Embodiments of this application disclose a communication circuit, including: a shared radio frequency circuit, a baseband processing circuit, and an antenna. The antenna is configured to receive and send a first-mode signal and a second-mode signal. The shared radio frequency circuit is coupled between the baseband processing circuit and the antenna, and the shared radio frequency circuit is configured to process the first-mode signal and the second-mode signal in a time-division manner. The shared radio frequency circuit includes a slave control interface, and the baseband processing circuit includes a master control interface. The master control interface is coupled to the slave control interface by using a control bus, and is used for configuring the shared radio frequency circuit to process the first-mode signal and the second-mode signal in the time-division manner.

An acoustic wave device is disclosed. The acoustic wave device can include a piezoelectric layer, an interdigital transducer electrode over the piezoelectric layer, a temperature compensation layer over the interdigital transducer electrode, and a dielectric layer positioned partially between the piezoelectric layer and the interdigital transducer electrode. The dielectric layer is positioned in an area under a first portion of the interdigital transducer electrode. An area under a second portion different from the first portion is free from the dielectric layer.

An acoustic wave device is disclosed. The acoustic wave device can include a piezoelectric layer, an interdigital transducer electrode over the piezoelectric layer, a temperature compensation layer over the interdigital transducer electrode, and a dielectric layer positioned partially between the piezoelectric layer and the interdigital transducer electrode. The interdigital transducer electrode includes an active region that has a center region and an edge region, a bus bar, and a gap region between the active region and the bus bar. At least a portion of the center region is in direct contact with the piezoelectric layer.

A user equipment and a communication method are provided. The user equipment includes a signal transceiver, a first antenna, a second antenna, a third antenna, and a power amplifier module. The signal transceiver applies a conversion between a baseband signal and a radio frequency signal. The first antenna is a primary antenna for receiving and transmitting RF signals. The second antenna is a diversity antenna for receiving RF signals. The third antenna is a low frequency antenna for transmitting signals in a specific low frequency band. The power amplifier module is electrically connected to the signal transceiver, the first antenna, and the third antenna. The power amplifier module amplifies the RF signal output by the signal transceiver and outputs same to either the first or third antenna.

Systems and methods for ultra-wideband Crest Factor Reduction (CFR) are provided. In some embodiments, a method performed by a wireless node for performing CFR includes performing a first CFR step on a plurality of input signals at a first sampling rate with joint peak detection and band-specific noise shaping; and performing a second CFR step on the resulting plurality of input signals at a second sampling rate with joint peak detection and joint noise shaping where the second sampling rate is higher than the first sampling rate. In this way, Peak-to-Average Power Ratio (PAPR) reduction may be increased while the computational complexity is reduced.

Example signal processing methods and apparatus are described. The signal processing apparatus includes a first power amplifier, a second power amplifier, a first filter, a second filter, and a combiner. The first filter filters a second signal obtained by the first power amplifier to obtain a first sub-signal belonging to a first frequency band and a second sub-signal belonging to a second frequency band. The second filter filters a fourth signal obtained by the second power amplifier to obtain n sub-signals including at least a third sub-signal belonging to a third frequency band. The combiner combines the first sub-signal and i sub-signals in the n sub-signals based on a preset condition to obtain a first combined signal. The communication module sends the first combined signal by using a first port, and sends the second sub-signal by using a second port.

A method and wireless communication device use a first processing unit to perform a first communication event within a first communication window by use of a first communication protocol, a second processing unit to perform a second communication event within a second communication window by use of a second communication protocol, and a wireless communication unit connected to a radio-frequency antenna to transmit and/or receive a packet wirelessly. The first and second processing units may perform the first and second communication events via the wireless communication unit. The second processing unit or the wireless communication unit may transmit an event signal to the first processing unit when performing the second communication event or receiving a packet, respectively, to allow the first processing unit to arrange the first communication window (or first communication event) with respect to the second communication window (or second communication event) to minimize interference.

A frequency-division duplex communication apparatus, including a first radio frequency port, a second radio frequency port coupled to an antenna, a third radio frequency port, a fourth radio frequency port coupled to a balancing circuit, and a filtering arrangement having filters of a first type, a filter of a second type and a filter of a third type. The filters of the first type pass signals at a first frequency band and reject signals at a second frequency band. The filter of the second type rejects signals at the first frequency band and passes signals at the second frequency band. The filter of the third type rejects signals at the first frequency band and passes signals at the second frequency band and the phase response of the filter of the second type is 180 degrees from the phase response of the filter of the third type.

A radio frequency front end system can include a first module configured to provide multi-input multi-output (MIMO) receive operations for a first plurality of mid bands and a first plurality of high bands. The first module can be further configured to provide transmit operations for the plurality of mid bands. The first module can include a first node. The radio frequency front end system can include a second module configured to provide transmit and receive operations for a second plurality of mid bands and a second plurality of high bands. The second module can be a power amplifier integrated duplexer (PAiD) module. The second module can include a second node. The first module and the second module can be coupled by a signal path at the first node and the second node, respectively.

An antenna switching circuit, electronic device and method. The switching circuit includes a radio frequency processor, a radio frequency front-end, a first switch, and an antenna system with a plurality of antennas. The radio frequency processor receives a first radio frequency signal, generates a second radio frequency signal based on a loss value of the first switch, and transmits the second radio frequency signal to the first switch. The first switch selects, from a plurality of radio frequency channels in the radio frequency front-end, a radio frequency channel coupled with the radio frequency processor, and transmits the second radio frequency signal to a radio frequency channel. The radio frequency front-end receives and processes the second radio frequency signal to generate a third radio frequency signal and transmits it to the antenna system, which outputs the third radio frequency signal.