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Granted Patent B2
US 8,958,351 · App. 13/469,044 · Granted Feb 17, 2015

Mobile terminal

Inventors: Won Heo (Gyeonggi-Do, KR); Mansoo Sin (Seoul, KR); Jeunguk Ha (Seoul, KR); Namsoo Kim (Gyeonggi-Do, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04B1/406H04B1/005H04B1/44
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Patent No.
US 8,958,351
App. No.
13/469,044
Granted
Feb 17, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mobile terminal includes a main body and a wireless communication module mounted in the main body. The wireless communication module includes a first transceiver including transmit and receive terminals of a first signal, a second transceiver including transmit and receive terminals of a second signal, a first duplexer connected to the transmit terminal of the first signal and the receive terminal of the second signal to separate a transmit frequency of the first signal from a receive frequency of the second signal, and a second duplexer connected to the receive terminal of the first signal and the transmit terminal of the second signal to separate a receive frequency of the first signal from a transmit frequency of the second signal.

Claims (39)

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a main body; and

a wireless communication module mounted in the main body,

wherein the wireless communication module comprises:

a first transceiver including a transmit terminal and a receive terminal of a first signal;

a second transceiver including a transmit terminal and a receive terminal of a second signal, and a transmit terminal and a receive terminal of a third signal;

a first duplexer connected to the transmit terminal of the first signal and the receive terminal of the second signal to separate a transmit frequency of the first signal from a receive frequency of the second signal; and

a second duplexer connected to the receive terminal of the first signal and the transmit terminal of the second signal to separate a receive frequency of the first signal from a transmit frequency of the second signal; and

wherein the first signal and the second signal are of a same frequency band and the third signal is of a different frequency band than the first and second signals,

wherein the first transceiver selectively controls transmission and reception of the first signal and the second transceiver selectively controls transmission and reception of the second and third signals such that the second transceiver does not transmit and receive the third signal while transmitting and receiving the second signals and does not transmit and receive the second signal while transmitting and receiving the third signal, and

wherein a first intermodular distortion (IMD) resulting from a simultaneous processing of the first signal and the third signal at the first duplexer does not affect a receiver sensitivity of the first signal or the second signal and a second intermodular distortion (IMD) resulting from a simultaneous processing of the first signal and the third signal at the second duplexer does not significantly deteriorate a receiver sensitivity of the first signal.

2. The mobile terminal as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising first to third antennas arranged in different regions of the main body and connected to the wireless communication module to emit signals generated by the wireless communication module.

3. The mobile terminal as claimed in claim 2 , wherein transmit and receive paths of the first signal are formed to connect the transmit terminal of the first signal to the first antenna and to connect the receive terminal of the first signal to the second antenna, and

wherein transmit and receive paths of the second signal are formed to connect the transmit terminal of the second signal to the second antenna and to connect the receive terminal of the second signal to the first antenna.

4. The mobile terminal as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the transmit path of the first signal and the receive path of the second signal include a section in which the first antenna is connected to the first duplexer, and

wherein the receive path of the first signal and the transmit path of the second signal include a section in which the second antenna is connected to the second duplexer.

5. The mobile terminal as claimed in claim 3 , wherein transmit and receive paths of the third signal are formed to connect the transmit terminal and the receive terminal of the third signal to the third antenna.

6. The mobile terminal as claimed in claim 5 , wherein transmit and receive paths of signals emitted through the first antenna are formed between the first antenna and the first transceiver,

wherein the wireless communication module further comprises:

a front end module (FEM) connected to the first antenna and configured to select one of the transmit and receive paths of the signals emitted through the first antenna.

7. The mobile terminal as claimed in claim 5 , wherein a degree of isolation between the first antenna and the second antenna is larger than a degree of isolation between the first antenna and the third antenna.

8. The mobile terminal as claimed in claim 3 , wherein transmit and receive paths of the third signal are formed to connect the transmit terminal of the third signal to the first antenna and to connect the receive terminal of the third signal to the second antenna.

9. The mobile terminal as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the second transceiver further comprises a transmit terminal of a fourth signal and a receive terminal of the fourth signal having a different frequency band from frequency bands of the first to third signals.

10. The mobile terminal as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the transmit and receive paths of the third signal are formed to connect the transmit terminal of the fourth signal to the third antenna and to connect the receive terminal of the fourth signal to the second antenna.

11. The mobile terminal as claimed in claim 3 , wherein transmit and receive paths of the third signal are formed to connect the transmit terminal of the third signal to the third antenna and to connect the receive terminal of the third signal to the second antenna.

12. The mobile terminal as claimed in claim 3 , wherein transmit and receive paths of the third signal are formed to connect the transmit terminal of the third signal to the first antenna and to connect the receive terminal of the third signal to the third antenna.

13. The mobile terminal as claimed in claim 3 , further comprising:

the main body comprising a fourth antenna connected to a receive terminal of a Global Positioning System (GPS) signal,

wherein the second transceiver further comprises the receive terminal of the GPS signal.

14. The mobile terminal as claimed in claim 13 , further comprising:

a third transceiver including a transmit terminal of a WiFi signal and a receive terminal of the WiFi signal; and

a fifth antenna arranged in a fifth region of the main body and connected to the transmit terminal of the WiFi signal and the receive terminal of WiFi signal,

wherein transmit and receive paths of the third signal are formed to connect the transmit terminal of the third signal to the third antenna and to connect the receive terminal of the third signal to the fifth antenna.

15. The mobile terminal as claimed in claim 13 , further comprising a fifth antenna arranged in a fifth region adjacent to a second region in which the second antenna is arranged and connected to the wireless communication module,

wherein transmit and receive paths of the third signal are formed to connect the transmit terminal of the third signal to the fifth antenna and to connect the receive terminal of the third signal to the third antenna.

16. The mobile terminal as claimed in claim 13 , further comprising a fifth antenna arranged in a fifth region adjacent to a second region in which the second antenna is arranged and connected to the wireless communication module,

wherein transmit and receive paths of the third signal are formed to connect the transmit terminal of the third signal to the third antenna and to connect the receive terminal of the third signal to the fifth antenna.

17. The mobile terminal as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first signal is a wireless frequency signal for a voice service, and

wherein the second and third signals are wireless frequency signals for a data service.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 24, 2012
From: HEO, WON; SIN, MANSOO; HA, JEUNGUK; KIM, NAMSOO
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 028843/0826 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2011-0075478 · Jul 28, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130028148A1 · Jan 31, 2013