Radio frequency transceiver having digital pre-distortion feedback

1. A radio frequency (RF) transceiver circuit comprising:

a transmitter portion configured to transmit first RF signals at an output of a power amplifier (PA); and

a receiver portion having an input coupled to the output of the PA, the receiver portion comprising:

a switch coupled to feedback first baseband signals to the transmitter portion during a feedback mode, the first baseband signals based on the first RF signals received at the input of the receiver portion,

a pre-distortion processing unit coupled to receive the first baseband signals and in turn, provide pre-distortion feedback signals to the transmitter portion,

a low noise amplifier (LNA) configured to receive the first RF signals and second RF signals,

an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) coupled to an output of the LNA, the ADC coupled to the switch to provide the first baseband signals and second baseband signals, the second baseband signals based on the second RF signals, and

a receive processing unit coupled to the switch, the switch configured to provide the second baseband signals to the receive processing unit during a receive mode;

wherein the transmitter portion is configured to transmit the first RF signals during a first period on a first frequency band, and the receiver portion is configured to receive the second RF signals during the first period on a second frequency band, and wherein the feedback mode occurs during the first period.

2. The circuit of claim 1 , wherein the transmitter portion comprises a pre-distortion actuator unit coupled to the pre-distortion processing unit, the pre-distortion actuator unit configured to compensate for non-linearity of the PA based on the pre-distortion feedback signals.

3. The circuit of claim 1 , wherein the receive processing unit is coupled to a system bus, the receive processing unit configured to generate system bus signals based on the second baseband signals.

4. The circuit of claim 1 , wherein the transmitter portion is configured to transmit the first RF signals during a first period on a first frequency band, and the receiver portion is configured to receive the second RF signals during a second period on the first frequency band, and wherein the feedback mode occurs during the first period.

5. The circuit of claim 4 , wherein the first period is characterized as a first sub-frame of a radio frame, and the second period is characterized as a second sub-frame of the radio frame.

6. The circuit of claim 1 , wherein the first period is characterized as a sub-frame of a radio frame, and the feedback mode occurs during a cycle prefix (CP) period of the sub-frame, the feedback mode causing the switch to interrupt providing the second baseband signals to the receive processing unit.

7. An integrated circuit comprising:

a transmitter portion configured to transmit first radio frequency (RF) signals at an output of a power amplifier (PA); and

a receiver portion having an input coupled to the output of the PA, the receiver portion comprising:

a pre-distortion processing unit configured to receive a sample of first baseband signals and provide pre-distortion feedback signals to the transmitter portion,

a switch configured to provide the sample of the first baseband signals to the pre-distortion processing unit during a feedback mode, the first baseband signals based on the first RF signals received at the input of the receiver portion,

a low noise amplifier (LNA) configured to receive the first RF signals and second RF signals,

an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) coupled to an output of the LNA, the ADC coupled to the switch to provide the first baseband signals and second baseband signals, the second baseband signals based on the second RF signals, and

a receive processing unit coupled to the switch, the switch configured to provide the second baseband signals to the receive processing unit during a receive mode;

wherein the transmitter portion is configured to transmit the first RF signals during a first period on a first frequency band, and the receiver portion is configured to receive the second RF signals during the first period on a second frequency band, and wherein the feedback mode occurs during the first period.

8. The circuit of claim 7 , wherein the transmitter portion comprises a pre-distortion actuator unit coupled to the pre-distortion processing unit, the pre-distortion actuator unit configured to compensate for non-linearity of the PA based on the pre-distortion feedback signals.

9. The circuit of claim 7 , wherein the transmitter portion is configured to transmit the first RF signals during a first period on a first frequency band, and the receiver portion is configured to receive the second RF signals during a second period on the first frequency band, and wherein the feedback mode occurs during the first period.

10. The circuit of claim 7 , wherein the first period is characterized as a sub-frame of a radio frame, and the feedback mode occurs during a cycle prefix (CP) period of the sub-frame, the feedback mode causing the switch to interrupt providing the second baseband signals to the receive processing unit.

11. The circuit of claim 7 , wherein the first period is characterized as orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) data symbol period, and the feedback mode occurs during the OFDM data symbol period, the switch configured to interrupt providing the second baseband signals to the receive processing unit during the feedback mode.

12. A method comprising:

transmitting first radio frequency (RF) signals at an output of a power amplifier (PA) of a transmitter portion of a transceiver during a first period on a first frequency band;

receiving the first RF signals at an input of a receiver portion of the transceiver;

converting received first RF signals into first baseband signals;

transferring samples of the first baseband signals to a pre-distortion processing unit by way of a switch during a feedback mode, the pre-distortion processing unit generating pre-distortion feedback signals based on the samples, wherein transferring samples of the first baseband signals during the feedback mode interrupts transferring the second baseband signals during the receive mode;

receiving pre-distortion feedback signals at an input of a pre-distortion actuator unit configured to compensate for non-linearity of the PA based on the pre-distortion feedback signals;

receiving second RF signals at the input of the receiver portion of the transceiver during the first period on a second frequency band different from the first frequency band;

converting received second RF signals into second baseband signals; and

transferring, by way of the switch during a receive mode, the second baseband signals to a receive processing unit coupled to a system bus.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising receiving the second RF signals during a second period on the first frequency band.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the first period is characterized as a first sub-frame of a radio frame, and the second period is characterized as a second sub-frame of the radio frame.

15. The method of claim 14 , the feedback mode occurs during a cycle prefix (CP) period of the first sub-frame.

16. The method of claim 12 , wherein the feedback mode occurs during the first period.

17. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first period is characterized as orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) data symbol period.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the feedback mode occurs during the OFDM data symbol period.