Electronic device comprising diplexer capable of adjusting cutoff frequency in connection with adjustment of reception frequency band of duplexer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11569971-B2
Application number	US-201916977709-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 15, 2019
Priority date	Apr 17, 2018
Publication date	Jan 31, 2023
Grant date	Jan 31, 2023

Abstract

Disclosed is an electronic device including an antenna module including one or more antennas transmitting or receiving a signal in a first frequency band and a second frequency band wirelessly, a first duplexer separating the first frequency band into a first transmission frequency band and a first reception frequency band and adjusting the first reception frequency band, a second duplexer separating the second frequency band into a second transmission frequency band and a second reception frequency band and adjusting the second reception frequency band, and a diplexer including a first terminal electrically connected to the antenna module, a first filter passing the first frequency band, a second terminal electrically connected to the first filter and the first duplexer, a second filter passing the second frequency band, and a third terminal electrically connected to the second filter and the second duplexer. The diplexer adjusts a cut-off frequency of the first filter or the second filter in connection with the first reception frequency band adjusted through the first duplexer or the second reception frequency band adjusted through the second duplexer. In addition, various embodiments as understood from the specification are also possible.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
an antenna configured to transmit or receive a signal in a first frequency band and a second frequency band wirelessly;
a first duplexer configured to separate the first frequency band into a first transmission frequency band and a first reception frequency band and to adjust the first reception frequency band;
a second duplexer configured to separate the second frequency band into a second transmission frequency band and a second reception frequency band and to adjust the second reception frequency band; and
a diplexer including a first terminal electrically connected to the antenna, a first filter configured to pass the first frequency band, a second terminal electrically connected to the first filter and the first duplexer, a second filter configured to pass the second frequency band, and a third terminal electrically connected to the second filter and the second duplexer,
wherein the diplexer adjusts a cut-off frequency of the first filter or the second filter in connection with the first reception frequency band adjusted through the first duplexer or the second reception frequency band adjusted through the second duplexer,
wherein the first duplexer is configured to tune the first reception frequency band by changing a pass band of a first filter in the first duplexer using a first matching circuit in the first duplexer,
wherein the second duplexer is configured to tune the second reception frequency band by changing a pass band of a second filter in the second duplexer using a second matching circuit in the second duplexer, and
wherein the duplexer is configured to tune the cut-off frequency by changing frequency characterisitics of a plurality of filters in the diplexer using a plurality of matching circuits in the second duplexer.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first reception frequency band at least partly overlaps with the second reception frequency band, and
wherein the diplexer adjusts the cut-off frequency to a value between the first transmission frequency band and the second transmission frequency band.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first reception frequency band at least partly overlaps with the second reception frequency band, and
wherein the first duplexer reduces a width of the first reception frequency band when the first reception frequency band is not used.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first reception frequency band at least partly overlaps with the second reception frequency band, and
wherein the second duplexer reduces a width of the second reception frequency band when the second reception frequency band is not used.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein, when the first reception frequency band is used as a single carrier, the diplexer adjusts the cut-off frequency to be lower than the first reception frequency band, and the first duplexer reduces a width of the first reception frequency band.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein, when the second reception frequency band is used as a single carrier, the diplexer adjusts the cut-off frequency to be higher than the second reception frequency band, and the second duplexer reduces a width of the second reception frequency band.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein, when the first reception frequency band and the second reception frequency band are used by applying carrier aggregation (CA), the diplexer adjusts the cut-off frequency to be higher than the first reception frequency band, and the second duplexer simultaneously provides a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) with the first reception frequency band and the second reception frequency band.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a splitter electrically connected to the second duplexer.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a front end module configured to supply at least one of a signal having the first frequency band and a signal having the second frequency band to the diplexer.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a modem configured to determine whether to use the first frequency band and the second frequency band and to control the diplexer to set the cut-off frequency.

11. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a first amplifier configured to obtain a transmission signal having the first transmission frequency band and the second transmission frequency band from an RFIC and to amplify and provide the transmission signal to the diplexer; and
a second amplifier configured to obtain a reception signal having the first reception frequency band and the second reception frequency band from the first duplexer and the second duplexer and to amplify and provide the reception signal to the RFIC.

12. An electronic device comprising:
one or more antennas configured to transmit or receive a signal in a first frequency band and a second frequency band wirelessly;
a first duplexer configured to separate the first frequency band into a first transmission frequency band and a first reception frequency band and to adjust the first reception frequency band;
a second duplexer configured to separate the second frequency band into a second transmission frequency band and a second reception frequency band and to adjust the second reception frequency band; and
a diplexer including a first terminal electrically connected to the one or more antennas, a first filter configured to pass the first frequency band, a second terminal electrically connected to the first filter and the first duplexer, a second filter configured to pass the second frequency band, and a third terminal electrically connected to the second filter and the second duplexer, and configured to adjust a cut-off frequency of the first filter or the second filter depending on whether to use the first reception frequency band and the second reception frequency band; and
a processor operatively connected to the first duplexer, the second duplexer, and the diplexer, wherein the processor is configured to:
in a case of a first mode, adjust the cut-off frequency to be higher than the first reception frequency band;
in a case of a second mode, adjust the cut-off frequency to be lower than the first reception frequency band, and adjust the second reception frequency band to a frequency band lower than the adjusted cut-off frequency through the second duplexer; and
in a case of a third mode, adjust the cut-off frequency to be higher than the second reception frequency band, and adjust the first reception frequency band to a frequency band higher than the adjusted cut-off frequency through the first duplexer,

wherein the first duplexer is configured to tune the first reception frequency band by changing a pass band of a first filter in the first duplexer using a first matching circuit in the first duplexer,
wherein the second duplexer is configured to tune the second reception frequency band by changing a pass band of a second filter in the second duplexer using a second matching circuit in the second duplexer, and
wherein the duplexer is configured to tune the cut-off frequency by changing frequency characterisitics of a plurality of filters in the diplexer using a plurality of matching circuits in the second duplexer.

13. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the first reception frequency band partly overlaps with the second reception frequency band, and
wherein the diplexer is set to the first mode, the second mode, or the third mode depending on mode information received from a modem.

14. The electronic de

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yang Dongil
• Lee Hanyeop
• Na Hyoseok

Classifications

• H04B1/48

  in circuits for connecting transmitter and receiver to a common transmission path, e.g. by energy of transmitter {(H04B1/46 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• H04L5/14 Primary

  Two-way operation using the same type of signal, i.e. duplex · CPC title

• H04B1/0057 Primary

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

• H04B1/18

  Input circuits, e.g. for coupling to an antenna or a transmission line (coupling networks between antennas or lines and receivers independent of the nature of the receiver H03H) · CPC title

• H04B1/0458

  Arrangements for matching and coupling between power amplifier and antenna or between amplifying stages (matching circuits in general H03H) · CPC title