Transmitter noise suppression in receiver

• US 8,995,932 B2
• Filed: 01/04/2013
• Issued: 03/31/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/04/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Original Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Inventors: Wyville, Mark
• Primary Examiner(s): Milord, Marceau
• Application Number:
  US13/734,250
• Publication Number:
  US 20140194071A1
• Time in Patent Office: 816 Days
• Field of Search: 455/73, 455/24, 455/304, 455/280, 455/114.2, 455/83, 455/118, 455/126, 455/114.3
• US Class Current: 455/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/123 using adaptive balancing or compensation means adaptive filter circuits and algorithms H03H
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/525 with means for reducing leakage of transmitter signal into the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/62 for providing a predistortion of the signal in the transmitter and corresponding correction in the receiver, e.g. for improving the signal/noise ratio
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 15/00 Suppression or limitation of noise or interference by means associated with receiver H04B1/10

Abstract

Systems and methods for suppressing transmitter noise in a receive band of a co-located receiver that are suitable for wideband applications are disclosed. In one embodiment, an analog radio frequency transmit signal output by a transmitter includes a desired signal in a transmit band of the transmitter and transmitter noise in a receive band of a main receiver. A secondary receiver obtains a secondary receiver input signal that is representative of at least the transmitter noise in the receive band of the main receiver and outputs a digital feedforward signal. A digital feedforward transmit noise cancellation subsystem generates a digital transmitter noise cancellation signal that is representative of the transmitter noise in the receive band based on the digital feedforward signal and subtracts the digital transmitter noise cancellation signal from a digital receive signal output by the main receiver to thereby provide a compensated digital receive signal.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a main receiver configured to amplify and downconvert an analog radio frequency receive signal to provide a digital receive signal;

a transmitter configured to upconvert and amplify a digital transmit signal to provide an analog radio frequency transmit signal at an output of the transmitter, the analog radio frequency transmit signal comprising a desired signal in a transmit band of the transmitter and transmitter noise in a receive band of the main receiver;

a secondary receiver configured to obtain a secondary receiver input signal representative of at least the transmitter noise in the receive band of the main receiver, the secondary receiver being configured to process the secondary receiver input signal to output a digital feedforward signal; and

a digital feedforward transmit noise cancellation subsystem configured to;

generate a digital transmitter noise cancellation signal representative of the transmitter noise in the receive band of the main receiver based on the digital feedforward signal; and

subtract the digital transmitter noise cancellation signal from the digital receive signal output by the main receiver to provide a compensated digital receive signal.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein:

the digital feedforward signal is representative of the analog radio frequency transmit signal including both the desired signal in the transmit band of the transmitter and the transmitter noise in the receive band of the main receiver; and

the digital feedforward transmit noise cancellation subsystem comprises;

a receive band filter configured to digitally filter the digital feedforward signal to provide a filtered digital feedforward signal that is representative of the transmitter noise in the receive band of the main receiver;

an adaptive digital filter configured to generate the digital transmitter noise cancellation signal based on the filtered digital feedforward signal; and

a subtractor configured to subtract the digital transmitter noise cancellation signal from the digital receive signal output by the main receiver to provide the compensated digital receive signal.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein the adaptive digital filter is adaptively configured based on the compensated digital receive signal.

4. The system of claim 2 wherein the adaptive digital filter is a Finite Impulse Response filter.

5. The system of claim 2 wherein an input of the secondary receiver is coupled to the output of the transmitter such that the secondary receiver input signal corresponds to the analog radio frequency transmit signal, and the secondary receiver is configured to downconvert and digitize the secondary receiver input signal to provide the digital feedforward signal.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein the transmitter comprises a digital predistortion subsystem, and the digital feedforward signal is also utilized as a digital feedback signal for the digital predistortion subsystem.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein:

the digital feedforward signal is representative of the transmitter noise in the receive band of the main receiver; and

the digital feedforward transmit noise cancellation subsystem comprises;

an adaptive digital filter configured to generate the digital transmitter noise cancellation signal based on the digital feedforward signal; and

a subtractor configured to subtract the digital transmitter noise cancellation signal from the digital receive signal output by the main receiver to provide the compensated digital receive signal.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein the adaptive digital filter is adaptively configured based on the compensated digital receive signal.

9. The system of claim 7 wherein the adaptive digital filter is a Finite Impulse Response filter.

10. The system of claim 7 wherein:

an input of the secondary receiver is coupled to the output of the transmitter such that the secondary receiver input signal corresponds to the analog radio frequency transmit signal; and

the secondary receiver is configured to;

filter the secondary receiver input signal to provide a filtered secondary receiver input signal that represents distortion in the receive band of the main receiver in the analog radio frequency transmit signal; and

downconvert and digitize the filtered secondary receiver input signal to provide the digital feedforward signal.

11. The system of claim 7 further comprising:

a signal cancellation loop comprising a first input coupled to an input of a power amplifier of the transmitter and a second input coupled to an output of the power amplifier of the transmitter, the signal cancellation loop configured to remove the desired signal from the analog radio frequency transmit signal to provide the secondary receiver input signal at an output of the signal cancellation loop such that the secondary receiver input signal is representative of the transmitter noise in the receive band of the main receiver;

wherein an input of the secondary receiver is coupled to the output of the signal cancellation loop, and the secondary receiver is configured to downconvert and digitize the secondary receiver input signal to provide the digital feedforward signal.

