Weakly coupled tunable RF receiver architecture
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a first tunable RF filter comprising at least a pair of weakly coupled resonators and configured to receive and filter a first upstream RF signal to provide a first filtered RF signal; and
a first RF low noise amplifier (LNA) coupled to the first tunable RF filter and configured to receive and amplify a first RF input signal to provide a first RF output signal, wherein the first tunable RF filter comprises a first resonator and a second resonator, such that the first resonator and the second resonator are magnetically coupled to one another;
the first resonator is a single-ended resonator, which is configured to receive the first upstream RF signal; and
the second resonator is a differential resonator, which is configured to provide the first filtered RF signal.
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Abstract
RF communications circuitry, which includes a first tunable RF filter and a first RF low noise amplifier (LNA) is disclosed. The first tunable RF filter includes a pair of weakly coupled resonators, and receives and filters a first upstream RF signal to provide a first filtered RF signal. The first RF LNA is coupled to the first tunable RF filter, and receives and amplifies an RF input signal to provide an RF output signal.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a first tunable RF filter comprising at least a pair of weakly coupled resonators and configured to receive and filter a first upstream RF signal to provide a first filtered RF signal; and a first RF low noise amplifier (LNA) coupled to the first tunable RF filter and configured to receive and amplify a first RF input signal to provide a first RF output signal, wherein the first tunable RF filter comprises a first resonator and a second resonator, such that the first resonator and the second resonator are magnetically coupled to one another;
the first resonator is a single-ended resonator, which is configured to receive the first upstream RF signal; and
the second resonator is a differential resonator, which is configured to provide the first filtered RF signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus comprising:
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a first tunable RF filter comprising at least a pair of weakly coupled resonators and configured to receive and filter a first upstream RF signal to provide a first filtered RF signal; a first RF low noise amplifier (LNA) coupled to the first tunable RF filter and configured to receive and amplify a first RF input signal to provide a first RF output signal; a first RF filter structure comprising the first tunable RF filter and a second tunable RF filter, wherein the second tunable RF filter is configured to receive and filter a second upstream RF signal to provide a second filtered RF signal; and a second RF LNA coupled to the second tunable RF filter and configured to receive and amplify a second RF input signal to provide a second RF output signal, wherein the first RF filter structure comprises a first resonator, a second resonator, and a common input resonator, such that the first tunable RF filter comprises the first resonator;
the second tunable RF filter comprises the second resonator;
the first tunable RF filter and the second tunable RF filter share the common input resonator;
the first resonator is coupled between the common input resonator and the first RF LNA; and
the second resonator is coupled between the common input resonator and the second RF LNA. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An apparatus comprising:
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a first tunable RF filter comprising at least a pair of weakly coupled resonators and configured to receive and filter a first upstream RF signal to provide a first filtered RF signal; a first RF low noise amplifier (LNA) coupled to the first tunable RF filter and configured to receive and amplify a first RF input signal to provide a first RF output signal; a first RF filter structure comprising the first tunable RF filter and a second tunable RF filter, wherein the second tunable RF filter is configured to receive and filter a second upstream RF signal to provide a second filtered RF signal; and a second RF LNA coupled to the second tunable RF filter and configured to receive and amplify a second RF input signal to provide a second RF output signal, wherein the first RF filter structure comprises a first resonator, a second resonator, and a common output resonator;
such that the first tunable RF filter comprises the first resonator, the second tunable RF filter comprises the second resonator, and the first tunable RF filter and the second tunable RF filter share the common output resonator;
such that the first resonator is magnetically coupled to the common output resonator, the second resonator is magnetically coupled to the common output resonator, and the first tunable RF filter and the second tunable RF filter are configured to provide direct output multiplexing.
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18. An apparatus comprising:
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a first tunable RF filter comprising at least a pair of weakly coupled resonators and configured to receive and filter a first upstream RF signal to provide a first filtered RF signal; and a first RF low noise amplifier (LNA) coupled to the first tunable RF filter and configured to receive and amplify a first RF input signal to provide a first RF output signal, wherein the first tunable RF filter comprises a first resonator, a second resonator, and a third resonator, such that the first resonator and the second resonator are each magnetically coupled to the third resonator;
the first resonator and the second resonator are not electrically coupled to the third resonator;
the first resonator is a single-ended resonator, which is configured to receive the first upstream RF signal;
the second resonator is a single-ended resonator, which is configured to receive the first upstream RF signal; and
the third resonator is a differential resonator, which is configured to provide the first filtered RF signal.
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