High-selectivity low-loss duplexer
AssigneeBrown University
InventorLawrence Larson
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Abstract
A high-selectivity low-loss duplexing system includes a first duplexer having a first port, a second port, a transmit port and a receive port. A second duplexer has a third port, a fourth port, an inverted transmit port and the receive port. The first port and the third port are connected to an antenna by a balun. The transmit port and the inverted transmit port are connected to at least one power amplifier. The receive port is connected to a low noise amplifier. A phase shifter includes a lattice filter configured to short the second port to the third port and the fourth port to the first port at a receive frequency, and short the second port to the first port and the fourth port to the third port at a transmit frequency.
Claims19
A method for electronic duplexing comprising:
- coupling by positive mutual induction, an input signal at a first port to a receive port;
- coupling by negative mutual induction, a phase-shifted signal at a second port to the receive port;
- coupling by induction, an output signal at a transmit port to the first port;
- coupling by induction, the output signal at the transmit port to the second port;
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- forming the phase-shifted signal by phase shifting the input signal by 180 degrees at a receive frequency and by zero degrees at a transmit frequency.
An electronic duplexer comprising:
- a first port coupled to a transmit port by a primary winding of a first transformer;
- a second port coupled to the transmit port by a primary winding of a second transformer;
- a receive port bridging a secondary winding of the first transformer connected to a secondary winding of the second transformer;
- a phase shifter configured to phase shift an input signal at the first port to generate a phase-shifted signal at the second port, the phase shifter shifting the input signal by 180 degrees at a receive frequency and by zero degrees at a transmit frequency;
- a third port coupled to an inverted transmit port by a primary winding of a third transformer;
- a fourth port coupled to the inverted transmit port by a primary winding of a fourth transformer;
- the receive port bridging a secondary winding of the third transformer connected to a secondary winding of the fourth transformer;
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- the phase shifter further configured to phase shift an inverted input signal at the third port to generate an inverted phase-shifted signal at the fourth port, the phase shifter shifting the inverted input signal by 180 degrees at a receive frequency and by zero degrees at a transmit frequency.
A high-selectivity low-loss duplexing system comprising:
- a first duplexer having a first port, a second port, a transmit port and a receive port;
- a second duplexer having a third port, a fourth port, an inverted transmit port and the receive port, the first port and the third port connected to an antenna by a balun, the transmit port and the inverted transmit port connected to at least one power amplifier, and the receive port connected to a low noise amplifier;
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- a phase shifter comprising a lattice filter configured to short the second port to the third port and the fourth port to the first port at a receive frequency, and short the second port to the first port and the fourth port to the third port at a transmit frequency.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.