RF system and electronic device
View Patent ↗A RF system and an electronic device are provided. The RF system includes an RF transceiver, an RF processing circuit, a transfer switch module, and four antennas. The RF processing circuit includes a first TX module, a second TX module, a first RX module, a second RX module, a first duplexer, a second duplexer, a first multiplexer, and a first filtering module. When the RF system works in a NSA mode, a first antenna is configured for TX of a first LB and PRX of the first LB, a second antenna is configured for TX of a second LB and PRX of the second LB, a third antenna is configured for DRX of the second LB, a fourth antenna is configured for DRX of the first LB, and the first filtering module is configured to filter a band other than the first LB.
1. A radio frequency (RF) system, comprising:
an RF transceiver, an RF processing circuit, a transfer switch module, a first antenna, a second antenna, a third antenna, and a fourth antenna;
wherein the RF transceiver being coupled with the RF processing circuit;
wherein the first antenna and the second antenna being coupled with the transfer switch module, the third antenna being coupled with the transfer switch module or the RF processing circuit, the fourth antenna being directly coupled with the RF processing circuit, the first antenna and the second antenna each having a higher antenna efficiency than the third antenna and the fourth antenna;
wherein the RF processing circuit comprising a first transmit (TX) module, a second TX module, a first receive (RX) module, a second RX module, a first duplexer, a second duplexer, a first multiplexer, and a first filtering module;
wherein the first TX module having a first TX port that is coupled with the transfer switch module via the first duplexer, the first TX module having a second TX port that is coupled with the transfer switch module via the first multiplexer and the second duplexer, and the first TX module is configured to switch a connection between the first antenna and the second antenna via the transfer switch module to be coupled with one of the first antenna and the second antenna via the transfer switch module;
wherein the second TX module having a first TX port that is directly coupled with the transfer switch module, the second TX module having a second TX port that is coupled with the transfer switch module via the first multiplexer and the second duplexer, and the second TX module is configured to switch a connection between the first antenna and the second antenna via the transfer switch module to be coupled with another one of the first antenna and the second antenna via the transfer switch module;
wherein the first RX module having a first RX port that is coupled with the transfer switch module via the first duplexer, the first RX module having a second RX port that is coupled with the transfer switch module via the second duplexer, and the first RX module having a third RX port that is coupled with the transfer switch module via the second TX module;
wherein the second RX module having a first RX port that is coupled with the first filtering module; and the second RX module having a second RX port that is coupled with the transfer switch module or a selective filtering module that is coupled with the third antenna; and
wherein when the RF system works in a non-standalone (NSA) mode, the first antenna being configured for TX of a first low band (LB) and primary receive (PRX) of the first LB, the second antenna being configured for TX of a second LB and PRX of the second LB, the third antenna being configured for diversity receive (DRX) of the second LB, the fourth antenna being configured for DRX of the first LB, and the first filtering module being configured to filter a band other than the first LB.
2. The RF system of claim 1 , wherein when the RF system works in a 4 th generation (4G) mode, the first antenna is configured for TX of the first LB and PRX of the first LB, the first antenna is further configured for TX of the second LB and PRX of the second LB, and the second antenna is configured for DRX of the first LB or the second LB.
3. The RF system of claim 2 , wherein the third antenna and the fourth antenna are unused, or configured only for LB RX.
4. The RF system of claim 1 , wherein an RF path of the first LB comprises a TX path of the first LB, a PRX path of the first LB, and a DRX path of the first LB.
5. The RF system of claim 1 , wherein an RF path of the second LB comprises a TX path of the second LB, a PRX path of the second LB, and a DRX path of the second LB.
6. The RF system of claim 2 , wherein the first LB comprises a first sub-band or a second sub-band, and the second LB comprises a third sub-band, a fourth sub-band, or a fifth sub-band.
7. The RF system of claim 6 , wherein the first sub-band is B20, the second sub-band is B28, the third sub-band is N5 or B5, the fourth sub-band is N8 or B8, and the fifth sub-band is N28 or B28.
8. The RF system of claim 7 , wherein in the NSA mode, the first sub-band is B20, the second sub-band is B28, the third sub-band is N5, the fourth sub-band is N8, and the fifth sub-band is N28.
9. The RF system of claim 7 , wherein in a 4G mode, the first sub-band is B20, the second sub-band is B28, the third sub-band is B5, the fourth sub-band is B8, and the fifth sub-band is B28.
10. The RF system of claim 1 , wherein the transfer switch module comprises one transfer switch.
11. The RF system of claim 10 , wherein the transfer switch comprises one of a double pole triple throw (DP3T) switch or a triple pole triple throw (3P3T) switch.
12. The RF system of claim 11 , wherein when the transfer switch module comprises the DP3T switch, the second RX port of the second RX module is coupled with the selective filtering module that is coupled with the third antenna.
