Mode switching available wireless transceiver

• US 9,641,213 B2
• Filed: 02/05/2015
• Issued: 05/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/12/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Oh, Jung Hoon, Kwon, Heon Kook
• Primary Examiner(s): Orgad, Edan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lewis, Christopher
• Application Number:
  US14/614,728
• Publication Number:
  US 20150229463A1
• Time in Patent Office: 817 Days
• Field of Search: 370278, 370294-295, 370277, 370280
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/0057 using diplexing or multiplexing filters for selecting the desired band
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/48 in circuits for connecting transmitter and receiver to a common transmission path, e.g. by energy of transmitter H04B1/46 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/143 for modulated signals H04L5/1469 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/1469 using time-sharing

Abstract

Provided is a transceiver. The transceiver includes: a transmission unit modulating at least one of a plurality of baseband transmit signals to an RF band and amplifying the modulated at least one; a duplexer transmitting transmit signals outputted from the transmission unit to an antenna by selecting a signal in a downlink frequency band or an uplink frequency band or filtering a receive signal received from the antenna by the downlink frequency band or the uplink frequency band; a reception unit demodulating the receive signals in the downlink frequency band or the uplink frequency band from the duplexer into at least one baseband signal; a first switch delivering a transmit signal provided from the transmission unit to a first RF band filter of the duplexer in a first communication mode and a second communication mode; and a second switch delivering a first receive signal delivered from a second RF band filter of the duplexer to the reception unit in the first communication mode and a third communication mode, wherein each of the transmission unit and the reception unit includes one power amplifier and one low noise amplifier.

Claims

1. A transceiver comprising:

a transmission unit configured to modulate and to amplify at least one of a plurality of baseband transmit signals to an RF band;

a duplexer configured to transmit signals outputted from the transmission unit to an antenna by selecting a signal in a downlink frequency band or an uplink frequency band or filtering a receive signal received from the antenna by the downlink frequency band or the uplink frequency band;

a reception unit configured to demodulate the receive signals in the downlink frequency band or the uplink frequency band from the duplexer into at least one baseband signal;

a mixing switch configured to mix a plurality of RF band transmit signals according to a selected communication mode, wherein the selected communication mode comprises at least one of a first communication mode, a second communication mode, or a third communication mode;

a first switch configured to deliver a transmit signal provided from the transmission unit to a first RF band filter of the duplexer in the first communication mode and the second communication mode; and

a second switch configured to deliver a first receive signal delivered from a second RF band filter of the duplexer to the reception unit in the first communication mode and the third communication mode,

wherein each of the transmission unit and the reception unit comprises a power amplifier and a low noise amplifier.

2. The transceiver of claim 1, wherein in the second communication mode, the second switch is configured to deliver a transmit signal from the transmission unit to the second RF band filter of the duplexer.

3. The transceiver of claim 1, wherein in the third communication mode, the first switch is configured to deliver a second receive signal provided from the first RF band filter of the duplexer to the reception unit.

4. The transceiver of claim 1, wherein the transmission unit comprises a transmission switch terminal configured to select at least one of a plurality of RF band transmit signals according to the selected communication mode and to provide the selected at least one of the plurality of RF band transmit signals to the power amplifier.

5. The transceiver of claim 4, wherein the transmission switch terminal comprises:

a selection switch configured to select one of the plurality of RF band transmit signals or the mixed transmit signal according to the selected communication mode.

6. The transceiver of claim 5, wherein each of the plurality of RF band transmit signals comprises signals modulated to the uplink frequency band or the downlink frequency band.

7. The transceiver of claim 1, wherein the reception unit comprises:

the low noise amplifier configured to amplify RF band receive signals provided from the first switch or the second switch;

a reception switch terminal configured to select at least one of the RF band receive signals according to the selected communication mode; and

a plurality of baseband filters configured to demodulate the receive signals into a baseband.

8. The transceiver of claim 7, wherein the reception switch terminal comprises:

a selection switch configured to deliver the RF band receive signals to one of the plurality of baseband filters or to deliver the RF receive signals to the plurality of baseband filters simultaneously, according to the selected communication mode; and

a distribution switch configured to distribute receive signals in an RF band provided from the selection switch into the plurality of baseband filters simultaneously according to the selected communication mode.

9. The transceiver of claim 8, wherein the reception unit further comprises mixers demodulating the RF band receive signals into a baseband.

10. The transceiver of claim 1, wherein:

the first communication mode corresponds to a frequency division duplex (FDD) mode,

the second communication mode corresponds to a time division duplex (TDD) transmission mode, and

the third communication mode corresponds to a TDD reception mode.

11. A transceiver comprising:

a transmission switch terminal configured to select one or all of a first transmit signal of a downlink frequency and a second transmit signal of an uplink frequency;

a power amplifier configured to amplify a transmit signal delivered from the transmission switch terminal;

a duplexer configured to separate the amplified transmit signal into a downlink or uplink frequency band and to transmit the separated signal to an antenna or to filter a receive signal received from the antenna by the downlink or uplink frequency band;

a low noise amplifier configured to amplify receive signals in the downlink or uplink frequency band from the duplexer;

a reception switch terminal configured to distribute a receive signal outputted from the low noise amplifier into first and second demodulation units configured to demodulate signals into the downlink or uplink frequency band;

a mixing switch configured to mix the first transmit signal and the second transmit signal and to deliver the mixed signal to a selection switch in a time division transmission mode;

a first switch configured to deliver a transmit signal of the power amplifier to a first RF band filter of the duplexer in a frequency division mode and the time division transmission mode; and

a second switch configured to deliver a first receive signal delivered from a second RF band filter of the duplexer to the low noise amplifier in the frequency division mode and a time division reception mode.

12. The transceiver of claim 11, wherein the second switch is configured to deliver a transmit signal from the power amplifier to a second RF band filter of the duplexer in the time division transmission mode.

13. The transceiver of claim 11, wherein the first switch is configured to deliver a second receive signal provided from the first RF band filter of the duplexer to the low noise amplifier in the time division reception mode.

14. The transceiver of claim 11, wherein:

the selection switch is configured to deliver the first transmit signal to the power amplifier in the frequency division mode and to deliver a signal delivered from the mixing switch to the power amplifier in the time division transmission mode.

15. The transceiver of claim 11, wherein the reception switch terminal comprises:

a selection switch configured to deliver an output of a low noise amplifier to the first demodulation unit configured to demodulate signals into the uplink frequency band in the frequency division mode; and

a distribution switch configured to distribute the output of the low noise amplifier into the first demodulation unit and the second demodulation unit configured to demodulate signals by the uplink and downlink frequency bands, respectively in the time division reception mode.