H04B1/109

RADIOFREQUENCY DEVICE

A radiofrequency device includes at least the following elements: an antenna, linked to a first transmission channel or reception channel selection device K.sub.1, followed by a front-end stage whose output is linked to a second transmission channel or reception channel selection device K.sub.2, a group of filters connected between the second selection device K.sub.2 and a third transmission channel or reception channel selection device K.sub.3, the third selection device K.sub.3 is connected to a transceiver, the transceiver comprises a converter part, wherein the group of filters comprises N filters having distinct frequency bands B.sub.N in a given bandwidth B.sub.T, the group of filters is linked to a manager selecting at least one of the filters Fj of the group of filters in order to attenuate a first type of disturbing signals P.sub.1, in the vicinity of the centre frequency of the channel to be received, the transceiver comprises a stage comprising a variable filter, the variable filter is configured in order to eliminate a second type of disturbing signals P.sub.2, the stage is connected between the group of filters and the analog-digital and digital-analog conversion set, the number N of filters of the group of filters is chosen by taking into account the operating frequency band value of the antenna, the value of a selected bandwidth Bc and a coefficient δ taking into account overlap effects.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OUT-OF-BAND INTERFERENCE MITIGATION
20180006672 · 2018-01-04 ·

A system for interference mitigation including a transmit coupler that samples the RF transmit signal to create a sampled RF transmit signal; a transmit analog canceller that transforms the RF transmit signal to an RF interference cancellation signal, according to a first configuration state; a first receive coupler that combines the RF interference cancellation signal and the RF receive signal to generate a composite RF receive signal; a sampling analog interference filtering system that, in order to remove interference in the transmit band, filters the sampled RF transmit signal to generate a cleaned transmit signal; a first frequency downconverter that converts the transmit signal to a BB transmit signal; a second frequency downconverter that converts the composite RF receive signal to a composite BB receive signal; and an analog-to-digital converter that converts the transmit signal to a digital transmit signal.

System and method for cancelling strong signals from combined weak and strong signals in communications systems
11711103 · 2023-07-25 · ·

A receiver for cancelling strong signals from combined weak and strong signals includes: a first circuitry for inputting a weak and strong signal as an input; a parametric cancellation circuit for inputting a representation of the strong signal and an output of the first circuitry to produce a cancellation signal; a second circuitry electrically coupled to the parametric cancellation circuit for inputting the cancellation signal to produce a modulated output; a demodulator electronically coupled to the second circuitry for demodulating the modulated output to produce a demodulated output and an error signal, where the demodulated output is the data contained in the weak signal; and an adaptation logic circuit for inputting the representation of the strong signal, the demodulated output and the error signal to adaptively produce parameters for the parametric cancellation circuit. The parametric cancellation circuit further inputs the error signal and the parameters to produce the cancellation signal.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MITIGATING NARROWBAND INTERFERENCE
20180013514 · 2018-01-11 · ·

A system and method for mitigating interference of a radio frequency (RF) signal includes a receiver configured to include: a decomposition module that decomposes a received RF signal into sub-bands via a multi-stage filter, each sub-band being configured to operate on real and imaginary components of the RF signal, and each stage being scaled for separating time-frequency content of the desired signal from time-frequency content of the interference; a mitigation module that suppresses the interference of the RF signal in each sub-band by zeroing an output of a respective sub-band when the frequency content exceeds a predetermined threshold; and a reconstruction module that reconstructs the RF signal from the mitigation module minus the interference. The receiver is configured to determine whether the multi-stage filter is to be reinitialized with updated time and frequency resolution requirements to improve system response.

Power dissipation reduction in wireless transceivers
11564164 · 2023-01-24 · ·

Methods and circuits for reducing power dissipation in wireless transceivers and other electronic circuits and systems. Embodiments of the present invention use bias current reduction, impedance scaling, and gain changes either separately or in combination to reduce power dissipation. For example, bias currents are reduced in response to a need for reduced signal handling capability, impedances are scaled thus reducing required drive and other bias currents in response to a strong received signal, or gain is increased and impedances are scaled in response to a low received signal in the presence of no or weak interfering signals.

DYNAMICALLY PROVISIONING FOR A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD
20230216531 · 2023-07-06 ·

Aspects of the present disclosure generally pertains a system and method for wireless communications, for example, within a wireless wide area network (WWAN), employing a wireless communication devices capable of operations in a plurality of enumerated categories of authorized use. Aspects of the present disclosure pertain to devices, systems and methods for dynamically provisioning a wireless communication device. Aspects of the present disclosure also pertain to systems and methods for devices, wireless operators, and/or private networks to implement different policies based on transmit power levels, device capabilities, locations, environmental and subscription services.

Radio frequency systems with tunable filter

Radio frequency (RF) systems with tunable filters are provided herein. In certain embodiments, an RF system includes a first RF processing circuit configured to process a first frequency band of a first communication standard and a second frequency band of a second communication standard. The first frequency band and the second frequency band are close in frequency and/or partially overlapping in frequency. The first RF processing circuit includes a tunable filter for changing the bandwidth of the first RF processing circuit to enhance the robustness of the first RF processing circuit to blocker or jammer signals of a third frequency band.

Dynamic automatic gain controller configuration in multiple input and multiple output receivers

Dynamic automatic gain controller configuration in multiple input and multiple output receivers is provided by monitoring a given section of wireless spectrum for higher-priority signals using a first antenna set associated with a first Automatic Gain Controller (AGC) set while concurrently monitoring the given section of wireless spectrum for wireless packet-based traffic using a second antenna set associated with a second AGC set; in response to detecting a packet via the second antenna set: re-associating the first antenna set and the second antenna set to a third AGC set; receiving the packet via the first antenna set and the second antenna set using the third AGC set; and in response to the packet being received, re-associating the first antenna set to the first AGC set and the second antenna set to the second AGC set.

Receiver circuits with blocker attenuating rf filter

A receiver circuit is disclosed. The receiver circuit includes an amplifier configured to generate an RF signal based on a received signal, where the RF signal includes an information signal and a blocker signal modulating an RF carrier frequency. The receiver circuit also includes an RF filter connected to the amplifier, where the RF filter is configured to selectively attenuate the blocker signal.

Down-conversion mixer

A down-conversion mixer includes a converting-and-mixing circuit and a load circuit. The converting-and-mixing circuit performs voltage to current conversion and mixing with a differential oscillatory voltage signal pair upon a differential input voltage signal pair to generate a differential mixed current signal pair. The load circuit includes two transistors each having a transconductance that varies according to a control voltage, two resistors each decreasing a threshold voltage of a respective one of the transistors, and a resistor-inductor circuit cooperating with the transistors to convert the differential mixed current signal pair into a differential mixed voltage signal pair.