System for the coexistence between a plurality of wireless communications modules sharing single antenna

• US 9,504,092 B2
• Filed: 03/25/2015
• Issued: 11/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: MediaTek, Inc.
• Original Assignee: MediaTek, Inc.
• Inventors: Shiu, Shu-Ping, Liang, Ren-yuh, Chiou, Hsien-Chyi, Hsu, Hong-Kai, Chung, Yuan-Hung, Wang, Wei
• Primary Examiner(s): TOWFIGHI, AFSHAWN M
• Application Number:
  US14/668,891
• Publication Number:
  US 20150200692A1
• Time in Patent Office: 608 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/406 with more than one transmission mode, e.g. analog and digital modes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/1469 using time-sharing
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/06 including a wireless LAN interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

A system for the coexistence between a plurality of wireless communication modules sharing a single antenna includes an antenna, first and second transceiving paths, and first and second wireless communications modules. The first wireless communications module is coupled to a first transceiving path and transmits or receives first wireless signals via the first transceiving path. The second wireless communications module is coupled to the second transceiving path and transmits and receives second wireless signals via the first and the second transceiving paths, wherein signal strengths of the second wireless signals passing through the second transceiving path are attenuated by a certain level, and the attenuated second wireless signals are added to the first wireless signals when passing through the first transceiving path, wherein one of the first and the second communications module is a LTE module and the other one is a WLAN module.

Claims

1. A system for the coexistence between a plurality of wireless communication modules sharing a single antenna, comprising:

a first transceiving path coupled to an antenna;

a second transceiving path coupled to the first transceiving path;

a first wireless communications module coupled to the first transceiving path and transmitting or receiving a plurality of first wireless signals via the first transceiving path;

a second wireless communications module coupled to the second transceiving path and capable of transmitting and receiving a plurality of second wireless signals via the first and the second transceiving paths; and

a directional coupler that attenuates signal strengths of the second wireless signals passing through the second transceiving path, and adds the attenuated second wireless signals to the first wireless signals passing through the first transceiving path,

wherein one of the first wireless communications module and the second communications module is a LTE module and the other one of the first wireless communications module and the second communications module is a WLAN module.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the WLAN module is based on IEEE 802.11ah or IEEE 802.11af.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the directional coupler comprises:

a first port coupled to the single antenna;

a second port coupled to the first wireless communications module; and

a third port coupled to the second wireless communications module.

4. A system for the coexistence between a plurality of wireless communication modules sharing a single antenna, comprising:

a first transceiving path coupled to an antenna;

a second transceiving path coupled to the first transceiving path;

a first wireless communications module coupled to the first transceiving path and transmitting or receiving a plurality of first wireless signals via the first transceiving path;

a second wireless communications module coupled to the second transceiving path and capable of transmitting and receiving a plurality of second wireless signals via the first and the second transceiving paths; and

a directional coupler that attenuates signal strengths of the second wireless signals passing through the second transceiving path, and adds the attenuated second wireless signals to the first wireless signals passing through the first transceiving path.

5. The system as claimed in claim 4, wherein the directional coupler comprises:

a first port coupled to the single antenna;

a second port coupled to the first wireless communications module; and

a third port coupled to the second wireless communications module.