RF front end architecture

1. Radio frequency (RF) front end circuitry comprising:

mid/high-band switching circuitry configured to receive and selectively route mid-band and high-band signals between a mid/high-band output port and a plurality of mid/high-band transceiver ports;

a carrier-aggregation diplexer coupled to a first one of the plurality of mid/high-band transceiver ports and configured to pass mid-band signals between a mid-band diplexer port and the first one of the plurality of mid/high-band transceiver ports while attenuating other signals and pass high-band signals between a high-band diplexer port and the first one of the plurality of mid/high-band transceiver ports while attenuating other signals;

mid-band transceiver circuitry coupled between the mid-band diplexer port and a second one of the plurality of mid/high-band transceiver ports; and

high-band transceiver circuitry coupled between the high-band diplexer port and a third one of the plurality of mid/high-band transceiver ports.

2. The RF front end circuitry of claim 1 further comprising:

a single-feed antenna port;

low-band switching circuitry configured to receive and selectively route low-band signals between a low-band output port and a plurality of low-band transceiver ports; and

an antenna-side diplexer coupled between the single-feed antenna port, the low-band output port, and the mid/high-band output port and configured to pass low-band signals between the single-feed antenna port and the low-band output port while attenuating other signals and pass mid-band and high-band signals between the single-feed antenna port and the mid/high-band output port while attenuating other signals.

3. The RF front end circuitry of claim 2 further comprising switching control circuitry coupled to the low-band switching circuitry and the mid/high-band switching circuitry.

4. The RF front end circuitry of claim 3 wherein the switching control circuitry is configured to:

provide a low-band switching control signal to the low-band switching circuitry in order to control the routing of low-band signals between the antenna-side diplexer and the plurality of low-band transceiver ports; and

provide a mid/high-band switching control signal to the mid/high-band switching circuitry in order to control the routing of mid/high-band signals between the antenna-side diplexer and the plurality of mid/high-band transceiver ports.

5. The RF front end circuitry of claim 1 wherein the mid-band transceiver circuitry comprises:

mid-band receive port;

a mid-band power amplifier; and

a mid-band duplexer coupled between the mid-band diplexer port, the mid-band receive port, and an output of the mid-band power amplifier, wherein the mid-band duplexer is configured to route mid-band receive signals between the mid-band diplexer port and the mid-band receive port while attenuating other signals and route mid-band transmit signals between the output of the mid-band power amplifier and the mid-band diplexer port while attenuating other signals.

6. The RF front end circuitry of claim 5 wherein the high-band transceiver circuitry comprises:

a high-band receive port;

a high-band power amplifier; and

a high-band duplexer coupled between the high-band diplexer port, the high-band receive port, and an output of the high-band power amplifier and configured to route high-band receive signals between the high-band diplexer port and the high-band receive port while attenuating other signals and route high-band transmit signals between the output of the high-band power amplifier and the high-band diplexer port while attenuating other signals.

7. The RF front end circuitry of claim 1 wherein in a carrier aggregation mode of operation of the RF front end circuitry:

the mid-band transceiver circuitry is configured to provide transmit signals about a mid-band operating band to the mid-band diplexer port and receive signals about the mid-band operating band from the mid-band diplexer port; and

the high-band transceiver circuitry is configured to provide transmit signals about a high-band operating band to the high-band diplexer port and receive signals about the high-band operating band from the high-band diplexer port.

8. The RF front end circuitry of claim 7 wherein the mid-band operating band is band 3 and the high-band operating band is band 7 .

9. The RF front end circuitry of claim 1 further comprising:

a mid-band diplexer switch coupled between the carrier-aggregation diplexer and the mid-band transceiver circuitry and configured to selectively couple the mid-band transceiver circuitry to the mid-band diplexer port; and

a high-band diplexer switch coupled between the carrier-aggregation diplexer and the high-band transceiver circuitry and configured to selectively couple the high-band transceiver circuitry to the high-band diplexer port.

10. The RF front end circuitry of claim 9 wherein:

the mid-band transceiver circuitry is further coupled to the second one of the plurality of mid/high-band transceiver ports; and

the high-band transceiver circuitry is further coupled to the third one of the plurality of mid/high-band transceiver ports.

11. The RF front end circuitry of claim 10 wherein:

in a carrier aggregation mode of operation of the RF front end circuitry, the mid-band diplexer switch and the high-band diplexer switch are closed such that the mid-band transceiver circuitry is coupled to the mid-band diplexer port and the high-band transceiver circuitry is coupled to the high-band diplexer port; and

in a non-carrier aggregation mode of operation of the RF front end circuitry, the mid-band diplexer switch and the high-band diplexer switch are opened such that the mid-band transceiver circuitry is not coupled to the mid-band diplexer port and the high-band transceiver circuitry is not coupled to the high-band diplexer port.

