Carrier aggregation using diplexers

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11152960-B2
Application number	US-201916549275-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 23, 2019
Priority date	Jun 9, 2015
Publication date	Oct 19, 2021
Grant date	Oct 19, 2021

Abstract

A multiplexing system can include a first diplexer and a second diplexer. The first diplexer can have a first transmit terminal, a first receive terminal, and a first common terminal. The first diplexer can be configured to filter a first transmit signal to a first cellular frequency band and output the filtered first transmit signal. The first diplexer can be further configured to filter a first receive signal to a second cellular frequency band and output the filtered first receive signal. The second diplexer can have a second transmit terminal, a second receive terminal, and a second common terminal. The second diplexer can be configured to filter a second transmit signal to the second cellular frequency band and output the filtered second transmit signal. The second diplexer can be further configured to filter a second receive signal to the first cellular frequency band and output the filtered second receive signal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A multiplexing system comprising:
a first diplexer configured to filter: a first transmit signal to a first frequency band for a first antenna, and a first receive signal to a second frequency band for the first antenna; and
a second diplexer configured to filter: a second transmit signal to the second frequency band for a second antenna, and a second receive signal to the first frequency band for the second antenna, the second diplexer further configured to filter: the second receive signal to first frequency band at the same time as the first diplexer filters the first transmit signal to the first frequency band, and the second transmit signal to the second frequency band at the same time as the first diplexer filters the first receive signal to the second frequency band.

2. The multiplexing system of claim 1 further comprising a first power amplifier having a first output coupled to the first diplexer, the first power amplifier configured to amplify an unamplified first transmit signal to generate the first transmit signal.

3. The multiplexing system of claim 2 wherein the first power amplifier is a narrowband power amplifier configured to amplify the first frequency band of the unamplified first transmit signal.

4. The multiplexing system of claim 2 further comprising a second power amplifier having a second output coupled to the second diplexer, the second power amplifier configured to amplify an unamplified second transmit signal to generate the second transmit signal.

5. The multiplexing system of claim 4 wherein the second power amplifier is a narrowband power amplifier configured to amplify the second frequency band of the unamplified second transmit signal.

6. The multiplexing system of claim 1 further comprising the first antenna and the second antenna.

7. The multiplexing system of claim 6 further comprising a diversity receiver system and one or more diversity antennas coupled to the diversity receiver system.

8. The multiplexing system of claim 7 wherein the diversity receiver system includes a first filter configured to filter a first diversity signal received at the one or more diversity antennas to the first frequency band.

9. The multiplexing system of claim 8 wherein the diversity receiver system includes a second filter configured to filter a second diversity signal received at the one or more diversity antennas to the second frequency band.

10. The multiplexing system of claim 1 further comprising a first antenna band select switch (BSS) having a first antenna BSS pole, a first antenna BSS throw, and a second antenna BSS throw.

11. The multiplexing system of claim 10 further comprising a third diplexer configured to filter a third transmit signal to a third frequency band, the third diplexer further configured to filter a third receive signal to a fourth frequency band.

12. The multiplexing system of claim 11 further comprising a first power amplifier band select switch having a first power amplifier band select switch pole, a first power amplifier band select switch throw, and a second power amplifier band select switch throw.

13. The multiplexing system of claim 1 wherein the first diplexer is a passive device.

14. The multiplexing system of claim 1 wherein the first diplexer includes a first bandpass filter and a second bandpass filter.

15. The multiplexing system of claim 1 wherein the first frequency band and the second frequency band includes Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) Bands 2 and 5.

16. The multiplexing system of claim 1 wherein the first frequency band and the second frequency band includes Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) Bands 4 and 12.

17. A radio-frequency (RF) module comprising:
a packaging substrate configured to receive a plurality of components; and
a multiplexing system implemented on the packaging substrate, the multiplexing system including a first diplexer configured to filter a first transmit signal to a first frequency band for a first antenna and a first receive signal to a second frequency band for the first antenna, the multiplexing system further including a second diplexer configured to filter a second transmit signal to the second frequency band for a second antenna and a second receive signal to the first frequency band for the second antenna, the second diplexer further configured to filter: the second receive signal to first frequency band at the same time as the first diplexer filters the first transmit signal to the first frequency band, and the second transmit signal to the second frequency band at the same time as the first diplexer filters the first receive signal to the second frequency band.

18. The RF module of claim 17 wherein the RF module is a front-end module (FEM).

19. The RF module of claim 17 wherein the multiplexing system further includes a first antenna band select switch having a first antenna band select switch pole, a first antenna band select switch throw, and a second antenna band select switch throw.

20. A wireless device comprising:
a transceiver configured to generate a radio-frequency (RF) signal;
a front-end module (FEM) in communication with the transceiver, the FEM including a packaging substrate configured to receive a plurality of components, the FEM further including a multiplexing system implemented on the packaging substrate, the multiplexing system including a first diplexer configured to filter a first transmit signal to a first frequency band for a first antenna and a first receive signal to a second frequency band for the first antenna, the multiplexing system further including a second diplexer configured to filter a second transmit signal to the second frequency band for a second antenna and a second receive signal to the first frequency band for the second antenna, the second diplexer further configured to filter: the second receive signal to first frequency band at the same time as the first diplexer filters the first transmit signal to the first frequency band, and the second transmit signal to the second frequency band at the same time as the first diplexer filters the first receive signal to the second frequency band; and
the first antenna and the second antenna in communication with the FEM, the first antenna and the second antenna configured to transmit an amplified version of the RF signal received from the multiplexing system.

Assignees

• Skyworks Solutions Inc

Inventors

• Thompson Philip H
• Arkiszewski Roman Zbigniew
• Caron Joshua James

Classifications

• H04B7/04 Primary

  using two or more spaced independent antennas · CPC title

• H04W84/042

  Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems · CPC title

• H04B1/0057 Primary

  using diplexing or multiplexing filters for selecting the desired band · CPC title

• H04B2201/70724

  UMTS · CPC title