Patent Publication Number: US-8989691-B2

Title: Impedance balancing for power supply rejection in single-ended receivers

Description:
CLAIM OF PRIORITY UNDER 35 U.S.C. §119 
     The present application for patent claims priority to Provisional Application No. 61/635,535, entitled “A RF POWER SUPPLY REJECTION TECHNIQUE FOR SINGLE-ENDED MULTI-MODE MULTI-BAND RECEIVERS” filed Apr. 19, 2012, and assigned to the assignee hereof and hereby expressly incorporated by reference herein. 
    
    
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present disclosure relates generally to electronic devices for communication systems. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to systems and methods for impedance balancing for power supply rejection in single-ended receivers. 
     BACKGROUND 
     Wireless communication systems are widely deployed to provide various types of communication content such as voice, video, data, and so on. These systems may be multiple-access systems capable of supporting simultaneous communication of multiple terminals with one or more base stations. 
     A terminal or a base station may include one or more integrated circuits. These integrated circuits may include analog and digital circuitry necessary for wireless communication. Such circuitry may include inductors. As the technology used to build integrated circuits progresses, some elements on the integrated circuit such as transistors continue to decrease in size. However, some elements, such as passive elements, have not decreased in size as quickly. Therefore, benefits may be realized by simplifying an integrated circuit. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     A single-ended receiver for power supply rejection is described. The single-ended receiver includes a first low noise amplifier. The single-ended receiver also includes a second low noise amplifier. The single-ended receiver further includes a balancing impedance. The single-ended receiver also includes a multi-port coupled transformer that outputs a differential signal. The multi-port coupled transformer includes a first primary coil that is coupled to an output of the first low noise amplifier. The multi-port coupled transformer also includes a second primary coil. The first primary coil and the second primary coil are tightly coupled as a differential inductor. 
     The second primary coil may be coupled to an output of the second low noise amplifier. The first low noise amplifier may receive a first input signal. The second low noise amplifier may receive a second input signal. When the first input signal is active and the second input signal is inactive, the multi-port coupled transformer may output the differential signal based on the first input signal. When the first input signal is inactive and the second input signal is active, the multi-port coupled transformer may output the differential signal based on the second input signal. 
     The first input signal may be in a first frequency band and the second input signal may be in a second frequency band. The first low noise amplifier may be a high-band low noise amplifier. The second low noise amplifier may be a low-band low noise amplifier. The multi-port coupled transformer may also include a first secondary coil. The first secondary coil may be coupled between a first input of a first mixer and a second input of the first mixer. A first coupling may occur between the first primary coil and the first secondary coil. The first primary coil may be coupled to the second primary coil. The first mixer may be a shared mixer. A second coupling may occur between the second primary coil and the first secondary coil. 
     The balancing impedance may include a first balancing impedance coupled to the output of the first low noise amplifier via a first switch and to ground. An off impedance of the second low noise amplifier combined with the first balancing impedance may equal an on impedance of the first low noise amplifier. A second balancing impedance may be coupled to the output of the second low noise amplifier via a second switch and to ground. An off impedance of the first low noise amplifier combined with the second balancing impedance may equal an on impedance of the second low noise amplifier. 
     The single-ended receiver may include a first extended primary coil coupled to the first primary coil. The single-ended receiver may also include a second extended primary coil coupled to the second primary coil. The balancing impedance may include a first balancing impedance coupled between the first extended primary coil and ground. The balancing impedance may also include a second balancing impedance coupled between the second extended primary coil and ground. The multi-port coupled transformer may also include a second secondary coil. The single-ended receiver may include a second mixer. The second secondary coil may be coupled between a first input of the second mixer and a second input of the second mixer. The multi-port coupled transformer may also include a second secondary coil that is coupled between the first input of the first mixer and the second input of the first mixer. 
     The balancing impedance may include a first balancing impedance coupled to the output of the first low noise amplifier via a first switch and to ground. The balancing impedance may also include a second balancing impedance coupled to the output of the second low noise amplifier via a second switch and to ground. The balancing impedance may include a third balancing impedance coupled to the output of the first low noise amplifier via a third switch and to ground. The balancing impedance may also include a fourth balancing impedance coupled to the output of the second low noise amplifier via a fourth switch and to ground. 
