Patent ID: 11862861
Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 15:
16. A method for supporting multiple antenna arrays, the method comprising:
passing a first signal via an antenna element of a first antenna array;
operably coupling a first amplifier of a wireless transceiver to the first antenna array and operably decoupling the first amplifier from a second antenna array during at least a time period;
amplifying the first signal using the first amplifier;
passing a second signal via an antenna element of the second antenna array;
operably coupling a second amplifier of the wireless transceiver to the second antenna array and operably decoupling the second amplifier from the first antenna array during at least the time period;
amplifying the second signal using the second amplifier;
operably coupling a same mixer of the wireless transceiver to both the first antenna array and the second antenna array during at least the time period; and
converting frequencies of the first signal and the second signal using the same mixer.