Low noise radio frequency transceivers including circulators
US6567647B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 26, 1998 |
| Grant date | May 20, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 8, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B1/52
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A radio frequency (RF) transceiver includes a transmit chain that transmits a transmit signal to an antenna and a receive chain that generates a receive signal from the antenna, wherein the receive chain includes a duplexer and the transmit chain is free of a duplexer. By removing the duplexer from the transmit chain, power losses incurred by the duplexer may be reduced and preferably eliminated from the transmit chain. More specifically, an RF transceiver includes a circulator having first, second and third circulator ports, that circulates power from the first circulator port to the second circulator port, to the third circulator port and then to the first circulator port. An amplifier is coupled to the first circulator port and amplifies a transmit signal. An antenna is coupled to the second circulator port. A duplexer is coupled to the third circulator port and generates a receive signal. Accordingly, the combination of a circulator in the transmit chain and a duplexer in the receive chain can reduce the power losses in the transmit chain. Noise may be reduced by replacing the amplifier with first and second amplifiers and a bandpass filter. The first amplifier is coupled to th…
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