Antenna switch with adaptive filter

• US 7,885,614 B2
• Filed: 07/12/2004
• Issued: 02/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Callahan Cellular LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: NXP B.V. (NXP Semiconductors NV)
• Inventors: Jedeloo, Pieter Willem
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Lana N
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hsieh, Ping Y
• Application Number:
  US10/565,150
• Publication Number:
  US 20060232358A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,402 Days
• Field of Search: 455/78, 455/82, 455/83, 455/84, 455/550.1, 455/552.1, 455/553.1, 455/180.1, 333/100, 333/101
• US Class Current: 455/83
• CPC Class Codes: H01P 1/15 by semiconductor devices
• CPC Class Codes: H03H 7/465 having variable circuit topology, e.g. including switches
• 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

Abstract

An antenna switch (31) that is arranged to alternately operate in a receive mode and a transmit mode, comprises adaptive filter (30). Herewith, signal processing means (Rx1, Rx2 and Rx3) can be coupled to an antenna (1) during the receive mode and be insulated from the antenna during the transmit mode.

Claims

1. Antenna switch which is arranged to alternately operate in a receive mode and a transmit mode, the antenna switch comprising:

an adaptive filter for coupling a signal processing means to an antenna during the receive mode and for electrically insulating the signal processing means from the antenna during the transmit mode, wherein the adaptive filter comprises a circuit arrangement of at least one capacitor and at least one inductor, wherein;

a group of circuit components of the circuit arrangement implements a transmit filter stage with a first passband during the transmit mode, wherein the first passband is a band-pass passband, wherein the

a high-pass filter coupled between the antenna and switches for the signal processing means; and

a series arrangement of an inductor, a capacitor, and an inductor switch that are coupled in parallel with the high-pass filter; and

a subset of the group of circuit components of the circuit arrangement implements a receive filter stage with a second passband during the receive mode, wherein the subset of the group of circuit components of the receive filter stage comprises the high-pass filter coupled between the antenna and switches for the signal processing means.

2. Antenna switch according to claim 1, wherein the signal processing means are electrically insulated from the antenna by controllably configuring the adaptive filter such that the adaptive filter is coupled between the antenna and ground during the transmit mode.

3. Antenna switch according to claim 2, wherein the adaptive filter comprises a high-impedance filter during the transmit mode and a low-impedance filter during the receive mode.

4. Antenna switch according to claim 1, wherein the second passband comprises a high-pass passband.

5. Antenna switch according to claim 1, wherein the adaptive filter comprises a switch device through which the signal processing means is coupled to the adaptive filter.

6. Antenna switch according to claim 5, wherein the switch device comprises a low-power switch device.

7. Antenna switch according to claim 6, wherein the low-power switch device comprises a low-power pHEMT or a MEMS.

8. Antenna switch according to claim 1, wherein the adaptive filter is further arranged to provide electrostatic discharge protection.

9. Antenna switch according to claim 1, wherein the adaptive filter comprises switching devices to change the geometry of the adaptive filter.

10. Module comprising an antenna switch according to claim 1.

11. Portable radio device comprising an antenna switch according to claim 1.

12. The antenna switch according to claim 1, wherein the adaptive filter further comprises:

a transmitter switch coupled between a transmitter and the antenna; and

a ground switch coupled between ground and a common node of the series arrangement of the inductor and the third capacitor.

13. The antenna switch according to claim 1, wherein the high-pass filter of the receive filter stage comprises:

a pair of capacitors coupled in series between the antenna and the signal processing means; and

another inductor coupled between ground and a common node of the pair of capacitors.

14. The antenna switch according to claim 1, wherein the adaptive filter further comprises:

a receiver switch coupled between the signal processing means and the subset of the group of circuit components of the receive filter stage, so that the subset of the group of circuit components of the receive filter stage is between the receiver switch and the antenna.