     An output of the first low noise amplifier may be coupled to an output of the second low noise amplifier. The multi-port coupled transformer may include a first secondary coil that is coupled between a first input of a first mixer and a second input of the first mixer. A first coupling may occur between the first primary coil and the first secondary coil. A second coupling may occur between the second primary coil and the second secondary coil. The balancing impedance may include a first balancing impedance coupled to the output of the first low noise amplifier via a first switch and to ground. The balancing impedance may also include a second balancing impedance coupled to the output of the second low noise amplifier via a second switch and to ground. The balancing impedance may further include a third balancing impedance coupled to the second primary coil via a third switch and to ground. The balancing impedance may also include a fourth balancing impedance coupled to the second primary coil via a fourth switch and to ground. 
     The second primary coil may be coupled to an output of the second low noise amplifier. The balancing impedance may include a first balancing impedance coupled to the output of the first low noise amplifier via a first switch and to ground. The balancing impedance may also include a second balancing impedance coupled to the output of the second low noise amplifier via a second switch and to ground. The single-ended receiver may also include a mixer. A first input of the mixer may be coupled to the output of the first low noise amplifier. A second input of the mixer may be coupled to the output of the second low noise amplifier. 
     A method for receiving a wireless signal is also described. A first input signal is obtained. A second input signal is also obtained. The first input signal and the second input signal are provided to a multi-port coupled transformer that is coupled to a balancing impedance. A differential signal is obtained from the multi-port coupled transformer. 
     The first input signal may be amplified using a first low noise amplifier. The second input signal may be amplified using a second low noise amplifier. 
     An apparatus for receiving a wireless signal is described. The apparatus includes means for obtaining a first input signal. The apparatus also includes means for obtaining a second input signal. The apparatus further includes means for providing the first input signal and the second input signal to a multi-port coupled transformer that is coupled to a balancing impedance. The apparatus also includes means for obtaining a differential signal from the multi-port coupled transformer. 
     A computer-program product for receiving a wireless signal is also described. The computer-program product includes a non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions thereon. The instructions include code for causing a wireless device to obtain a first input signal. The instructions also include code for causing the wireless device to obtain a second input signal. The instructions further include code for causing the wireless device to provide the first input signal and the second input signal to a multi-port coupled transformer that is coupled to a balancing impedance. The instructions also include code for causing the wireless device to obtain a differential signal from the multi-port coupled transformer. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a block diagram illustrating a wireless device that uses a single-ended receiver; 
         FIG. 2  is a block diagram illustrating one configuration of a receiver for use in the present systems and methods; 
         FIG. 3  is a block diagram illustrating one configuration of a single-ended receiver; 
         FIG. 4  is a flow diagram of a method for receiving a wireless signal using a single-ended receiver; 
         FIG. 5  is a block diagram illustrating a single-ended receiver that includes a multi-port coupled transformer and multiple balancing impedances; 
         FIG. 6  is a block diagram illustrating another single-ended receiver that includes a multi-port coupled transformer and multiple balancing impedances; 
         FIG. 7  is a block diagram illustrating yet another single-ended receiver that includes a multi-port coupled transformer and multiple balancing impedances; 
         FIG. 8  is a block diagram illustrating another single-ended receiver that includes a multi-port coupled transformer and multiple balancing impedances; 
         FIG. 9  is a block diagram illustrating yet another single-ended receiver that includes a multi-port coupled transformer and multiple balancing impedances; 
         FIG. 10  is a block diagram illustrating another single-ended receiver that includes a multi-port coupled transformer and multiple balancing impedances; 
         FIG. 11  is a layout diagram illustrating one configuration of a multi-port coupled transformer; 
         FIG. 12  illustrates certain components that may be included within a base station; and 
         FIG. 13  illustrates certain components that may be included within a wireless communication device. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
       FIG. 1  is a block diagram illustrating a wireless device  102  that uses a single-ended receiver  106 . The wireless device  102  may be a wireless communication device or a base station. The single-ended receiver  106  may be used to combine multiple signal paths, thereby reducing the number of input pins/balls, the die area and the power consumption of a wireless device  102 . 
     A wireless communication device may also be referred to as, and may include some or all of the functionality of, a terminal, an access terminal, a user equipment (UE), a subscriber unit, a station, etc. A wireless communication device may be a cellular phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a wireless device, a wireless modem, a handheld device, a laptop computer, a PC card, compact flash, an external or internal modem, a wireline phone, etc. A wireless communication device may be mobile or stationary. A wireless communication device may communicate with zero, one or multiple base stations on a downlink and/or an uplink at any given moment. The downlink (or forward link) refers to the communication link from a base station to a wireless communication device, and the uplink (or reverse link) refers to the communication link from a wireless communication device to a base station. Uplink and downlink may refer to the communication link or to the carriers used for the communication link. 
