Method and apparatus for correlation canceller for interference mitigation with adaptive DC offset cancellation

A method for direct current (DC) offset correction in an adaptive correlation canceller for a dual mode communication device, the method comprising:

• detecting an active signal transmitting in one mode;
• configuring integrators associated with the adaptive correlation canceller into gain amplifiers, wherein the integrators are configured into the gain amplifiers through selectively disconnecting the adaptive correlation canceller from a received signal and an output signal generated by the integrators and selectively adjusting circuitry associated with the integrators;
• detecting DC offset utilizing the gain amplifiers and comparators;
• configuring the integrators from the gain amplifiers back to integrators with the DC offset applied thereto;
• receiving a reference signal from the one mode;
• receiving a received signal from another mode;
• and
• providing an output signal from the received signal with interference from the one mode removed by the adaptive correlation canceller, with the integrators with the DC offset applied thereto.

A method for direct current (DC) offset correction in an adaptive correlation canceller for a dual mode communication device, the method comprising:

• detecting an active signal transmitting in one mode;
• configuring integrators associated with the adaptive correlation canceller into gain amplifiers, wherein the gain amplifiers are configured in a low gain stage for coarse DC offset detection and a high gain stage for fine DC offset detection;
• wherein the integrators are configured into the gain amplifiers through selectively disconnecting the adaptive correlation canceller from a received signal and an output signal generated by the integrators;
• detecting DC offset utilizing the gain amplifiers and comparators;
• and
• configuring the integrators from the gain amplifiers back to integrators with the DC offset applied thereto.

A correlation canceller circuit with adaptive direct current (DC) offset correction for a dual mode communication device, the correlation canceller circuit comprising:

• an integrator section coupled to a reference signal from a first mode;
• a weighter section coupled to the integrator section and a summer coupled to a received signal from a second mode;
• wherein the integrator section is configured to selectively operate as integrators for adaptive correlation canceller and as gain amplifiers for detecting DC offsets in the adaptive correlation canceller, when the reference signal is active from the first mode;
• and
• wherein the adaptive correlation canceller estimates phase and amplitude of signals from the first mode to subtract from the received signal from the second mode, the received signal being adjacent from the signals from the first mode.

A correlation canceller circuit with adaptive direct current (DC) offset correction for a dual mode communication device, the correlation canceller circuit comprising:

• an integrator section coupled to a reference signal from a first mode;
• a weighter section coupled to the integrator section and a summer coupled to a received signal from a second mode;
• and
• wherein the integrator section is configured to selectively operate as integrators for adaptive correlation canceller and as gain amplifiers for detecting DC offsets in the adaptive correlation canceller, when the reference signal is active from the first mode;
• and
• wherein integrators associated with the integrator section are configured into the gain amplifiers through selectively disconnecting the weighter section from the summer and disconnecting the correlation canceller circuit from a received signal and selectively adjusting circuitry associated with the integrators.

A correlation canceller circuit with adaptive direct current (DC) offset correction for a dual mode communication device, the correlation canceller circuit comprising:

• an integrator section coupled to a reference signal from a first mode;
• a weighter section coupled to the integrator section and a summer coupled to a received signal from a second mode;
• and
• wherein the integrator section is configured to selectively operate as integrators for adaptive correlation canceller and as gain amplifiers for detecting DC offsets in the adaptive correlation canceller by selectively disconnecting the weighter section from the summer and by disconnecting the correlation canceller circuit from a received signal, when the reference signal is active from the first mode;
• and
• wherein the gain amplifiers are configured in a low gain stage for coarse DC offset detection and a high gain stage for fine DC offset detection.

A dual mode communication device, wherein one mode is transmitting in an adjacent band as another mode is receiving, the dual mode communication device comprising:

• a transmitter for a first mode;
• a receiver for a second mode which is substantially adjacent in spectrum to the first mode, wherein the first mode is Long Term Evolution and the second mode is narrowband Public Safety;
• and
• an adaptive correlation canceller circuit coupled to the transmitter and the receiver and configured to estimate phase and amplitude of signals from the first mode to subtract from a received signal from the second mode, wherein the adaptive correlation canceller circuit comprises an integrator section coupled to a reference signal from the first mode and a weighter section coupled to the integrator section and a summer coupled to the received signal from the second mode;
• wherein the integrator section is configured to selectively operate as integrators for adaptive correlation canceller and as gain amplifiers for detecting direct current (DC) offsets in the adaptive correlation canceller, when the reference signal is active from the first mode.

A dual mode communication device, wherein one mode is transmitting in an adjacent band as another mode is receiving, the dual mode communication device comprising:

• a transmitter for a first mode;
• a receiver for a second mode which is substantially adjacent in spectrum to the first mode;
• an adaptive correlation canceller circuit coupled to the transmitter and the receiver and configured to estimate phase and amplitude of signals from the first mode to subtract from a received signal from the second mode, wherein the adaptive correlation canceller circuit comprises an integrator section coupled to a reference signal from the first mode and a weighter section coupled to the integrator section and a summer coupled to the received signal from the second mode;
• wherein the integrator section is configured to selectively operate as integrators for adaptive correlation canceller and as gain amplifiers for detecting direct current (DC) offsets in the adaptive correlation canceller, when the reference signal is active from the first mode;
• and
• wherein integrators associated with the integrator section are configured into the gain amplifiers through selectively disconnecting the weighter section from the summer and disconnecting the adaptive correlation canceller from an output signal of the summer and selectively adjusting circuitry associated with the integrators.