Huawei Technologies Co., Limited

Future Wei Technologies, Inc.

Yusong Chi

Feng Wang

Robert Irvine

Ping Yin

Chengfang Liao

Seong-Mo Yim

Jinhan Fan

Jinger Yang

Eric Sung

Liang Zhang

Meng Wang

Hongyu Wang

Min Yi

Zhuobiao He

Jianjun Zhou

Xinrong Hu

Xinfang Liu

A noise cancellation system comprises a first noise cancellation apparatus configured to process an I-channel signal, wherein an I-channel differential mode second-order intermodulation component and an I-channel common mode second-order intermodulation component cancel each other in the first noise cancellation apparatus and a second noise cancellation apparatus configured to process a Q-channel signal, wherein a Q-channel differential mode second-order intermodulation component and a Q-channel common mode second-order intermodulation component cancel each other in the second noise cancellation apparatus.

Noise cancellation system

A radio frequency antenna switch includes an antenna port, a radio frequency signal port, and at least one branch coupled to the antenna port or the radio frequency signal port, where each branch includes multiple transistors which are coupled in a stack manner, channel width to length ratios of a preset number of transistors in the transistors progressively decrease in a direction away from the antenna port, where the preset number is less than or equal to the total number of the transistors. With the radio frequency antenna switch, capacitances of the preset number of transistors close to the antenna port increase, and distributed voltages that these transistors close to an antenna end in an off state need to bear are reduced.

Radio frequency antenna switch

A radio frequency antenna switch includes an antenna port, a radio frequency signal port, and at least one branch connected to the antenna port or the radio frequency signal port, where each branch includes multiple transistors which are connected in a stacked manner. Each transistor in the multiple transistors has a multi-finger structure, comprising at least one first finger used as a source and at least one second finger used as a drain. Each first finger is connected, using multiple first vias, to a source corresponding to the first finger, and each second finger is connected, using multiple second vias, to a drain corresponding to the second finger. The number of the first vias and the number of the second vias of a preset number of transistors in the multiple transistors progressively decrease in a direction away from the antenna port.

A radio frequency antenna switch includes an antenna port, a radio frequency signal port, and at least one branch connected to the antenna port or the radio frequency signal port, where each branch includes multiple transistors which are connected in a stack manner; channel width to length ratios of a preset number of transistors in the multiple transistors progressively decrease in a direction away from the antenna port, where the preset number is less than or equal to the total number of the multiple transistors. With the radio frequency antenna switch, capacitances of the preset number of transistors close to the antenna port increase, and distributed voltages that these transistors close to an antenna end in an off state need to bear are reduced.

A noise cancellation system comprises an I-channel mixer configured to receive a radio frequency signal from an antenna and an intermediate frequency signal from a local oscillator, a Q-channel mixer configured to receive the radio frequency signal from the antenna and a phase-shifted intermediate frequency signal from the local oscillator, a first noise cancellation apparatus connected with the I-channel mixer, wherein an I-channel differential mode second-order intermodulation component and an I-channel common mode second-order intermodulation component cancel each other in the first noise cancellation apparatus and a second noise cancellation apparatus connected with the Q-channel mixer, wherein a Q-channel differential mode second-order intermodulation component and a Q-channel common mode second-order intermodulation component cancel each other in the second noise cancellation apparatus.

A radio frequency antenna switch is provided that includes an antenna port, a radio frequency signal port, and at least one branch connected to the antenna port or the radio frequency signal port, where each branch includes multiple transistors which are connected in a stack manner; channel width to length ratios of a preset number of transistors in the multiple transistors progressively decrease in a direction away from the antenna port, where the preset number is less than or equal to the total number of the multiple transistors. With the radio frequency antenna switch, capacitances of the preset number of transistors close to the antenna port increase, and distributed voltages that these transistors close to an antenna end in an off state need to bear are reduced.

A noise cancellation structure comprises a trans-impedance stage couple to an output of a mixer of a receiver and a noise cancellation stage connected in parallel with the trans-impedance stage, wherein the noise cancellation stage comprises a first adjustable resistor and a second adjustable resistor connected in series with the first adjustable resistor, wherein the first adjustable resistor and the second adjustable resistor are configured such that the first adjustable resistor has a first resistance variation portion and the second adjustable resistor has a second resistance variation portion equal to the first resistance variation in an opposite direction and a magnitude of the first resistance variation is so selected that differential mode second-order noise and common mode second-order noise cancel each other.

Noise cancellation apparatus and method

A receiver compensation method comprising receiving a radio frequency signal, amplifying the radio frequency signal, thereby producing an amplified signal, compensating the amplified signal, thereby producing a compensated signal, and mixing the compensated signal, thereby producing a mixed compensated signal, wherein the mixed compensated signal has a first gain difference between a positive differential from a center frequency and a negative differential from the center frequency and wherein the first gain differential is smaller than a second gain differential that would be obtained by mixing the amplified signal without compensating the amplified signal.

Compensation apparatus for receiver asymmetric wide passband frequency response with 25% duty cycle passive mixer

An equivalent radio frequency (RF) notch filter, an RF chip, and a receiver are provided. The equivalent RF notch filter includes: a local oscillation (LO) circuit, configured to provide a LO frequency signal; configured to be connected in parallel with the main chain, and down-convert signals of the main chain; and a frequency selective circuit realized by impedance difference, configured to provide different impedances for down-converted signals with different frequencies from the mixing circuit, so as to absorb the signals that need to be suppressed.

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Yusong Chi