Communications device with concurrent operation in 5GHZ and 6GHZ U-NII frequency ranges

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12225387-B2
Application number	US-202117549777-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 13, 2021
Priority date	Sep 29, 2021
Publication date	Feb 11, 2025
Grant date	Feb 11, 2025

Abstract

Communications devices are disclosed. A communications device includes an unlicensed national information infrastructure frequency range 1 (U-NII-1) to U-NII-2A transceiver coupled to a first antenna though a U-NII-1 to U-NII-2A coexistence filter, and a U-NII-2C to U-NII-8 transceiver coupled to a second antenna though a U-NII-2C to U-NII-8 coexistence filter.

First claim

It is claimed:

1. A communications device, comprising:
an unlicensed national information infrastructure frequency range 1 (U-NII-1) to U-NII-2A transceiver coupled to a first antenna through a U-NII-1 to U-NII-2A coexistence filter; and
a U-NII-2C to U-NII-8 transceiver coupled to a second antenna through a U-NII-2C to U-NII-8 coexistence filter,
wherein a subrange of U-NII-2B defines an unused frequency spectrum of the communication device between the subrange U-NII-2A and the subrange U-NII-2C such that the respective coexistence filters are configured for concurrently filtering signals in the U-NII-1/U-NII-2A spectrum and the U-NII-2C to U-NII-8 spectrum.

2. The communications device of claim 1 , wherein
the U-NII-1 to U-NII-2A transceiver operates over a frequency range of 5.15 GHz to 5.34 GHz, and
U-NII-2C to U-NII-8 transceiver operates over a frequency range of 5.48 GHz to 7.125 GHz.

3. The communications device of claim 1 , wherein the U-NII-1 to U-NII-2A coexistence filter has a pass-band from 5.15 GHz to 5.34 GHZ, and a stop-band from 5.48 GHz to 7.125 GHz.

4. The communications device of claim 3 , wherein an input-output transfer function of the U-NII-1 to U-NII-2A coexistence filter is greater than or equal to −3 dB over a frequency range of 5.15 GHz to 5.34 GHZ, and less than or equal to −50 dB over a frequency range of 5.48 GHz to 7.125 GHz.

5. The communications device of claim 1 , wherein the U-NII-2C to U-NII-8 coexistence filter has a pass-band from 5.48 GHz to 7.125 GHZ, and a stop-band from 5.15 GHz to 5.34 GHz.

6. The communications device of claim 5 , wherein an input-output transfer function of the U-NII-2C to U-NII-8 coexistence filter is greater than or equal to −3 dB over a frequency range of 5.48 GHz to 7.125 GHZ, and less than or equal to −50 dB over a frequency range of 5.15 GHz to 5.34 GHz.

7. The communications device of claim 1 , wherein the U-NII-2C to U-NII-8 coexistence filter comprises a plurality of transversely-excited film bulk acoustic resonators (XBARs).

8. The communication device of claim 1 , wherein the first antenna and the second antenna are the same.

9. A communications device, comprising:
an unlicensed national information infrastructure frequency range 1 (U-NII-1) to U-NII-2A multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) radio comprising one to four channels, each channel comprising a respective radio frequency front end (RFFE) coupled to a respective antenna through a respective U-NII-1 to U-NII-2A coexistence filter; and
a U-NII-2C to U-NII-8 MIMO radio comprising one to four channels, each channel comprising a respective radio frequency front end (RFFE) coupled to a respective antenna through a respective U-NII-2C to U-NII-8 coexistence filter
wherein a subrange of U-NII-2B defines an unused frequency spectrum of the communication device between the subrange U-NII-2A and the subrange U-NII-2C such that the respective MIMO radios are configured for concurrently filtering signals in the U-NII-1/U-NII-2A spectrum and the U-NII-2C to U-NII-8 spectrum.

10. The communications device of claim 9 , wherein
the U-NII-1 to U-NII-2A MIMO radio operates over a frequency range of 5.15 GHz to 5.34 GHz, and
U-NII-2C to U-NII-8 MIMO radio operates over a frequency range of 5.48 GHz to 7.125 GHz.

11. The communications device of claim 9 , wherein each U-NII-1 to U-NII-2A coexistence filter has a pass-band from 5.15 GHz to 5.34 GHz, and a stop-band from 5.48 GHz to 7.125 GHz.

12. The communications device of claim 11 , wherein an input-output transfer function of each U-NII-1 to U-NII-2A coexistence filter is greater than or equal to −3 dB over a frequency range of 5.15 GHz to 5.34 GHz, and less than or equal to −50 dB over a frequency range of 5.48 GHz to 7.125 GHz.

13. The communications device of claim 9 , wherein each U-NII-2C to U-NII-8 coexistence filter has a pass-band from 5.48 GHz to 7.125 GHz, and a stop-band from 5.15 GHz to 5.34 GHz.

14. The communications device of claim 13 , wherein an input-output transfer function of each U-NII-2C to U-NII-8 coexistence filter is greater than or equal to −3 dB over a frequency range of 5.48 GHz to 7.125 GHZ, and less than or equal to −50 dB over a frequency range of 5.15 GHz to 5.34 GHz.

15. The communications device of claim 9 , wherein each U-NII-2C to U-NII-8 coexistence filter comprises a plurality of transversely-excited film bulk acoustic resonators (XBARs).

Assignees

• Murata Manufacturing Co

Inventors

• Robertson Scot
• Guyette Andrew

Classifications

• H04B7/0413

  MIMO systems · CPC title

• H04W72/0453

  Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA · CPC title

• H04W16/14 Primary

  Spectrum sharing arrangements {between different networks} · CPC title