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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 14, 2013
Applicant:

Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);

Inventors:

Jianxun Fan, Apex, NC (US);

Reza Alavi, Belle Meade, NJ (US);

Steven R. Bal, Cary, NC (US);

David J. McLaurin, Durham, NC (US);

Assignee:

ANALOG DEVICES, INC., Norwood, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 17/11 (2015.01); H04B 1/52 (2015.01); H04B 15/04 (2006.01); H04B 1/525 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 17/11 (2015.01); H04B 1/525 (2013.01); H04B 15/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for estimating and compensating TX LO leakage using circuitry on a loopback path connecting the transmitter and receiver are provided. The TX LO leakage may be estimated by measuring the DC signal on the receiver, measuring the phase difference between the received LO signal and the receiver LO signal, and filtering LO harmonics that may arise from the use of non-linear mixers. The DC signal on the receiver may be measured by opening and closing the loopback path, or changing the gain of the loopback path, or flipping the phase of looped back TX signal. The method may be used in an initialization or tracking calibration scheme.


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