Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
Methods and apparatus for enhanced transceiver performance using differential filtering

Abstract:

Noise-cancellation techniques based on differential filtering, and front-end modules and wireless devices incorporating same. An example of a front-end module includes a transmit contact, a receive contact, and an antenna contact, a duplexer including a transmit filter connected in a transmit path between the transmit and antenna contacts, and a receive filter connected in a receive path between the antenna and receive contacts, the transmit filter having an input and the receive filter having an output, differential signal lines connected to one of the input of the transmit filter or the output of the receive filter, and configured to provide a differential transmit signal to the input of the transmit filter or provide a differential receive signal from the output of the receive filter, and a bandpass filter connected between the differential signal lines and configured to provide a frequency-specific short between the differential signal lines.