     A wireless communication device may operate in a wireless communication system that includes other wireless devices  102 , such as base stations. A base station is a station that communicates with one or more wireless communication devices. A base station may also be referred to as, and may include some or all of the functionality of, an access point, a broadcast transmitter, a Node B, an evolved Node B, etc. Each base station provides communication coverage for a particular geographic area. A base station may provide communication coverage for one or more wireless communication devices. The term “cell” can refer to a base station and/or its coverage area, depending on the context in which the term is used. 
     Communications in a wireless communication system (e.g., a multiple-access system) may be achieved through transmissions over a wireless link. Such a communication link may be established via a single-input and single-output (SISO) or a multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) system. A multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) system includes transmitter(s) and receiver(s) equipped, respectively, with multiple (NT) transmit antennas and multiple (NR) receive antennas for data transmission. SISO systems are particular instances of a multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) system. The multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) system can provide improved performance (e.g., higher throughput, greater capacity or improved reliability) if the additional dimensionalities created by the multiple transmit and receive antennas are utilized. 
     The wireless communication system may utilize both single-input and multiple-output (SIMO) and multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO). The wireless communication system may be a multiple-access system capable of supporting communication with multiple wireless communication devices by sharing the available system resources (e.g., bandwidth and transmit power). Examples of such multiple-access systems include code division multiple access (CDMA) systems, wideband code division multiple access (W-CDMA) systems, time division multiple access (TDMA) systems, frequency division multiple access (FDMA) systems, orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) systems, single-carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) systems, 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Long Term Evolution (LTE) systems and spatial division multiple access (SDMA) systems. 
     The wireless device  102  may include a receiver  104 , a demodulator  122  and baseband (BB) circuitry  124 . The receiver  104  may include a filter/duplexer  114 . The filter/duplexer  114  may be a surface acoustic wave (SAW) filter/duplexer  114 . The filter/duplexer  114  may receive a receive signal  112  from an antenna  110 . The receive signal  112  may be a wireless signal. The filter/duplexer  114  may process and output the receive signal  112  as a first input signal  116  and a second input signal  118 . In one configuration, the filter/duplexer  114  may produce the first input signal  116  and the second input signal  118  based on the frequency of the receive signal  112 . For example, the filter/duplexer  114  may process and output incoming frequencies under 1 gigahertz (GHz) as the first input signal  116  and incoming frequencies over 1 GHz as the second input signal  118 . Bands with frequencies less than 1 GHz may be referred to as low band (LB). Bands with frequencies greater than 1 GHz may be referred to as high band (HB). 
     The first input signal  116  may be a low-band (LB) signal and the second input signal  118  may be a high-band (HB) signal. In some configurations, the filter/duplexer  114  may process and output a number of input signals. For example, the filter/duplexer  114  may output up to six signals. 
     A receiver  104  may use a differential receiver design or a single-ended receiver  106  design. Differential receivers may offer excellent immunity to power supply noise, ground noise and common-mode spurs, at the expense of high power consumption, die area and pin count. In contrast, a single-ended receiver  106  may reduce the number of input pins, reduce the die area required and reduce the power consumption, at the expense of high sensitivity to power supply/ground noise and spurious common-mode signals. Thus, benefits may be realized by improvements to single-ended receivers  106 . 
     The single-ended receiver  106  may receive the first input single  116  and/or the second input signal  118  from the filter/duplexer  114 . As a result, the single-ended receiver  106  is not required to receive a differential signal. The single-ended receiver  106  may operate using a single signal front-end. In other words, only a single input signal is required for the single-ended receiver  106 . This is in contrast to a differential front-end, which requires multiple input signals to operate. 
     One benefit of using a single-ended receiver  106  is that the amount of circuit components may be reduced. For example, only one input pin is required for a single-ended receiver  106 . In contrast, two input pins are required for a differential receiver to operate. Thus, the number of input pins required is reduced when the receiver  104  includes a single-ended receiver  106 . 
