Multiple frequency band information signal universal front end with adjustable analog signal path components

A wireless device comprising:

• processing circuitry operable to:
• determine a set of information signals for receipt, the set of information signals carried by a Radio Frequency (RF) Multiple Frequency Bands Multiple Standards (MFBMS) signal having a plurality of information signal frequency bands, wherein two information signals of the set of signals are located in differing frequency bands and have differing bandwidths;
• determine a shift frequency based upon the determination;
• an antenna operable to receive the RF MFBMS signal;
• a receiver section coupled to the antenna and to the processing circuitry and comprising:
• down-conversion circuitry operable to down-convert the RF MFBMS signal by the shift frequency to produce a baseband/low Intermediate Frequency (BB/IF) MFBMS signal;
• and
• a plurality of receive paths each comprising a plurality of adjustable analog signal path components and operable to receive and process information signals of the BB/IF MFBMS signal wherein the adjustable analog signal components of the plurality of receive paths are separately adjusted by the processor based on center frequencies and bandwidths of respective information signals of the BB/IF MFBMS;
• and
• the processing circuitry operable to extract data from the BB/IF MFBMS signal corresponding to the set of information signals.

A method for operating a wireless device comprising:

• determining a set of information signals for receipt, the set of information signals of a Radio Frequency (RF) Multiple Frequency Bands Multiple Standards (MFBMS) signal having a plurality of information signal frequency bands, wherein two information signals of the MFBMS signal are located in differing frequency bands and have differing bandwidths;
• receiving the RF MFBMS signal;
• determining a plurality of respective shift frequencies based upon the set of information signals;
• determining a plurality of differing center frequencies and bandwidths based upon the set of information signals;
• processing the RF MFBMS signal by allocating information signals to a respective plurality of receive paths, each receive path of the plurality of receive paths:
• down-converting at least a portion of the RF MFBMS signal by a respective shift frequency to produce a corresponding baseband/low Intermediate Frequency (BB/IF) information signal based on a respective allocated information signal;
• and
• adjusting analog properties of the corresponding BB/IF information signal based upon a respective center frequency and a respective bandwidth;
• combining the plurality of BB/IF information signals produced by the plurality of receive paths to form a BB/IF MFBMS signal;
• and
• the processing circuitry operable to extract data from the BB/IF MFBMS signal corresponding to the set of information signals.

A method for operating a wireless device comprising:

• determining a set of information signals for receipt and allocating the set of information signals to a respective plurality of receive paths having adjustable analog signal path components, the set of information signals carried by a Radio Frequency (RF) Multiple Frequency Bands Multiple Standards (MFBMS) signal having a plurality of information signal frequency bands, wherein two information signals of the set of information signals are located in differing frequency bands and have differing bandwidths;
• determining a plurality of shift frequencies based upon the determination for the set of information signals;
• receiving the RF MFBMS signal;
• configuring down-conversion circuitry of a plurality of receive paths with the plurality of shift frequencies;
• down-converting the RF MFBMS signal by the plurality of receive paths to produce a plurality of baseband/low Intermediate Frequency (BB/IF) MFBMS signals;
• adjusting analog signal path components of the plurality of receive paths, including adjusting filter center frequencies and filter bandwidths of differing receive paths to accommodate respective BB/IF MFBMS signals;
• adjusting analog properties of respective the BB/IF MFBMS signals by the analog signal path components of the plurality of receive paths;
• combining the BB/IF MFBMS signals;
• and
• extracting data from the BB/IF MFBMS signals corresponding to the set of information signals.