Bluetooth chip, signal receiving method, and bluetooth communications apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12562758-B2
Application number	US-202318191309-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 28, 2023
Priority date	Sep 29, 2020
Publication date	Feb 24, 2026
Grant date	Feb 24, 2026

Abstract

This application discloses a wireless chip, a signal receiving method, and a wireless communications apparatus, and relates to the wireless communications field, to improve a signal strength of a received signal obstructed by an object, and select a wireless radio frequency channel corresponding to an antenna with good directivity. The wireless chip includes: a first wireless radio frequency channel, coupled to a first antenna; a second wireless radio frequency channel, coupled to a second antenna; and a wireless baseband, coupled to each of the first wireless radio frequency channel and the second wireless radio frequency channel, and configured to selectively receive a signal transmitted by a transmitting device, through at least one of the first wireless radio frequency channel or the second wireless radio frequency channel. The wireless chip can be a Bluetooth chip.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A Bluetooth chip, comprising:
a first Bluetooth radio frequency channel coupled to a first antenna; a second Bluetooth radio frequency channel coupled to a second antenna; and a Bluetooth baseband coupled to each of the first Bluetooth radio frequency channel and the second Bluetooth radio frequency channel, and configured to: receive a signal transmitted by a transmitting device through the first Bluetooth radio frequency channel and a signal transmitted by the transmitting device through the second Bluetooth radio frequency channel, and combine the signals received through the first Bluetooth radio frequency channel and the second Bluetooth radio frequency channel based on signal quality of the signals received through the first Bluetooth radio frequency channel and the second Bluetooth radio frequency channel; wherein the Bluetooth baseband is configured to combine the signals received through the first Bluetooth radio frequency channel and the second Bluetooth radio frequency channel comprises the Bluetooth baseband is configured to:
determine a weight of the first Bluetooth radio frequency channel and a weight of the second Bluetooth radio frequency channel based on the signal quality, wherein a Bluetooth radio frequency channel with better signal quality has a larger weight, and
combine the signals received through the first Bluetooth radio frequency channel and the second Bluetooth radio frequency channel based on the weight of the first Bluetooth radio frequency channel and the weight of the second Bluetooth radio frequency channel.

2 . The Bluetooth chip according to claim 1 , wherein the Bluetooth baseband is further configured to:
obtain a time delay and a phase difference between the first Bluetooth radio frequency channel and the second Bluetooth radio frequency channel; perform, based on the time delay, time alignment on the signals received through the first Bluetooth radio frequency channel and the second Bluetooth radio frequency channel; and perform, based on the phase difference, phase alignment on the signals received through the first Bluetooth radio frequency channel and the second Bluetooth radio frequency channel.

3 . The Bluetooth chip according to claim 1 , wherein the Bluetooth baseband is configured to combine the signals received through the first Bluetooth radio frequency channel and the second Bluetooth radio frequency channel based on the weight of the first Bluetooth radio frequency channel and the weight of the second Bluetooth radio frequency channel comprises the Bluetooth baseband is configured to:
combine, according to the formula

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the signals received through the first Bluetooth radio frequency channel and the second Bluetooth radio frequency channel, wherein
w i represents a weight of an i th Bluetooth radio frequency channel, S i represents signal energy received through the i th Bluetooth radio frequency channel, N 0 represents noise intensity, and N represents a quantity of Bluetooth radio frequency channels.

4 . A signal receiving method for a Bluetooth chip, the method comprising:
receiving a signal transmitted by a transmitting device through a first Bluetooth radio frequency channel of the Bluetooth chip; receiving a signal transmitted by the transmitting device through a second Bluetooth radio frequency channel of the Bluetooth chip; and combining the signals received through the first Bluetooth radio frequency channel and the second Bluetooth radio frequency channel based on signal quality of the signals received through the first Bluetooth radio frequency channel and the second Bluetooth radio frequency channel; wherein combining the signals received through the first Bluetooth radio frequency channel and the second Bluetooth radio frequency channel comprises:
determining a weight of the first Bluetooth radio frequency channel and a weight of the second Bluetooth radio frequency channel based on the signal quality, wherein a Bluetooth radio frequency channel with better signal quality has a larger weight, and
combining the signals received through the first Bluetooth radio frequency channel and the second Bluetooth radio frequency channel based on the weight of the first Bluetooth radio frequency channel and the weight of the second Bluetooth radio frequency channel.

5 . The signal receiving method according to claim 4 , further comprising:
obtaining a time delay and a phase difference between the first Bluetooth radio frequency channel and the second Bluetooth radio frequency channel; performing, based on the time delay, time alignment on the signals received through the first Bluetooth radio frequency channel and the second Bluetooth radio frequency channel; and performing, based on the phase difference, phase alignment on the signals received through the first Bluetooth radio frequency channel and the second Bluetooth radio frequency channel.

6 . The signal receiving method according to claim 4 , wherein combining the signals received through the first Bluetooth radio frequency channel and the second Bluetooth radio frequency channel based on the weight of the first Bluetooth radio frequency channel and the weight of the second Bluetooth radio frequency channel comprises:
combining, according to the formula

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Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Qinghui
• Ruan Wei
• Shen Xuqiang

Classifications

• H04B1/38

  Transceivers, i.e. devices in which transmitter and receiver form a structural unit and in which at least one part is used for functions of transmitting and receiving · CPC title

• H04B5/48

  Transceivers · CPC title

• H04B1/0064 Primary

  with separate antennas for the more than one band (H04B1/0053 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04W84/18

  Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks · CPC title

• H04W4/80

  Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication · CPC title