Inter carrier-aggregation isolation in a receiver

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9425832-B2
Application number	US-201414255998-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 18, 2014
Priority date	Jan 16, 2014
Publication date	Aug 23, 2016
Grant date	Aug 23, 2016

Abstract

A device includes a first amplifier circuit coupled to a first transformer and a second transformer, the first transformer selectively coupled to a first shared power distribution network through a first switch, the second transformer selectively coupled to a second shared power distribution network through a second switch.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device, comprising:
a first amplifier circuit having outputs coupled to inputs of a first transformer and a second transformer, the first transformer selectively coupled to a first shared power distribution network through a first switch configured to selectively couple the first shared power distribution network to the first transformer, the second transformer selectively coupled to a second shared power distribution network through a second switch configured to selectively couple the second shared power distribution network to the second transformer, each of the first and second shared power distribution networks shared with one or more other transformers.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first switch is configured to couple the first transformer to the first shared power distribution network and the second switch is configured to decouple the second transformer from the second shared power distribution network.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first switch is configured to decouple the first transformer from the first shared power distribution network and the second switch is configured to couple the second transformer to the second shared power distribution network.

4. The device of claim 2 , wherein the first switch is configured to couple the first transformer to the first shared power distribution network when the first transformer is configured to generate an output and the second switch is configured to decouple the second transformer from the second shared power distribution network when the second transformer is not configured to generate an output.

5. The device of claim 3 , wherein the first switch is configured to decouple the first transformer from the first shared power distribution network when the first transformer is not configured to generate an output and the second switch is configured to couple the second transformer to the second shared power distribution network when the second transformer is configured to generate an output.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first amplifier circuit is configured to amplify a first carrier-aggregation (CA) signal or a second carrier-aggregation (CA) signal.

7. The device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a second amplifier circuit coupled to a third transformer and a fourth transformer, the third transformer selectively coupled to the first shared power distribution network through a third switch, the fourth transformer selectively coupled to the second shared power distribution network through a fourth switch;
the first and third switches are configured to selectively couple one of the first transformer or the third transformer having a first carrier-aggregation (CA) signal to the first shared power distribution network; and
the second and fourth switches are configured to selectively couple one of the second transformer or the fourth transformer having a second carrier-aggregation (CA) signal to the second shared power distribution network.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first amplifier circuit comprises a low noise amplifier circuit.

9. The device of claim 7 , wherein the first carrier-aggregation (CA) signal is located in a first communication band and the second carrier-aggregation (CA) signal is located in a second communication band.

10. A method comprising:
selectively coupling a first transformer to a first shared power distribution network through a first switch and a second transformer to a second shared power distribution network through a second switch based on a carrier-aggregation mode, each of the first and second shared power distribution networks shared with one or more other transformers; and
amplifying a first carrier-aggregation (CA) signal and a second carrier-aggregation (CA) signal by a first amplifier circuit having outputs coupled to inputs of the first transformer and the second transformer, the selective coupling isolating the first CA signal from the second CA signal.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the selective coupling decouples a transformer from a shared power distribution network when the transformer is not generating an output signal.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the selective coupling couples a transformer to a shared power distribution network when the transformer is generating an output signal.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the first CA signal is associated with the first transformer, the second CA signal is associated with the second transformer and the selective coupling isolates the first transformer from the second transformer.

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Youssef Ahmed Abdel Monem
• Uzunkol Mehmet
• Xu Rui
• Abdel Ghany Ehab Ahmed Sobhy
• Leung Wingching Vincent
• Woo Sang Hyun
• He Allen
• Chang Li-Chung

Classifications

• H03F3/195 Primary

  in integrated circuits · CPC title

• H04L5/001

  the frequencies being arranged in component carriers · CPC title

• H03F2200/541

  Transformer coupled at the output of an amplifier · CPC title

• H04L5/14

  Two-way operation using the same type of signal, i.e. duplex · CPC title

• H04B1/12

  Neutralising, balancing, or compensation arrangements · CPC title