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Multi-band transceiver having multi-slot capability

US6516184B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 31, 1999
Grant dateFeb 4, 2003
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Expiry dateAug 31, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B1/405
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A multi-band transceiver for receiving and transmitting signals within selected GSM frequency bands. Transmission and reception occurs simultaneously and within the same time slot of a TDMA frame. The transceiver includes a first local oscillator LO1 that selectively oscillates within a bandwidth corresponding to the selected GSM band and outputs a signal having a frequency fLO1. A second local oscillator LO2 selectively oscillates at a frequency corresponding to the selected GSM band and outputs a signal having a frequency fLO2. A receiver receives a signal having a frequency fRx and mixes the signals from the first and second local oscillators to generate a demodulating signal having a frequency fRx, wherein fRx=fLO1±fLO2. A transmitter having a loop architecture includes a VCO that generates a signal having a transmit frequency fTx equal to fRx minus a comparison frequency fCF, and a mixer that mixes the signal from the first local oscillator with the transmit signal to generate an IF signal having a frequency fIF=fLO2±fCF. A quadrature mixer that modulates the IF signal with baseband “I” and “Q” signals, and a phase detector that compares t…

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