedback signal, leaving only noise and interference in the reconstructed interference signal.