     A receiver that has less components may consume a smaller die/chip area. Additionally, using fewer components requires less power consumption by the wireless device  102 . Thus, the use of a single-ended receiver  106  in a receiver  104  instead of a differential-ended receiver may reduce the power consumption of a wireless device  102 . 
     The single-ended receiver  106  may include a multi-port coupled transformer  130 . The multi-port coupled transformer  130  may increase the power supply rejection, reducing the sensitivity of the receiver to power supply noise and spurious common-mode signals. In one configuration, the multi-port coupled transformer  130  may provide more than 50 decibels (dB) more power supply rejection as compared to other transformers in single-ended receivers  106 , without requiring external filtering components (which would increase the cost of the wireless device  102 ). To further improve the power supply rejection, the single-ended receiver  106  may also include one or more balancing impedances  143 . The one or more balancing impedances  143  are discussed in additional detail below in relation to  FIGS. 5-10 . 
     The single-ended receiver  106  may provide a receiver output signal  120  to the demodulator  122 . The demodulator  122  may provide a demodulated signal to the baseband (BB) circuitry  124 . The baseband (BB) circuitry  124  may further process the demodulated signal. For example, the baseband (BB) circuitry  124  may further condition the demodulated signal to obtain voice and/or data. 
     In some configurations of a receiver  104 , separate transformers and mixers are used for the highband path and the lowband path. This has a heavy area and current penalty. In other words, for two received signals, two sets of transformers and mixers are required. Thus, as the number of input signals increases, the number of transformers and mixers in the receiver  104  also increases. This then results in an increase in die/chip area and an increase in the amount of current required. Another technique is to use separate transformers for the highband path and the lowband path but to share a mixer. This saves some area but still has a large area penalty and loading issues. 
     In another configuration of a receiver  104 , switches may be employed to switch transformers from processing the first input signal  116  to the second input signal  118 . However, this type of configuration degrades the quality factor (Q) of the transformer and hence, degrades the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). Further, this type of configuration also requires that multiple transformers be used. 
       FIG. 2  is a block diagram illustrating one configuration of a receiver  204  for use in the present systems and methods. The receiver  204  of  FIG. 2  may illustrate one configuration of the receiver  104  described in connection with  FIG. 1 . The receiver  204  may include a surface acoustic wave (SAW) filter/duplexer  214 , a low noise amplifier (LNA)  228 , a multi-port coupled transformer  230 , a mixer  232 , a trans-impedance amplifier (TIA)  238 , a baseband (BB) low pass filter (LPF)  242 , an analog-to-digital converter (ADC)  244  and a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO)  234 . 
     The receiver  204  may obtain a receive signal  212  using an antenna  210 . The receive signal  212  may include signals in one or more frequency bands. The receive signal  212  may be passed through the surface acoustic wave (SAW) filter/duplexer  214  and the low noise amplifier (LNA)  228 . In one configuration, the low noise amplifier (LNA)  228  may be a single-ended low noise amplifier (LNA)  228 . A single-ended low noise amplifier (LNA)  228  may be susceptible to sensitivity degradation due to spur or power management integrated circuit (PMIC) noise at RF frequencies (e.g., the local oscillator (LO) frequency harmonics such as 3 rd , 5 th , etc.) and noise at the duplex frequency (45 MHz, 80 MHz, 190 MHz, 400 MHz) in the presence of a strong jammer. 
     The power supply noise from the power management integrated circuit (PMIC) source is typically low-pass filtered to obtain rejection at RF frequencies. This comes at the expense of increased die area or increased bill of material (BOM) costs. Furthermore, the power supply network/grid may have resonances at high frequencies, which can increase the power management integrated circuit (PMIC) noise. The discrete components and the power management integrated circuit (PMIC) source may be poorly modeled at RF frequencies, making the single-ended receiver  106  more vulnerable to noise/sensitivity degradation at RF frequencies due to uncertainty in the frequency response. 
     The amplified signal may then be passed through the multi-port coupled transformer  230  to the mixer  232 . In one configuration, a balancing impedance  241  may be coupled to the multi-port coupled transformer  230 . The use of the multi-port coupled transformer  230  and the balancing impedance  241  may increase the power supply rejection of the single-ended receiver  106 . The mixer  232  may adjust the frequency of the receive signal  212 . The mixer  232  may receive a local oscillator (LO) signal  236  from a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO)  234 . In one configuration, the mixer  232  may be a shared mixer  232 . The output of the mixer  232  may be passed through the trans-impedance amplifier (TIA)  238 , the baseband (BB) low pass filter (LPF)  242  and the analog-to-digital converter (ADC)  244  to obtain a receiver output signal  220 . 
