VCO-coupling mitigation in a multiple-carrier, carrier aggregation receiver

An apparatus for configuring a plurality of voltage controlled oscillators (VCOs), comprising:

• a set of VCO modules including at least three VCO modules;
• means for receiving a configuration for a plurality of carriers, each carrier corresponding to a different local oscillator (LO) frequency;
• means for determining a VCO frequency for generating each LO frequency;
• and
• means for assigning each determined VCO frequency to each of a plurality of VCO modules based on a distance between the VCO modules and each of the determined VCO frequencies, the plurality of VCO modules being of the set of VCO modules.

An apparatus for configuring a plurality of voltage controlled oscillators (VCOs), comprising:

• a set of VCO modules including least three VCO modules;
• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
• receive a configuration for a plurality of carriers, each carrier corresponding to a different local oscillator (LO) frequency;
• determine a VCO frequency for generating each LO frequency;
• and
• assign each determined VCO frequency to each of a plurality of VCO modules based on a distance between VCO modules and each of the determined VCO frequencies, the plurality of VCO modules being of the set of VCO modules.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable code for configuring a plurality of voltage controlled oscillators (VCOs), comprising:

• code for receiving a configuration for a plurality of carriers, each carrier corresponding to a different local oscillator (LO) frequency;
• code for determining a VCO frequency for generating each LO frequency;
• and
• code for assigning each determined VCO frequency to each of a plurality of VCO modules based on a distance between the VCO modules and each of the determined VCO frequencies, the plurality of VCO modules being of a set of VCO modules including at least three VCO modules.