Multiple-input multiple-output receiver for Wireless Fidelity, and electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12308929-B2
Application number	US-202118260043-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 16, 2021
Priority date	Dec 31, 2020
Publication date	May 20, 2025
Grant date	May 20, 2025

Abstract

A multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) receiver for Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi), and an electronic device. The MIMO receiver for Wi-Fi includes n antennas, an energy detection circuitry, a multilink gating circuitry, receiving links, a frequency offset adjustment circuitry, and a gating control circuitry. The multilink gating circuitry includes one energy detection gating output terminal coupled to the frequency offset adjustment circuitry through the energy detection circuitry and n−1 non-energy detection gating output terminals coupled to the frequency offset adjustment circuitry. The multilink gating circuitry connects each gating input terminal to one of the gating output terminals. The gating control circuitry periodically obtains a signal strength of each of the receiving links, and controls, based on the signal strength, the multilink gating circuitry to connect the gating input terminal corresponding to the receiving link that meets a preset condition to the energy detection gating output terminal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) receiver for Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi), comprising:
n antennas, where n≥2;
an energy detection circuitry;
a multilink gating circuitry;
receiving links one-to-one corresponding to the n antennas, wherein the multilink gating circuitry comprises gating input terminals one-to-one corresponding to the receiving links, and the receiving links each comprise an input terminal coupled to the corresponding antenna and an output terminal coupled to the corresponding gating input terminal of the multilink gating circuitry;
a frequency offset adjustment circuitry, wherein the multilink gating circuitry comprises one energy detection gating output terminal coupled to the frequency offset adjustment circuitry through the energy detection circuitry and n−1 non-energy detection gating output terminals each coupled to the frequency offset adjustment circuitry, and each of the gating input terminals is connected to one of the gating output terminals through the multilink gating circuitry; and
a gating control circuitry coupled to the multilink gating circuitry, wherein the gating control circuitry periodically obtains a signal strength of each of the receiving links, and controls, based on the signal strength of each of the receiving links, the multilink gating circuitry to connect the gating input terminal corresponding to the receiving link that meets a preset condition to the one energy detection gating output terminal.

2. The MIMO receiver for Wi-Fi according to claim 1 , wherein the gating control circuitry periodically obtains the signal strength of each of the receiving links, and controls the multilink gating circuitry to connect the gating input terminal corresponding to the receiving link having a greatest signal strength to the one energy detection gating output terminal.

3. The MIMO receiver for Wi-Fi according to claim 1 , wherein the gating control circuitry periodically obtains the signal strength and a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of each of the receiving links, and controls the multilink gating circuitry to connect the gating input terminal corresponding to the receiving link having a greatest signal strength and an SNR within a preset SNR range to the one energy detection gating output terminal.

4. The MIMO receiver for Wi-Fi according to claim 1 , wherein each of the receiving links comprises an automatic gain control (AGC) circuitry.

5. The MIMO receiver for Wi-Fi according to claim 4 , wherein each of the receiving links comprises a low noise amplifier (LNA), a down-conversion circuitry, and the AGC circuitry that are sequentially coupled between the input terminal coupled to the corresponding antenna and the output terminal coupled to the corresponding gating input terminal of the multilink gating circuitry.

6. The MIMO receiver for Wi-Fi according to claim 5 , wherein the one energy detection gating output terminal is coupled to the energy detection circuitry sequentially through an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and a correlation detection circuitry; and
each of the n−1 non-energy detection gating output terminals is coupled to the frequency offset adjustment circuitry sequentially through an ADC and a correlation detection circuitry.

7. The MIMO receiver for Wi-Fi according to claim 5 , wherein each of the receiving links comprises the LNA, the down-conversion circuitry, the AGC circuitry, and an ADC that are sequentially coupled between the input terminal coupled to the corresponding antenna and the output terminal coupled to the corresponding gating input terminal of the multilink gating circuitry.

8. The MIMO receiver for Wi-Fi according to claim 7 , wherein the one energy detection gating output terminal is coupled to the energy detection circuitry through a correlation detection circuitry; and
each of the n−1 non-energy detection gating output terminals is coupled to the frequency offset adjustment circuitry through a correlation detection circuitry.

9. The MIMO receiver for Wi-Fi according to claim 5 , wherein each of the receiving links comprises the LNA, the down-conversion circuitry, the AGC circuitry, an ADC, and a correlation detection circuitry that are sequentially coupled between the input terminal coupled to the corresponding antenna and the output terminal coupled to the corresponding gating input terminal of the multilink gating circuitry.

10. The MIMO receiver for Wi-Fi according to claim 1 , wherein the gating control circuitry periodically obtains a received signal strength indication (RSSI) of a Beacon frame of each of the receiving links, and controls the multilink gating circuitry to connect the gating input terminal corresponding to the receiving link having a greatest RSSI to the one energy detection gating output terminal.

11. The MIMO receiver for Wi-Fi according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a symbol timing synchronization circuitry coupled to the frequency offset adjustment circuitry.

12. An electronic device, comprising an multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) receiver for Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi), wherein the MIMO receiver for Wi-Fi comprises:
n antennas, where n≥2;
an energy detection circuitry;
a multilink gating circuitry;
receiving links one-to-one corresponding to the n antennas, wherein the multilink gating circuitry comprises gating input terminals one-to-one corresponding to the receiving links, and the receiving links each comprise an input terminal coupled to the corresponding antenna and an output terminal coupled to the corresponding gating input terminal of the multilink gating circuitry;
a frequency offset adjustment circuitry, wherein the multilink gating circuitry comprises one energy detection gating output terminal coupled to the frequency offset adjustment circuitry through the energy detection circuitry and n−1 non-energy detection gating output terminals each coupled to the frequency offset adjustment circuitry, and each of the gating input terminals is connected to one of the gating output terminals through the multilink gating circuitry; and
a gating control circuitry coupled to the multilink gating circuitry, wherein the gating control circuitry periodically obtains a signal strength of each of the receiving links, and controls, based on the signal strength of each of the receiving links, the multilink gating circuitry to connect the gating input terminal corresponding to the receiving link that meets a preset condition to the one energy detection gating output terminal.

13. The electronic device according to claim 12 , wherein the gating control circuitry periodically obtains the signal strength of each of the receiving links, and controls the multilink gating circuitry to connect the gating input terminal corresponding to the receiving link having a greatest signal strength to the one energy detection gating output terminal.

14. The electronic device according to claim 12 , wherein the gating control circuitry periodically obtains the signal strength and a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of each of the receiving links, and controls the multilink gating circuitry to connect the gating input terminal corresponding to the receiving link having a greatest signal strength and an SNR within a preset SNR range to the one energy detection gating output terminal.

15. The electronic device according to claim 12 , wherein each of the receiving links comprises a low noise amplifier (LNA), a down-conversion circuitry, and an automatic gain control (AGC) circuitry that are sequentially coupled between the input terminal coupled to the corresponding antenna and the output terminal coupled to the corr

Assignees

• Spreadtrum Comm Shanghai Co

Inventors

• Ma Tengfei
• Chen Guochu
• Yan Zhigang

Classifications

• H04B7/0413 Primary

  MIMO systems · CPC title

• Y02D30/70

  in wireless communication networks · CPC title

• H04B17/336

  Signal-to-interference ratio [SIR] or carrier-to-interference ratio [CIR] · CPC title

• H04B17/318

  Received signal strength · CPC title

• H04B17/20

  of receivers · CPC title