Diversity receiver front end system with tunable output matching circuit

A radio-frequency (RF) module comprising:

• a packaging substrate configured to receive a plurality of components;
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• a receiving system implemented on the packaging substrate, the receiving system including an input configured to receive signals from a diversity antenna separate from a primary antenna, an input multiplexer having an input multiplexer input coupled to the input and a plurality of input multiplexer outputs, an output configured to transmit signals to a transceiver through a transmission line coupled to the output, the transmission line presenting an impedance to signals transmitted between the output of the receiving system and the transceiver, an output multiplexer having a plurality of output multiplexer inputs and an output multiplexer output coupled to the output, a controller configured to selectively activate one or more of a plurality of paths between the input of the receiving system and the output of the receiving system and to provide an impedance tuning signal and an output tuning signal, a plurality of amplifiers, each one of the plurality of amplifiers disposed along a corresponding one of the plurality of paths between an input multiplexer output and a corresponding output multiplexer input and configured to amplify a signal received at the amplifier, a plurality of tunable impedance matching components, each one of the plurality of tunable impedance matching components disposed along a corresponding one of the plurality of paths between the input multiplexer output and the corresponding output multiplexer input and configured to provide an impedance based on the impedance tuning signal that reduces an in-band noise figure for an in-band frequency and reduces an out-of-band noise figure for an out-of-band frequency, and a tunable output matching circuit disposed between the output multiplexer output and the output of the receiving system and configured to present an impedance based on the output tuning signal configured to tune the tunable output matching circuit to match the impedance of the transmission line coupled to the output of the receiving system.

A wireless device comprising:

• a primary antenna configured to receive a primary radio-frequency (RF) signal;
• a diversity antenna configured to receive a diversity radio-frequency (RF) signal;
• a transceiver configured to receive a processed version of the primary RF signal, to receive a processed version of the diversity RF signal, and to generate data bits based on the processed version of the primary RF signal or the diversity RF signal;
• a primary front end module (FEM) in communication with the primary antenna and the transceiver, the primary FEM positioned near the transceiver;
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• a diversity front-end module (FEM) in communication with the diversity antenna and the transceiver, the diversity FEM positioned further from the transceiver than the primary FEM, the diversity FEM including a packaging substrate configured to receive a plurality of components, the diversity FEM further including a receiving system implemented on the packaging substrate, the receiving system including an input configured to receive signals from the diversity antenna, an input multiplexer having an input multiplexer input coupled to the input and a plurality of input multiplexer outputs, an output configured to transmit signals to the transceiver through a transmission line coupled to the output, the transmission line presenting an impedance to signals transmitted between the output of the receiving system and the transceiver, an output multiplexer having a plurality of output multiplexer inputs and an output multiplexer output coupled to the output, a controller configured to selectively activate one or more of a plurality of paths between the input of the receiving system and the output of the receiving system and to provide an impedance tuning signal and an output tuning signal, a plurality of amplifiers, each one of the plurality of amplifiers disposed along a corresponding one of the plurality of paths between an input multiplexer output and a corresponding output multiplexer input and configured to amplify a signal received at the amplifier, a plurality of tunable impedance matching components, each one of the plurality of tunable impedance matching components disposed along a corresponding one of the plurality of paths between the input multiplexer output and the corresponding output multiplexer input and configured to provide an impedance based on the impedance tuning signal that reduces an in-band noise figure for an in-band frequency and reduces an out-of-band noise figure for an out-of-band frequency, and a tunable output matching circuit disposed between the output multiplexer output and the output of the receiving system and configured to present an impedance based on the output tuning signal configured to tune the tunable output matching circuit to match the impedance of the transmission line coupled to an output of the diversity FEM.