Apparatus and method for reducing TDMA noise in terminal

• US 9,374,155 B2
• Filed: 01/17/2013
• Issued: 06/21/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Taegyun, Sim, Jaeyong, Sagong, Jin, Kim, Jisang, Kim, Sangeun, Ahn, Byeongdo
• Primary Examiner(s): Chriss, Andrew
• Assistant Examiner(s): Preval, Voster
• Application Number:
  US13/744,175
• Publication Number:
  US 20130223430A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,251 Days
• Field of Search: 370/347
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 7/2643 using time-division multiple access [TDMA] H04B7/2615, H04B7/2618 take precedence

Abstract

An apparatus for reducing TDMA noise in a terminal transceiving a wireless signal in a TDMA scheme, includes an interface unit in which an output accessory is mounted, an audio processor including a virtual ground and transceiving an audio signal to and from an output accessory through the interface unit, a switch unit provided between the interface unit and the audio processor and switching such that a ground terminal of the interface unit is connected to one of a real ground or a virtual ground of the audio processor, and a controller controlling the switch unit to connect the ground terminal of the interface unit to the virtual ground when a call function using the output accessory is activated, in which the switch unit is configured by two or more switches which are connected to each other in a parallel connection.

Claims

1. An apparatus for reducing Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) noise in a terminal transceiving a wireless signal in a TDMA scheme, the apparatus comprising:

an interface unit adapted to couple to an output accessory;

an audio processor including a virtual ground, the audio processor configured to transceive an audio signal to and from the output accessory through the interface unit;

a switch unit coupled between the interface unit and the audio processor, the switch unit configured to vary the connection of a ground terminal of the interface unit to one of a real ground or the virtual ground of the audio processor, wherein the switch unit comprises a first switch and a second switch that are connected to each other in parallel; and

a controller configured to;

determine whether the output accessory is mounted in the interface unit,

transmit a first switch control signal to the first switch and the second switch when the call function using the output accessory is activated,

when the output accessory is mounted in the interface unit, control the first switch and second switch to connect the ground terminal of the interface unit to the virtual ground when a call function is activated, and control the first switch and second switch to connect the ground terminal of the interface unit to the real ground when the call function is inactivated,

wherein, upon receiving first swatch control signal, the first switch is configured to connect one terminal of the first switch, the one terminal being connected to the ground terminal of the interface unit, to another terminal of the first switch, the another terminal being connected to the virtual ground of the audio processor when the call function using accessory is activated,

when the output accessory is not mounted in the interface unit, control the first switch and second switch to connect the ground terminal of the interface unit to the real ground.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein one terminal of the first switch is connected to the ground terminal of the interface unit and another terminal of the first switch is connected to the virtual ground of the audio processor, and the controller is configured to control the first switch to connect the one terminal to the another terminal.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein one terminal of the second switch is connected to the ground terminal of the interface unit and another terminal of the second switch is connected to the virtual ground of the audio processor, and the controller is configured to control the second switch to connect the one terminal to the another terminal.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein

upon receiving the first switch control signal, the second switch is configured to connect one terminal of the second switch, the one terminal being connected to the ground terminal of the interface unit, to another terminal of the second switch, the another terminal being connected to the virtual ground of the audio processor, when the call function using the output accessory is activated.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a radio receiver receiving a radio signal,

wherein the ground terminal of the interface unit is further connected to an antenna terminal of the radio receiver.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein when a radio function is activated using the radio receiver, the controller is configured to control the switch unit to connected the ground terminal of the interface unit to the real ground.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, further comprising a matching unit coupled between the interface unit and the radio receiver, the matching unit configured to perform impedance matching of the radio signal.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the interface unit includes a 3.5 π

connector.

9. A method of reducing Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) noise in a terminal including a radio frequency communication unit transceiving a wireless signal in a TDMA scheme, an interface unit adapted to couple to an output accessory, an audio processor including a virtual ground, and a switch unit coupled between the interface unit and the audio processor and configured to vary the connection of a ground terminal of the interface unit to one of a real ground or the virtual ground of the audio processor, wherein the switch unit comprises a first switch and a second switch that are connected to each other in parallel, the method comprising:

determining whether the output accessory is mounted in the interface unit;

transmit a first switch control signal to the first switch and the second switch when the call function using the output accessory is activated;

when the output accessory is mounted in the interface unit, controlling the first switch and second switch to connect the ground terminal of the interface unit to the virtual ground of the audio processor when a call function is activated, and to connect the ground terminal of the interface unit to the real ground when the call function is inactivated,

wherein, upon receiving the first switch control signal, the first switch is configured to connect one terminal of the first switch, the one terminal being connected to the ground terminal of the interface unit, to another terminal of the first switch, the another terminal being connected to the virtual ground of the audio processor, when the call function using the output accessory is activated

wherein the audio processor is configured to transceive an audio signal to and from the output accessory through the interface unit.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein one terminal of the first switch is connected to the ground terminal of the interface unit and another terminal of the first switch is connected to the virtual ground of the audio processor, and wherein the controller is configured to control the first switch to connect the one terminal to the another terminal.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein one terminal of the second switch is connected to the ground terminal of the interface unit and another terminal of the second switch is connected to the virtual ground of the audio processor, and wherein the controller is configured to control the second switch to connect the one terminal to the another terminal.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the second switch is configured to connect one terminal of the second switch, the one terminal being connected to the ground terminal of the interface unit, to another terminal of the second switch, the another terminal being connected to the virtual ground of the audio processor, when the call function using the output accessory is activated.

13. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

a radio receiver receiving a radio signal, wherein the ground terminal of the interface unit is further connected to an antenna terminal of the radio receiver.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

controlling the switch unit to connect the ground terminal of the interface unit to the real ground when a radio function is activated using the radio receiver.