Methods for avoiding inter-modulation distortion and communications apparatuses utilizing the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9998160-B2
Application number	US-201715465737-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 22, 2017
Priority date	Nov 4, 2016
Publication date	Jun 12, 2018
Grant date	Jun 12, 2018

Abstract

A method for avoiding inter-modulation distortion in a communications apparatus capable of supporting carrier aggregation and communicating with a peer communications apparatus in a wireless network via at least a first CC and a second CC includes: determining a frequency adjustment value for adjusting a first oscillating frequency of a first local oscillation signal utilized for processing an RF signal of the first CC or a second oscillating frequency of a second LO signal utilized for processing an RF signal of the second CC when an RF signal or a baseband signal of the second CC is interfered with by an inter-modulation distortion signal contributed by any signal component related to the first CC; and adjusting the first oscillating frequency or the second oscillating frequency according to the frequency adjustment value.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A communications apparatus, capable of supporting carrier aggregation and communicating with a peer communications apparatus in a wireless network via at least a first component carrier (CC) and a second CC, comprising:
a radio frequency (RF) signal processing device, processing an RF signal of the first CC and an RF signal of the second CC; and
a baseband signal processing device, processing a baseband signal of the first CC and a baseband signal of the second CC,
wherein the RF signal processing device at least comprises:
a receiving (RX) frequency synthesizer, providing a first local oscillation (LO) signal oscillated at a first oscillating frequency for processing the RF signal of the first CC and a second oscillating frequency for processing the RF signal of the second CC, and
wherein the baseband signal processing device at least comprises:
a low intermedium frequency (IF) RX controller, coupled to the RX frequency synthesizer, determining a frequency adjustment value for adjusting the first oscillating frequency or the second oscillating frequency and providing the frequency adjustment value to the RX frequency synthesizer, and
wherein the RX frequency synthesizer further adjusts the first oscillating frequency or the second oscillating frequency according to the frequency adjustment value,
wherein the low IF RX controller further detects whether a blocker signal exists and is distributed around a desired channel of the first/second CC, and when the blocker signal exists and is distributed around the desired channel of the first/second CC, the low IF RX controller determines a direction in which to adjust the first/second oscillating frequency according to a frequency of the blocker signal, and
wherein when a central frequency of the blocker signal is greater than a central frequency of the desired channel of the first/second CC, the low IF RX controller determines to decrease the first/second oscillating frequency by the frequency adjustment value, and when the central frequency of the blocker signal is smaller than the central frequency of the desired channel of the first/second CC, the low IF RX controller determines to increase the first/second oscillating frequency by the frequency adjustment value.

2. The communications apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein when the low IF RX controller detects that the RF signal or the baseband signal of the second CC is interfered with by an inter-modulation distortion (IMD) signal, the low IF RX controller determines to adjust the first oscillating frequency or the second oscillating frequency, determines the frequency adjustment value and provides the frequency adjustment value to the RX frequency synthesizer.

3. The communications apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein after adjusting the first/second oscillating frequency according to the frequency adjustment value, the first/second oscillating frequency does not equal a central frequency of a desired channel of the first/second CC.

4. The communications apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein when the low IF RX controller determines that the IMD signal is contributed by any signal component related to the first/second CC, the low IF RX controller determines to adjust the first oscillating frequency or the second oscillating frequency and determines the frequency adjustment value according to a bandwidth of a desired channel of the second CC.

5. The communications apparatus as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the signal component related to the first/second CC is selected from a group comprising the first/second LO signal, a harmonic of the first/second LO signal, a reference signal utilized for generating the first/second LO signal and a harmonic of the reference signal.

6. The communications apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the frequency adjustment value is substantially equal to half a bandwidth of a desired channel of the second CC.

7. The communications apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the RX frequency synthesizer increases or decreases the first/second oscillating frequency by the frequency adjustment value to adjust the first/second oscillating frequency.

8. The communications apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the low IF RX controller further receives the baseband signal of the first/second CC and detects whether the blocker signal exists and is distributed around the desired channel of the first/second CC according to a frequency and power of the blocker signal in the baseband signal of the first/second CC.

9. A method for avoiding inter-modulation distortion (IMD) in a communications apparatus capable of supporting carrier aggregation and communicating with a peer communications apparatus in a wireless network via at least a first component carrier (CC) and a second CC, comprising:
determining a frequency adjustment value for adjusting a first oscillating frequency of a first local oscillation (LO) signal utilized for processing an RF signal of the first CC or a second oscillating frequency of a second LO signal utilized for processing an RF signal of the second CC when an RF signal or a baseband signal of the second CC is interfered with by an inter-modulation distortion (IMD) signal contributed by any signal component related to the first CC or the second CC;
detecting whether a blocker signal exists and is distributed around a desired channel of the first/second CC;
when the blocker signal exists and is distributed around the desired channel of the first/second CC, determining a direction in which to adjust the first/second oscillating frequency according to a frequency of the blocker signal; and
adjusting the first oscillating frequency or the second oscillating frequency according to the frequency adjustment value, wherein when a central frequency of the blocker signal is greater than a central frequency of the desired channel of the first/second CC, the first/second oscillating frequency is adjusted by decreasing the first/second oscillating frequency by the frequency adjustment value, and when the central frequency of the blocker signal is smaller than the central frequency of the desired channel of the first/second CC, the first/second oscillating frequency is adjusted by increasing the first/second oscillating frequency by the frequency adjustment value.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9 , wherein after adjusting the first/second oscillating frequency according to the frequency adjustment value, the first/second oscillating frequency is not equal to a central frequency of a desired channel of the first/second CC.

11. The method as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the frequency adjustment value is determined according to a bandwidth of a desired channel of the second CC.

12. The method as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the frequency adjustment value is substantially equal to half of a bandwidth of a desired channel of the second CC.

13. The method as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the existence and distribution of the blocker signal are detected according to the frequency and power of the blocker signal in a baseband signal of the first/second CC.

14. The method as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the signal component related to the first/second CC is selected from a group comprising the first/second LO signal, a harmonic of the first/second LO signal, a reference signal utilized for generating the first/second LO signal and a harmonic of the reference signal.

Assignees

• Mediatek Inc

Inventors

• Shiu Tzyuan
• Tseng Sheng-Che
• Yen Shih-Chieh
• Yu Chi-Yao

Classifications

• H04L25/03

  Shaping networks in transmitter or receiver, e.g. adaptive shaping networks · CPC title

• H04L27/152

  using controlled oscillators, e.g. PLL arrangements · CPC title

• H04B1/123 Primary

  using adaptive balancing or compensation means (adaptive filter circuits and algorithms H03H) · CPC title

• H04B15/06 Primary

  by local oscillators of receivers · CPC title

• H04B17/382 Primary

  for resource allocation, admission control or handover · CPC title