Electronic device using antenna

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9705534-B2
Application number	US-201514842480-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 1, 2015
Priority date	Sep 1, 2014
Publication date	Jul 11, 2017
Grant date	Jul 11, 2017

Abstract

An electronic device is provided, which includes an antenna; and a communication processor configured to transmit and receive a first signal corresponding to a first frequency band through the antenna, and to perform one of transmitting and receiving a second signal corresponding to a second frequency band through the antenna.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a first antenna;
a second antenna;
a low frequency band signal processing block;
a common frequency band signal processing block; and
a communication processor configured to transmit and receive a first specified signal corresponding to a first frequency band through the low frequency band signal processing block and the first antenna, perform one of transmitting and receiving a second specified signal corresponding to a second frequency band through the common frequency band signal processing block and the first antenna, wherein at least part of a reception frequency band of the first specified signal and a reception frequency band of the second specified signal overlap, and perform the other one of the transmitting and receiving the second specified signal through the common frequency band signal processing block and the second antenna.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the communication processor is further configured to transmit and receive a third specified signal corresponding to a third frequency band through the second antenna.

3. The device of claim 2 , wherein the first frequency band comprises a lower frequency band than the third frequency band.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the communication processor is further configured to perform carrier aggregation (CA) on the first specified signal and the second specified signal.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the communication processor is further configured to perform one of transmitting and receiving a third specified signal corresponding to a third frequency band through the first antenna.

6. The device of claim 5 , wherein the communication processor is further configured to perform the other one of the transmitting and receiving the third specified signal through the first antenna.

7. The device of claim 5 , wherein the communication processor is further configured to perform carrier aggregation (CA) on the second specified signal and the third specified signal.

8. An electronic device comprising:
a first antenna configured to support a common frequency band and a first frequency band lower than the common frequency band;
a second antenna configured to support the common frequency band and a second frequency band higher than the common frequency band; and
a communication processor configured to transmit a first Tx signal corresponding to the first frequency band and a second Tx signal corresponding to the common frequency band through the first antenna, and to receive a first Rx signal corresponding to the common frequency band and a second Rx signal corresponding to the second frequency band through the second antenna, wherein at least part of a frequency band of the second Tx signal and a frequency band of the first Rx signal overlap.

9. The device of claim 8 , wherein the communication processor is further configured to perform carrier aggregation (CA) on the first Rx signal and the second Rx signal.

10. The device of claim 8 , wherein the communication processor is further configured to transmit and receive a third Tx signal corresponding to a third frequency band through the first antenna.

11. The device of claim 8 , wherein the communication processor is further configured to transmit and receive a third Rx signal corresponding to a third frequency band through the second antenna.

12. An electronic device comprising:
a low frequency band signal processing block;
a common frequency band signal processing block;
a first antenna configured to use the low frequency band signal processing block, the common frequency band signal processing block, a common frequency band and a first frequency band; and
a second antenna configured to use the common frequency band signal processing block, the common frequency band and a second frequency band,
wherein the first antenna uses a first band transmission (Tx) and the second antenna uses a first band reception (Rx), the second antenna receives a first specified signal and a second specified signal within the common frequency band.

13. The electronic device of claim 12 , further comprising a communication processor (CP) configured to apply carrier aggregation (CA) to the first band Tx and a second band Tx, or to apply the CA to the first band Rx and a third band Rx.

14. The electronic device of claim 13 , further comprising a separation unit configured to separate the first band Tx from the second band Tx, or to separate the first band Rx from the third band Rx.

15. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the common frequency band comprises:
a long term evolution (LTE) band 1 Tx used by the first antenna; and
an LTE band 2 Rx used by the second antenna.

16. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the first frequency band comprises:
a fourth band Tx; and
a fourth band Rx, and
wherein the second frequency band comprises:
a fifth band Tx; and
a fifth band Rx.

17. The electronic device of claim 12 , further comprising a third antenna configured to use at least part of the first frequency band or at least part of the second frequency band.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Min Ho
• Lee Sung Min
• Lee Jong Pil
• Park Sung Chul

Classifications

• H04L5/001

  the frequencies being arranged in component carriers · CPC title

• H04B1/0064 Primary

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

• H01Q5/30

  Arrangements for providing operation on different wavebands · CPC title

• H04L47/827

  Aggregation of resource allocation or reservation requests · CPC title