Multi-mode-multi-band wireless transceiver

• US 7,676,244 B2
• Filed: 08/17/2006
• Issued: 03/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Woo-Yong, Son, Young-Il, Park, Hyung-Weon
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel; Ajit
• Application Number:
  US11/505,641
• Publication Number:
  US 20070042802A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,300 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 455/552.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/006 using switches for selecting the desired band H04B1/0057 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/0071 using a common intermediate frequency for more than one band H04B1/0075 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/406 with more than one transmission mode, e.g. analog and digital modes
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/52 Hybrid arrangements, i.e. arrangements for transition from single-path two-direction transmission to single-direction transmission on each of two paths or vice versa

Abstract

Disclosed is a multi-mode/multi-band wireless transceiver. The multi-mode/multi-band wireless transceiver includes a tunable duplexer including transmission and reception channel filters of which transmission and reception channel filtering frequencies respectively are controlled by an external element; and a control portion for controlling the transmission and reception channel filtering frequencies to correspond to transmission and reception channels of a current service band. Thus, a use of a RF SAW filter is unnecessary, while it is possible to support the multi-mode/multi-band using a tunable duplexer. Therefore, the number of parts and volume of the transceiver can be reduced, and it is possible to weaken a specification of an RF system.

Claims

1. A multi-mode/multi-band wireless transceiver comprising:

a tunable duplexer including transmission and reception channel filters of which transmission and reception channel filtering frequencies are respectively controlled by an external element;

transmission and reception routes corresponding to a plurality of service bands in a Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) mode and a Time Division Duplex (TDD) mode, respectively;

a reception band switch for selectively connecting one of the reception routes, which corresponds to a current service band, to the reception channel filter, wherein the reception routes comprise a high band reception route, an intermediate band reception route, and a low band reception route for supporting signals of the plurality of service bands;

a transmission band switch for selectively connecting one of the transmission routes, which corresponds to a current service band, to the transmission channel filter, wherein the transmission routes comprise a high band transmission route, an intermediate band transmission route, and a low band transmission route for supporting signals of the plurality of service bands; and

a control portion for controlling the transmission and reception channel filtering frequencies to correspond to transmission and reception channels of the current service band, respectively, and for controlling the reception and transmission band switches to correspond to the current service band.

2. The multi-mode/multi-band wireless transceiver as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transmission and reception channel filtering frequencies are controlled by tuning capacitance of each of the transmission and reception channel filters using the control portion, and the transmission and reception channel filters include a capacitor bank which is tuned by means of the control portion, so that the capacitance corresponds to channels based on all service bands.

3. The multi-mode/multi-band wireless transceiver as claimed in claim 1, wherein the tunable duplexer is a Micro-Electro-Mechanical System device.

4. The multi-mode/multi-band wireless transceiver as claimed in claim 3, wherein the tunable duplexer and the transmission and reception band switches are integrated on the Micro-Electro-Mechanical System.

5. The multi-mode/multi-band wireless transceiver as claimed in claim 2, wherein the transmission and reception channel filters are high Q filters.

6. The multi-mode/multi-band wireless transceiver as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control portion is a baseband processing unit for treating transmission and reception signals of a baseband corresponding to Radio Frequency (RF) signals which are transmitted and received through the tunable duplexer.

7. The multi-mode/multi-band wireless transceiver as claimed in claim 6, wherein the baseband processing unit controls the transmission and reception channel filtering frequencies through a Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI), and also controls the transmission and reception band switches.

8. The multi-mode/multi-band wireless transceiver as claimed in claim 6, wherein the baseband processing unit controls the transmission and reception channel filtering frequencies through an Inter Integrated Circuit (I²C) interface, and also controls the transmission and reception band switches.

9. The multi-mode/multi-band wireless transceiver as claimed in claim 1, wherein the reception routes each include a Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) for amplifying reception signals of a reception band of the plural service bands, which correspond to the LNA, and the transmission routes each include a Power Amplifier (PA) for power-amplifying transmission signals of a transmission band of the plural service bands, which corresponds to the PA.

10. The multi-mode/multi-band wireless transceiver as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a Band Pass Filter (BPF) controlled by an external control such that a filtering band corresponds to the current service band;

an input switch for selectively connecting an output terminal of a Pre-Power Amplifier (PPA), which corresponds to the current service band, of Pre-Power Amplifiers (PPAs) in each transmission route to an input terminal of the BPF; and

an output switch for selectively connecting an input terminal of one Power Amplifier (PA), which corresponds to the current service band, of the PAs in each transmission route to an output terminal of the BPF,

wherein the reception routes each include a Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) for amplifying reception signals of a reception band of the plural service bands, which correspond to the LNA, the transmission routes each include a Pre-Power Amplifier (PPA) for pre-power amplifying transmission signals of a transmission band of the plural service bands, which correspond to the PPA, and a Power Amplifier (PA) for power-amplifying transmission signals of a transmission band of the plural service bands, which corresponds to the PA, and the control portion controls the Band Pass Filter (BPF), and the input and output switches to correspond to the current service band.

11. The multi-mode/multi-band wireless transceiver as claimed in claim 10, wherein the Band Pass Filter (BPF), and the input and output switches are integrated on a Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) device.

12. The multi-mode/multi-band wireless transceiver as claimed in claim 10, wherein the control portion is a baseband processing unit for treating transmission and reception signals of a baseband corresponding to Radio Frequency (RF) signals which are transmitted and received through the tunable duplexer.

13. The multi-mode/multi-band wireless transceiver as claimed in claim 12, wherein the baseband processing unit controls the transmission and reception channel filtering frequencies through a Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI), and also controls the transmission and reception band switches.

14. The multi-mode/multi-band wireless transceiver as claimed in claim 12, wherein the baseband processing unit controls the transmission and reception channel filtering frequencies through an Inter Integrated Circuit (I²C) interface, and also controls the transmission and reception band switches.