       FIG. 3  is a block diagram illustrating one configuration of a single-ended receiver  306 . The single-ended receiver  306  of  FIG. 3  may illustrate one configuration of the single-ended receiver  106  described in connection with  FIG. 1 . The single-ended receiver  306  may include a multi-port coupled transformer  330 , a shared mixer  332 , a baseband (BB) low pass filter (LPF)  342  and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC)  344 . For simplicity, the single-ended receiver  306  is illustrated with only one channel. However, the channel may include an inphase portion and a quadrature portion and the channel may be either single-ended or differential. 
     The single-ended receiver  306  uses a multi-port coupled transformer  330  to provide a differential signal  357  to the shared mixer  332 . In one configuration, a low-band (LB) path and a high-band (HB) path may share the multi-port coupled transformer  330  and the shared mixer  332 . Thus, in this configuration, the number of circuit elements needed to process a receive signal  112  is reduced while avoiding channel degradation. As a result, signal routing is simplified and current consumption in the single-ended receiver  306  is reduced. Further, a smaller die/chip size is required and less power is consumed. 
     Reducing the number of inductors may be especially helpful in reducing the die/chip size. While active circuit components decrease in size due to the advancement of the technology, the size of passive devices, such as inductors, do not shrink much. Thus, inductors may dominate the die/chip area used. Reducing the number of necessary inductors in an integrated circuit may have a greater effect in reducing the die/chip area than reducing the number of other circuit elements on a receiver  104 . 
     The single-ended receiver  306  may receive a first input signal  316  and a second input signal  318 . The first input signal  316  may be provided to a first low noise amplifier (LNA)  327 . The second input signal  318  may be provided to a second low noise amplifier (LNA)  329 . The first low noise amplifier (LNA)  327  and the second low noise amplifier (LNA)  329  of  FIG. 3  may be one configuration of the low noise amplifier (LNA)  228  discussed in connection with  FIG. 2 . The first low noise amplifier (LNA)  327  and the second low noise amplifier (LNA)  329  may amplify different bands. For example, the first low noise amplifier (LNA)  327  may serve as a low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  228  and the second low noise amplifier (LNA)  329  may serve as a high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  228 . In this example, the low-band (LB) may be the 800 megahertz (MHz) frequency band and the high-band (HB) may be the 1.99 GHz frequency band. In some configurations, additional low noise amplifiers (LNA)  228  may be employed to receive additional input signals and/or provide additional amplified input signals to the multi-port coupled transformer  330 . 
     The first low noise amplifier (LNA)  327  may output a first amplified input signal  331 . The second low noise amplifier (LNA)  329  may output a second amplified input signal  333 . Both the first amplified input signal  331  and the second amplified input signal  333  may be provided to the multi-port coupled transformer  330 . The multi-port coupled transformer  330  may include a first primary coil (i.e., inductor) L 1   350   a , a second primary coil L 2   350   b  and a secondary coil L 3   350   c . The multi-port coupled transformer  330  may also include a center tap  326  that is between the first primary coil L 1   350   a  and the second primary coil L 2   350   b . The center tap  326  may be coupled to a voltage supply (Vdd). 
     A first coupling may occur between the first primary coil L 1   350   a  and the second primary coil L 2   350   b . The first coupling may have a coupling coefficient of k 12 . The first coupling may be such that the first primary coil L 1   350   a  and the second primary coil L 2   350   b  are tightly coupled as a differential inductor. One example of a layout where the first primary coil L 1   350   a  and the second primary coil L 2   350   b  are tightly coupled as a differential inductor is given in  FIG. 11 . The tight coupling between the first primary coil L 1   350   a  and the second primary coil L 2   350   b  may result in a large power supply rejection. By using a tight coupling between the first primary coil L 1   350   a  and the second primary coil L 2   350   b , the power supply rejection ratio (PSRR) may be improved. In one configuration, the inductance of the first primary coil L 1   350   a  may be the same as that of the second primary coil L 2   350   b.    
