Single frequency synthesizer based FDD transceiver

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9276800-B2
Application number	US-201213608677-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 10, 2012
Priority date	Sep 14, 2011
Publication date	Mar 1, 2016
Grant date	Mar 1, 2016

Abstract

The present invention relates to a single frequency synthesizer based FDD transceiver. A single frequency synthesizer generates and provides a carrier frequency so that frequency up-conversion and frequency down-conversion can be performed at the time of transmission and reception. Accordingly, the area, power consumption, and design complexity of the entire system can be reduced, and the performance of the system can be improved.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A single frequency synthesizer based frequency division duplex (FDD) transceiver, comprising:
a transmission signal processor configured to perform frequency up-conversion from baseband signals into intermediate frequency (IF) band signals, receive information on a transmission frequency and information on a reception frequency, generate an IF for frequency up-conversion from the transmission frequency to the IF band signals, and compensate for the IF based on a difference between the transmission frequency and the reception frequency;
a transmitter configured to convert the digital IF band signals, up-converted by the transmission signal processor, into analog signals, remove noise from the analog signals, perform frequency up-conversion from the analog signals into radio frequency (RF) band signals, amplify the RF band signals, and output the amplified RF band signal;
a duplexer configured to send the RF band signal, outputted from the transmitter, through an antenna;
a receiver configured to perform low-noise signal amplification on the RF band signal received from the antenna via the duplexer and perform frequency down-conversion and analog signal processing on the amplified RF band signal; and
a frequency synthesizer configured to generate a carrier frequency for the frequency up-conversion in the transmitter and the frequency down-conversion in the receiver; wherein the transmission signal processor compensates for the IF when the carrier frequency is to be changed and an RF band output frequency of the receiver is to be fixed, or when the RF band output frequency of the receiver is to be changed and the carrier frequency is to be fixed.

2. The single frequency synthesizer based FDD transceiver of claim 1 , wherein the transmission signal processor comprises:
a digital filter configured to sample the baseband signals and remove sampling images from the baseband signals;
an IF up-converter configured to perform the frequency up-conversion from the signals, filtered by the digital filter, into the IF bands; and
an IF generation and compensation unit configured to receive the information on the transmission frequency and the information on the reception frequency, generate the IF necessary for the frequency up-conversion in the IF band signals, and compensate for the IF.

3. The single frequency synthesizer based FDD transceiver of claim 2 , wherein the digital filter up-samples the baseband signals.

4. The single frequency synthesizer based FDD transceiver of claim 1 , wherein the carrier frequency generated from the frequency synthesizer is a reception frequency.

5. The single frequency synthesizer based FDD transceiver of claim 1 , wherein the receiver has a direct conversion structure or a digital-IF structure.

6. A single frequency synthesizer based frequency division duplex (FDD) transceiver, comprising:
a transmitter configured to filter an analog baseband signal, perform frequency up-conversion from the analog baseband signal to a radio frequency (RF) band signal, and amplify transmission power of the RF band signal;
a duplexer configured to send the RF band signal, amplified by the transmitter, through an antenna;
a receiver configured to perform low-noise signal amplification on the RF band signal received from the antenna via the duplexer, perform frequency down-conversion from the RF band signal to intermediate frequency (IF) band signals, and convert the IF band signals into digital IF band signals;
a reception signal processor configured to perform frequency down-conversion from the digital IF band signals of the receiver to the baseband signals, sample the baseband signals, output the sampled baseband signals, receive information on a transmission frequency and information on a reception frequency, generate an IF for frequency down-conversion from the reception frequency to the baseband signals, and compensate for the IF based on a difference between the transmission frequency and the reception frequency; and
a frequency synthesizer configured to generate a carrier frequency for the frequency up-conversion in the transmitter and for the frequency down-conversion in the receiver; wherein the reception signal processor compensates for the IF when the carrier frequency is to be changed and an RF band output frequency of the receiver is to be fixed, or when the RF band output frequency of the receiver is to be changed and the carrier frequency is to be fixed.

7. The single frequency synthesizer based FDD transceiver of claim 6 , wherein the transmitter has a direct conversion structure or a digital-IF structure.

8. The single frequency synthesizer based FDD transceiver of claim 6 , wherein the reception signal processor comprises:
an IF down-converter configured to perform frequency down-conversion from the digital IF band signals to the baseband signals;
an IF generation and compensation unit configured to generate the IF necessary for the frequency down-conversion from the IF band signals to the baseband signals, receive the information on the transmission frequency and the information on the reception frequency, and compensate for the IF of the transmission frequency and the reception frequency; and
a digital filter configured to sample the baseband signals converted by the IF down-converter and output the sampled signals.

9. The single frequency synthesizer based FDD transceiver of claim 6 , wherein the carrier frequency generated from the frequency synthesizer is a transmission frequency.

Assignees

• Boo Hyun Ho
• Han Seon-Ho
• Choi Jang Hong
• Eo Ik Soo
• Yu Hyun Kyu
• Korea Electronics Telecomm

Inventors

• Boo Hyun Ho
• Han Seon-Ho
• Choi Jang Hong
• Eo Ik Soo
• Yu Hyun Kyu

Classifications

• H04L27/3854

  using a non - coherent carrier, including systems with baseband correction for phase or frequency offset · CPC title

• H04L27/2092

  with digital generation of the modulated carrier (does not include the modulation of a digitally generated carrier) · CPC title

• H04L27/206

  using a pair of orthogonal carriers, e.g. quadrature carriers · CPC title

• H04L27/2332

  using a non-coherent carrier · CPC title

• H04L27/3836 Primary

  in which the carrier is recovered using the received modulated signal or the received IF signal, e.g. by detecting a pilot or by frequency multiplication · CPC title