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US 9,806,773 B2Granted
Apparatus for a mulitple-input multiple-output (MIMO) architecture
AssigneeQorvo US, Inc.
InventorsNadim Khlat, Alexander Wayne Hietala
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Abstract
An apparatus for a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) architecture is disclosed. The apparatus includes a first splitter-combiner (S-C) having a first transmission line port, a first transmit (TX) port, and a first receive (RX) port. Also included is a first N-plexer having a first power amplifier (PA) input, a first RX output, and a first antenna output for coupling to a first antenna. A first PA is coupled between the first TX port and the PA input, wherein the first RX output is coupled to the first RX port.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a first splitter-combiner (S-C) having a first transmission line port, a first transmit (TX) port, and a first receive (RX) port;
- a first N-plexer having a first power amplifier (PA) input, a first RX output, and a first antenna output for coupling to a first antenna;
- a first PA coupled between the first TX port and the first PA input, wherein the first RX output is coupled to the first RX port;
- a first transceiver having a first TX output and a first RX input;
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- a second S-C having a second transmission line port, a second TX port coupled to the first TX output, and a second RX port coupled to the first RX input wherein the first transmission line port, the first S-C, the first N-plexer, and the first PA are provided in a first module and the second transmission line port, the first transceiver, and the second S-C are provided in a second module.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a first splitter-combiner (S-C) having a first transmission line port, a first transmit (TX) port, and a first receive (RX) port;
- a first N-plexer having a first power amplifier (PA) input, a first RX output, and a first antenna output for coupling to a first antenna;
- a first PA coupled between the first TX port and the first PA input, wherein the first RX output is coupled to the first RX port;
- a first transceiver having a first TX output and a first RX input;
- a second S-C having a second transmission line port, a second TX port coupled to the first TX output, and a second RX port coupled to the first RX input wherein the first transmission line port, the first S-C, the first N-plexer, and the first PA are provided in a first module and the second transmission line port, the first transceiver, and the second S-C are provided in a second module;
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- a transmission line coupled between the first transmission line port and the second transmission line port.
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