     A second coupling may occur between the first primary coil L 1   350   a  and the secondary coil L 3   350   c . The second coupling may have a coupling coefficient of k 13 . A third coupling may occur between the second primary coil L 2   350   b  and the secondary coil L 3   350   c . The third coupling may have a coupling coefficient of k 23 . In other words, the mutually coupled coils/inductors L 1   350   a , L 2   350   b  and L 3   350   c  may couple each other (with coupling coefficients k 12 , k 13  and k 23 ). The technique assumes that some current flows through the second primary coil L 2   350   b  when the first low noise amplifier (LNA)  327  is operating and the second low noise amplifier (LNA)  329  is off. Similarly, this technique assumes that some current flows through the first primary coil L 1   350   a  when the second low noise amplifier (LNA)  329  is operating and the first low noise amplifier (LNA)  327  is off. 
     The output of the first low noise amplifier (LNA)  327  may be coupled to the first primary coil L 1   350   a . The output of the second low noise amplifier (LNA)  329  may be coupled to the second primary coil L 2   350   b . The secondary coil L 3   350   c  may be coupled between a first input  358  of the shared mixer  332  and a second input  360  of the shared mixer  332 . 
     In one configuration, either the first input signal  316  or the second input signal  318  is active. If the first input signal  316  is active (and thus the second input signal  318  is inactive), the multi-port coupled transformer  330  may provide a differential signal  357  of the first input signal  316  to the shared mixer  332 . Likewise, if the second input signal  318  is active (and thus the first input signal  316  is inactive), the multi-port coupled transformer  330  may provide a differential signal  357  of the second input signal  318  to the shared mixer  332 . 
     As a result of the multi-port coupled transformer  330 , only a single shared mixer  332  is required in the single-ended receiver  306  to process both the first input signal  316  and the second input signal  318 . As an additional benefit, channel degradation may be reduced and in some cases, eliminated. Furthermore, the single-ended receiver  306  may operate without the use of switches to switch transformers on or off. Because the number of required components is reduced, the single-ended receiver  306  may occupy less die area/printed circuit board area than a differential receiver. 
     In one configuration, a first capacitor  354  may be coupled between the secondary coil L 3   350   c  and the first input  358  of the shared mixer  332 . Likewise, a second capacitor  356  may be coupled between the secondary coil L 3   350   c  and the second input  360  of the shared mixer  332 . In another configuration, the capacitors  354 ,  356  may be removed and the secondary coil  350   c  may be directly coupled to the shared mixer  332 . 
     The shared mixer  332  may process the differential signal  357 . The shared mixer  332  may provide the processed signals to a baseband (BB) low pass filter (LPF)  342  and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC)  344 . The analog-to-digital converter (ADC)  344  may provide at least one receiver output signal  320 , which may be either single-ended or differential. In one configuration, multiple low noise amplifiers (LNAs) (not shown) may be connected in parallel at the output of the first low noise amplifier (LNA)  327  and the output of the second low noise amplifier (LNA)  329 , respectively. 
       FIG. 4  is a flow diagram of a method  400  for receiving a wireless signal using a single-ended receiver  106 . The method  400  may be performed by a wireless device  102 . In one configuration, the method  400  may be performed by a single-ended receiver  106  on the wireless device  102 . The single-ended receiver  106  may receive  402  a first input signal  116 . The single-ended receiver  106  may also receive  404  a second input signal  118 . The first input signal  116  and the second input signal  118  may or may not be received simultaneously. The single-ended receiver  106  may provide  406  a differential signal  357  to a shared mixer  332  from the first input signal  116  or the second input signal  118  using a multi-port coupled transformer  230 . 
     For example, the multi-port coupled transformer  230  may use the first primary coil L 1   350   a  coupled to the secondary coil L 3   350   c  to provide a differential signal  357  from the first input signal  116  to the shared mixer  232 . Likewise, the multi-port coupled transformer  230  may use the second primary coil L 2   350   b  coupled to the secondary coil L 3   350   c  to provide a differential signal  357  from the second input signal  118  to the shared mixer  232 . 
       FIG. 5  is a block diagram illustrating a single-ended receiver  506  that includes a multi-port coupled transformer  530  and multiple balancing impedances  547 ,  548 . The single-ended receiver  506  of  FIG. 5  may be one configuration of the single-ended receiver  106  described in connection with  FIG. 1 . The single-ended receiver  506  may have a large area penalty and loading issues. 
     The single-ended receiver  506  may also include a shared mixer  532 , a baseband (BB) low pass filter (LPF)  542  and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC)  544 . Although the single-ended receiver  506  is illustrated with only one channel, the channel may include an inphase portion and a quadrature portion that are not shown. The channel may be either single-ended or differential. 