12. The system of claim 7 further comprising:

a signal cancellation loop comprising a first input coupled to an input of the transmitter and a second input coupled to an output of a power amplifier of the transmitter, the signal cancellation loop configured to remove the desired signal from the analog radio frequency transmit signal to provide the secondary receiver input signal at an output of the signal cancellation loop such that the secondary receiver input signal is representative of the transmitter noise in the receive band of the main receiver;

wherein an input of the secondary receiver is coupled to the output of the signal cancellation loop, and the secondary receiver is configured to downconvert and digitize the secondary receiver input signal to provide the digital feedforward signal.

13. The system of claim 7 further comprising a filter having an input coupled to the output of the transmitter and configured to filter the analog radio frequency transmit signal to provide the secondary receiver input signal at an output of the filter such that the secondary receiver input signal is representative of the transmitter noise in the receive band of the main receiver;

wherein an input of the secondary receiver is coupled to the output of the filter, and the secondary receiver is configured to downconvert and digitize the secondary receiver input signal to provide the digital feedforward signal.

14. The system of claim 7 further comprising:

a transmit band filter configured to filter the analog radio frequency transmit signal output by the transmitter to provide a filtered analog radio frequency transmit signal;

wherein;

an input of the secondary receiver is coupled to an output of the transmit band filter such that the secondary receiver input signal corresponds to the filtered analog radio frequency transmit signal; and

the secondary receiver is configured to;

filter the secondary receiver input signal to provide a filtered secondary receiver input signal that represents the transmitter noise in the receive band of the main receiver; and

downconvert and digitize the filtered secondary receiver input signal to provide the digital feedforward signal.

15. The system of claim 7 further comprising:

a duplexer configured to filter the analog radio frequency transmit signal output by the transmitter to provide a filtered analog radio frequency transmit signal;

wherein;

an input of the secondary receiver is coupled to an output of the duplexer such that the secondary receiver input signal corresponds to the filtered analog radio frequency transmit signal; and

the secondary receiver is configured to;

filter the secondary receiver input signal to provide a filtered secondary receiver input signal that represents the transmitter noise in the receive band of the main receiver; and

downconvert and digitize the filtered secondary receiver input signal to provide the digital feedforward signal.

16. A method of compensating for leakage from a transmitter into a receive band of a co-located receiver, comprising:

obtaining a signal representative of an analog radio frequency transmit signal output by the transmitter, the analog radio frequency transmit signal comprising a desired signal in a transmit band of the transmitter and transmitter noise in the receive band of the co-located receiver;

processing the signal representative of the analog radio frequency transmit signal to provide a digital feedforward signal;

generating a digital transmitter noise cancellation signal that corresponds to the transmitter noise in the receive band of the co-located receiver; and

subtracting the digital transmitter noise cancellation signal from a digital receive signal output by the co-located receiver to provide a compensated digital receive signal.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein obtaining the signal representative of the analog radio frequency transmit signal output by the transmitter comprises obtaining the signal representative of the analog radio frequency transmit signal from an output of the transmitter.

18. The method of claim 16 wherein obtaining the signal representative of the analog radio frequency transmit signal output by the transmitter comprises obtaining the signal representative of the analog radio frequency transmit signal from an output of a transmit band filter that filters the analog radio frequency transmit signal output by the transmitter.

19. The method of claim 16 wherein obtaining the signal representative of the analog radio frequency transmit signal output by the transmitter comprises obtaining the signal representative of the analog radio frequency transmit signal from an output of a duplexer that filters the analog radio frequency transmit signal output by the transmitter.

20. The method of claim 16 wherein:

processing the signal representative of the analog radio frequency transmit signal to provide the digital feedforward signal comprises downconverting and digitizing the signal representative of the analog radio frequency transmit signal to provide the digital feedforward signal; and

generating the digital transmitter noise cancellation signal comprises adaptively filtering the digital feedforward signal via an adaptive digital filter to provide the digital transmitter noise cancellation signal.

21. The method of claim 20 further comprising adaptively configuring the adaptive digital filter based on the compensated digital receive signal.

22. The method of claim 16 wherein:

processing the signal representative of the analog radio frequency transmit signal to provide the digital feedforward signal comprises;

filtering the signal representative of the analog radio frequency transmit signal to provide a filtered signal that is representative of the transmitter noise in the receive band of the co-located receiver;

downconverting and digitizing the filtered signal to provide the digital feedforward signal; and

generating the digital transmitter noise cancellation signal comprises adaptively filtering the digital feedforward signal via an adaptive digital filter to provide the digital transmitter noise cancellation signal.

23. The method of claim 22 further comprising adaptively configuring the adaptive digital filter based on the compensated digital receive signal.

24. The method of claim 16 wherein:

processing the signal representative of the analog radio frequency transmit signal to provide the digital feedforward signal comprises;

removing the desired signal from the signal representative of the analog radio frequency transmit signal to provide a signal representative of the transmitter noise in the receive band of the co-located receiver; and

downconverting and digitizing the signal representative of the transmitter noise in the receive band of the co-located receiver to provide the digital feedforward signal; and

generating the digital transmitter noise cancellation signal comprises adaptively filtering the digital feedforward signal via an adaptive digital filter to provide the digital transmitter noise cancellation signal.

25. The method of claim 24 further comprising adaptively configuring the adaptive digital filter based on the compensated digital receive signal.

26. The method of claim 16 wherein the steps of obtaining, processing, generating, and subtracting are iteratively performed.