13. The RF system of claim 11 , wherein when the transfer switch module comprises the 3P3T switch, the RF processing circuit further comprises a second multiplexer and a third multiplexer;
wherein the first TX module being coupled with the first antenna via the first duplexer and the transfer switch module includes:
the first TX module being coupled with the first antenna via the first duplexer, the second multiplexer, and the transfer switch module; and
wherein the first TX module being coupled with the first antenna via the first multiplexer, the second duplexer, and the transfer switch module includes:
the first TX module being coupled with the first antenna via the first multiplexer, the second duplexer, the third multiplexer, the second multiplexer, and the transfer switch module.
14. The RF system of claim 1 , wherein the first multiplexer comprises a single pole double throw (SPDT) switch.
15. The RF system of claim 13 , wherein the second multiplexer and the third multiplexer each are an SPDT switch.
16. The RF system of claim 13 , wherein the second RX port of the second RX module is coupled with the transfer switch module.
17. The RF system of claim 6 , wherein the selective filtering module comprises a first filter, a second filter, a third filter, a first single pole triple throw (SP3T) switch, and a second SP3T switch;
wherein the first SP3T switch has a P port that is coupled with the second RX port of the second RX module, the first SP3T switch has a first T port that is coupled with a first port of the first filter, the first SP3T switch has a second T port that is coupled with a first port of the second filter, the first SP3T switch has a third T port that is coupled with a first port of the third filter, the first filter has a second port that is coupled with a first T port of the second SP3T switch, the second filter has a second port that is coupled with a second T port of the second SP3T switch, the third filter has a second port that is coupled with a third T port of the second SP3T switch, and the second SP3T switch has a P port that is coupled with the third antenna; and
wherein the first filter is configured to filter a band other than the third sub-band, the second filter is configured to filter a band other than the fourth sub-band, and the third filter is configured to filter a band other than the fifth sub-band.
18. The RF system of claim 6 , wherein the first filtering module comprises a first SPDT switch, a second SPDT switch, a fourth filter, and a fifth filter;
wherein the first SPDT switch has a P port that is coupled with the first RX port of the second RX module, the first SPDT switch has a first T port that is coupled with a first port of the fourth filter, the first SPDT switch has a second T port that is coupled with a first port of the fifth filter, the fourth filter has a second port that is coupled with a first T port of the second SPDT switch, the fifth filter has a second port that is coupled with a second T port of the second SPDT switch, and the second SPDT switch has a P port that is coupled with the fourth antenna; and
wherein the fourth filter is configured to filter a band other than the first sub-band, and the fifth filter is configured to filter a band other than the second sub-band.
19. The RF system of claim 1 , wherein the NSA mode comprises any one of an evolved universal mobile telecommunication system (UMTS) terrestrial radio access (E-UTRA) new radio (NR)-dual connectivity (EN-DC) architecture, an NR E-UTRA-DC (NE-DC) architecture, or a next generation (NG) EN-DC architecture.
20. An electronic device comprising:
a radio frequency (RF) system;
wherein the RF system comprises an RF transceiver, an RF processing circuit, a transfer switch module, a first antenna, a second antenna, a third antenna, and a fourth antenna;
wherein the RF transceiver is coupled with the RF processing circuit;
wherein the first antenna and the second antenna are coupled with the transfer switch module, the third antenna is coupled with the transfer switch module or the RF processing circuit, the fourth antenna is directly coupled with the RF processing circuit, the first antenna and the second antenna each have a higher antenna efficiency than the third antenna and the fourth antenna;
wherein the RF processing circuit comprises a first transmit (TX) module, a second TX module, a first receive (RX) module, a second RX module, a first duplexer, a second duplexer, a first multiplexer, and a first filtering module;
wherein the first TX module has a first TX port that is coupled with the transfer switch module via the first duplexer, the first TX module has a second TX port that is coupled with the transfer switch module via the first multiplexer and the second duplexer, and the first TX module is configured to switch a connection between the first antenna and the second antenna via the transfer switch module to be coupled with one of the first antenna and the second antenna via the transfer switch module;
wherein the second TX module has a first TX port that is directly coupled with the transfer switch module, the second TX module has a second TX port that is coupled with the transfer switch module via the first multiplexer and the second duplexer, and the second TX module is configured to switch a connection between the first antenna and the second antenna via the transfer switch module to be coupled with another one of the first antenna and the second antenna via the transfer switch module;
wherein the first RX module has a first RX port that is coupled with the transfer switch module via the first duplexer, the first RX module has a second RX port that is coupled with the transfer switch module via the second duplexer, and the first RX module has a third RX port that is coupled with the transfer switch module via the second TX module;
wherein the second RX module has a first RX port that is coupled with the first filtering module, and the second RX module has a second RX port that is coupled with the transfer switch module or a selective filtering module that is coupled with the third antenna; and
wherein the RF system is configured to perform TX and RX of a first low band (LB) and perform TX and RX of a second LB when working in a non-standalone (NSA) mode.