Method for multi-band communication and electronic device thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11909435-B2
Application number	US-202117516925-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 2, 2021
Priority date	Nov 2, 2020
Publication date	Feb 20, 2024
Grant date	Feb 20, 2024

Abstract

Disclosed is an electronic device including: first communication circuitry including a first amplifier, second communication circuitry including a second amplifier, a transceiver, a processor, and a power supply. The processor may be configured to: provide, to the first communication circuitry, a first voltage for transmitting a first signal using the power supply in a first time interval, and provide, to the second communication circuitry, a second voltage for transmitting a second signal using the power supply in a second time interval that does not overlap the first time interval.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
first communication circuitry connected to a first antenna and including a first amplifier;
second communication circuitry connected to a second antenna and including a second amplifier;
a transceiver connected to the first communication circuitry and the second communication circuitry;
a processor electrically connected to the transceiver; and
a power supply configured to provide a voltage to one of the first amplifier or the second amplifier in a time domain and electrically connected to the first communication circuitry, the second communication circuitry, and the processor,
wherein the processor is configured to:
determine a first radio resource configuration of a first frequency band and a second radio resource configuration of a second frequency band for a plurality of time intervals corresponding to equal subframes such that uplink timing of the first frequency band and the second frequency band do not overlap each other in a time domain, the plurality of time intervals including a first time interval, a second time interval following the first time interval, and a third time interval overlapping a portion of the first time interval and a portion of the second time interval;
provide, to the first communication circuitry, a first voltage for transmitting a first signal of the first frequency band using the power supply in the first time interval of the plurality of time intervals, the first time interval being an uplink interval of the first radio resource configuration;
control the electronic device to change a configuration of the first communication circuitry to a downlink configuration in a guard period corresponding to a first portion of the second time interval;
control the electronic device to receive a signal of the second frequency band using the second communication circuitry in a first portion of the third time interval;
control the electronic device to change a configuration of the second communication circuitry to an uplink configuration in a guard period of the third time interval corresponding to the guard period of the second time interval;
provide, to the second communication circuitry, a second voltage for transmitting a second signal of the second frequency band using the power supply in a second portion of the third time interval, the second portion of the third time interval being an uplink interval of the second radio resource configuration; and
control the electronic device to receive a signal of the first frequency band using the first communication circuitry in a second portion of the second time interval following the guard period of the second time interval,
wherein the first radio resource configuration and the second radio resource configuration are based on time division duplexing.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to control a gain of the first amplifier based on the first voltage, and to control a gain of the second amplifier based on the second voltage.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the first amplifier is positioned on a transmission path of the first communication circuitry, and
the second amplifier is positioned on a transmission path of the second communication circuitry.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein
the processor is configured to:
connect the first antenna to the transmission path of the first communication circuitry and the second antenna to a reception path of the second communication circuitry, in the first time interval; and
connect the first antenna to a reception path of the first communication circuitry and the second antenna to the transmission path of the second communication circuitry, in the second time interval.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:
identify first envelope information of transmit power associated with the first communication circuitry; and
identify second envelope information of transmit power associated with the second communication circuitry.

6. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the processor is configured to:
control the power supply to supply the first voltage to the first communication circuitry based on the first envelope information; and
control the power supply to supply the second voltage to the second communication circuitry based on the second envelope information.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first communication circuitry is associated with a first cell,
the second communication circuitry is associated with a second cell, and
the processor is configured to:
control the electronic device to transmit the first signal based on the first radio resource configuration associated with the first cell; and
control the electronic device to transmit the second signal based on the second radio resource configuration associated with the second cell.

8. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein each of the first time interval corresponds to one uplink slot of the first radio resource configuration.

9. An electronic device comprising:
a first communication circuit connected to a first antenna and including a first amplifier;
a second communication circuit connected to a second antenna and including a second amplifier;
a processor connected to the first communication circuit and the second communication circuit; and
a power supply configured to provide one voltage in a time domain and electrically connected to the first communication circuit, the second communication circuit, and the processor,
wherein the processor is configured to:
determine a first radio resource configuration of a first frequency band and a second radio resource configuration of a second frequency band for a plurality of time intervals corresponding to equal subframes such that uplink timing of the first frequency band and the second frequency band do not overlap each other in a time domain, the plurality of time intervals including a first time interval, a second time interval following the first time interval, and a third time interval overlapping a portion of the first time interval and a portion of the second time interval;
control the electronic device to transmit, using the first communication circuit, a first signal of the first frequency band in the first time interval;
control the electronic device to receive, using the second communication circuit, a signal of the second frequency band in the first time interval;
control the electronic device to change a configuration of the first communication circuit to a downlink configuration in a guard period corresponding to a first portion of the second time interval and change a configuration of the second communication circuit to an uplink configuration in a first portion of the third time interval corresponding to the guard period;
control the electronic device to transmit, using the second communication circuit, a second signal of the second frequency band in a second portion of the third time interval; and
control the electronic device to receive, using the first communication circuit, a signal of the first frequency band in a second portion of the second time interval;
wherein the power supply is configured to:
supply, to the first communication circuit, a first voltage for transmitting the first signal in the first time interval indicated by the first radio resource configuration; and
supply, to the second communication circuit, a second voltage for transmitting the second signal in the second portion of the third time interval indicated by the second radio resource configuration, that does not overlap the first time interval, and
wherein the first radio resource configuration and the second rad

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Moon Yohan
• Na Hyoseok

Classifications

• H04B1/401 Primary

  for selecting or indicating operating mode · CPC title

• H04B1/52 Primary

  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 · CPC title

• H04W72/0473

  the resource being transmission power · CPC title