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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2018
Nxp B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Gustavo Guarin Aristizabal, Munich, DE;
Arnaud Sion, Munich, DE;
Ralf Reuter, Landshut, DE;
Marcel Welpot, Munich, DE;
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A wireless communication unit () is described that comprises: at least one receiver configured to receive a radio frequency signal on at least one receiver channel () and comprising a plurality of receiver circuits; at least one interference detection circuit () coupled to an output of at least one of the plurality of receiver circuits and configured to detect a saturation event of a signal output from the at least one of the plurality of receiver circuits; and a controller () configured to identify interference in a received signal. The at least one interference detection circuit () comprises at least one counter () configured to count a number of saturation events in at least one of the plurality of receiver circuits over a time limited period; and at least one comparator () coupled to the at least one counter () and configured to compare a count value of the number of saturation events from the at least one counter () with a counter threshold to indicate a presence of interference in the signal, when the counter threshold is exceeded.