Patent ID: 6587673
Filing Date: 2003-07-01
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A multi-band radio terminal apparatus comprising:transmitter/receiver for processing radio communication signals of a plurality of communication frequency bands which include a first communication frequency band and a second communication frequency band, said radio communication signals being used to communicate with a base station; first frequency converter for frequency-converting the frequency bands of said radio communication signals between the communication frequency bands and an intermediate frequency band; second frequency converter for converting said radio communication signals between base-band signals and an intermediate frequency signal; and a base-band signal processing circuit for handling a conversion between said base-band signals and audio signals, wherein said second frequency converter includes: a second transmission-sided mixer for converting a transmission signal within the base-band signal from said base-band signal processing circuit into another transmission signal within the intermediate frequency band in such a manner that the intermediate frequency signal of said first communication frequency band is different from that of said second communication frequency band, and a second local oscillator for supplying local oscillator signals for said first communication frequency band and said second communication frequency band to said second transmission-sided mixer, wherein said first frequency converter includes: one reception-sided mixer for converting a reception signal within the communication frequency band into another reception signal within the intermediate frequency band in such a manner that the intermediate frequency signal converted from said first communication frequency band and that converted from said second communication frequency band are the same, a first transmission-sided mixer for converting a transmission signal within one of said intermediate frequency bands into another transmission signal within the corresponding communication frequency band, and a first local oscillator for commonly supplying a local oscillator signal to both said reception-sided mixer and said first transmission-sided mixer, wherein said first local oscillator includes an oscillator and a switch and a frequency doubling or dividing circuit for selectively supplying a frequency of said oscillator output and a frequency obtained by doubling or frequency-dividing said oscillator output in response to the frequency band of the radio signal used in the communication between the base station and the multi-band radio terminal apparatus.