12. The RF front end circuitry of claim 9 wherein the mid-band transceiver circuitry comprises:

a mid-band receive port;

a mid-band power amplifier; and

a mid-band duplexer coupled between the mid-band diplexer port, the mid-band receive port, and an output of the mid-band power amplifier, wherein the mid-band duplexer is configured to route mid-band receive signals between the mid-band diplexer port and the mid-band receive port while attenuating other signals and route mid-band transmit signals between the output of the mid-band power amplifier and the mid-band diplexer port while attenuating other signals.

13. The RF front end circuitry of claim 12 wherein the high-band transceiver circuitry comprises:

a high-band receive port;

a high-band power amplifier; and

a high-band duplexer coupled between the high-band diplexer port, the high-band receive port, and an output of the high-band power amplifier and configured to route high-band receive signals between the high-band diplexer port and the high-band receive port while attenuating other signals and route high-band transmit signals between the output of the high-band power amplifier and the high-band diplexer port while attenuating other signals.

14. The RF front end circuitry of claim 9 wherein in a carrier aggregation mode of operation of the RF front end circuitry:

the mid-band transceiver circuitry is configured to provide transmit signals about a mid-band operating band to the mid-band diplexer port and receive signals about the mid-band operating band from the mid-band diplexer port; and

the high-band transceiver circuitry is configured to provide transmit signals about a high-band operating band to the high-band diplexer port and receive signals about the high-band operating band from the high-band diplexer port.

15. The RF front end circuitry of claim 14 wherein the mid-band operating band is band 3 and the high-band operating band is band 7 .

16. The RF front end circuitry of claim 1 wherein the carrier-aggregation diplexer is tunable.

17. The RF front end circuitry of claim 16 further comprising:

a mid-band diplexer switch configured to selectively route mid-band signals between the mid-band diplexer port, a first mid-band switching port, and a second mid-band switching port;

a high-band diplexer switch configured to selectively route high-band signals between the high-band diplexer port and a high-band switching port;

first mid-band transceiver circuitry coupled to a first mid-band switching port;

second mid-band transceiver circuitry coupled to a second mid-band switching port; and

the high-band transceiver circuitry coupled to the high-band switching port.

18. The RF front end circuitry of claim 17 wherein:

the first mid-band transceiver circuitry is further coupled to the second one of the plurality of mid/high-band transceiver ports;

the second mid-band transceiver circuitry is further coupled to the third one of the plurality of mid/high-band transceiver ports; and

the high-band transceiver circuitry is further coupled to a fourth one of the plurality of mid/high-band transceiver ports.

19. The RF front end circuitry of claim 18 wherein:

in a first carrier aggregation mode of the RF front end circuitry, the mid-band diplexer switch couples the mid-band diplexer port to the first mid-band switching port, the high-band diplexer switch couples the high-band diplexer port to the high-band switching port, and the carrier-aggregation diplexer is tuned to route signals about a first mid-band operating band between the first one of the plurality of mid/high-band transceiver ports and the first mid-band switching port and route signals about a high-band operating band between the first one of the plurality of mid/high-band transceiver ports and the high-band switching port;

in a second carrier aggregation mode of the RF front end circuitry, the mid-band diplexer switch couples the mid-band diplexer port to the second mid-band switching port, the high-band diplexer switch couples the high-band diplexer port to the high-band switching port, and the carrier-aggregation diplexer is tuned to route signals about a second mid-band operating band between the first one of the plurality of mid/high-band transceiver ports and the second mid-band switching port and route signals about the high-band operating band between the first one of the plurality of mid/high-band transceiver ports and the high-band switching port; and

in a non-carrier aggregation mode the mid-band diplexer switch is opened such that neither the first mid-band transceiver circuitry nor the second mid-band transceiver circuitry are coupled to the mid-band diplexer port and the high-band diplexer switch is opened such that the high-band transceiver circuitry is not coupled to the high-band diplexer port.

20. The RF front end circuitry of claim 17 wherein in a carrier aggregation mode of operation of the RF front end circuitry:

the first mid-band transceiver circuitry is configured to provide transmit signals about a first mid-band operating band to the first mid-band switching port and receive signals about the first mid-band operating band from the first mid-band switching port;

the second mid-band transceiver circuitry is configured to provide transmit signals about a second mid-band operating band to the second mid-band switching port and receive signals about the second mid-band operating band from the second mid-band switching port; and

the high-band transceiver circuitry is configured to provide transmit signals about a high-band operating band to the high-band switching port and receive signals about the high-band operating band from the high-band switching port.

21. The RF front end circuitry of claim 20 wherein the first mid-band operating band is band 1 , the second mid-band operating band is band 3 , and the high-band operating band is band 7 .