     The single-ended receiver  506  may use a multi-port coupled transformer  530  to provide a differential signal  557  to the shared mixer  532 . A low-band (LB) path and a high-band (HB) path may share the multi-port coupled transformer  530  and the shared mixer  532 . 
     The single-ended receiver  506  may receive a first input signal  516  and a second input signal  518 . The first input signal  516  may be provided to a high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  527 . The second input signal  518  may be provided to a low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  529 . In this example, the low-band (LB) may be the 800 megahertz (MHz) frequency band and the high-band (HB) may be the 1.99 GHz frequency band. In some configurations, additional low noise amplifiers (LNA) may be employed to receive additional input signals and/or provide additional amplified input signals to the multi-port coupled transformer  530 . 
     The high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  527  may output a high-band (HB) amplified input signal  531 . The low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  529  may output a low-band (LB) amplified input signal  533 . Both the high-band (HB) amplified input signal  531  and the low-band (LB) amplified input signal  533  may be provided to the multi-port coupled transformer  530 . The multi-port coupled transformer  530  may include a first primary coil L 1   550   a , a second primary coil L 2   550   b  and a secondary coil L 3   550   c . The multi-port coupled transformer  530  may also include a center tap that is coupled between the first primary coil L 1   550   a  and the second primary coil L 2   550   b . The center tap may be coupled to a voltage supply (Vdd). 
     A first coupling may occur between the first primary coil L 1   550   a  and the second primary coil L 2   550   b . The first coupling may have a coupling coefficient of k 12 . The first coupling may be such that the first primary coil L 1   550   a  and the second primary coil L 2   550   b  are tightly coupled as a differential inductor. One example of a layout where the first primary coil L 1   550   a  and the second primary coil L 2   550   b  are tightly coupled as a differential inductor is given in  FIG. 11 . The tight coupling between the first primary coil L 1   550   a  and the second primary coil L 2   550   b  may result in a large power supply rejection. 
     A second coupling may occur between the first primary coil L 1   550   a  and the secondary coil L 3   550   c . The second coupling may have a coupling coefficient of k 13 . A third coupling may occur between the second primary coil L 2   550   b  and the secondary coil L 3   550   c . The third coupling may have a coupling coefficient of k 23 . In other words, the mutually coupled coils/inductors L 1   550   a , L 2   550   b  and L 3   550   c  may couple each other (with coupling coefficients k 12 , k 13  and k 23 ). The technique assumes that some current flows through the second primary coil L 2   550   b  when the high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  527  is operating and the low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  529  is off. Similarly, this technique assumes that some current flows through the first primary coil L 1   550   a  when the low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  529  is operating and the high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  527  is off. 
     The output of the high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  527  may be coupled to the first primary coil L 1   550   a . The output of the low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  529  may be coupled to the second primary coil L 2   550   b . The secondary coil L 3   550   c  may be coupled between a first input  558  of the shared mixer  532  and a second input  560  of the shared mixer  532 . 
     In one configuration, either the first input signal  516  or the second input signal  518  is active. If the first input signal  516  is active (and thus the second input signal  518  is inactive), the multi-port coupled transformer  530  may provide a differential signal  557  of the first input signal  516  to the shared mixer  532 . Likewise, if the second input signal  518  is active (and thus the first input signal  516  is inactive), the multi-port coupled transformer  530  may provide a differential signal  557  of the second input signal  518  to the shared mixer  532 . 
     If the off impedance of one low noise amplifier (LNA) is very different from the on impedance of the other low noise amplifier (LNA), then AC current does not flow through both the first primary coil L 1   550   a  and the second primary coil L 2   550   b , limiting the power supply rejection. To improve the power supply rejection, balancing impedances  547 ,  548  may be added to the single-ended receiver  506 . For example, the balancing impedance Z BAL     —     LB    547  may be coupled to the output of the high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  527  via an LB switch  546  and to ground. The balancing impedance Z BAL     —     HB    548  may be coupled to the output of the low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  529  via an HB switch  545  and to ground. The LB switch  546  may remove the balancing impedance Z BAL     —     LB    547  from the multi-port coupled transformer  530  when the high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  527  is on. Likewise, the HB switch  545  may remove the balancing impedance Z BAL     —     HB    548  from the multi-port coupled transformer  530  when the low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  529  is on. 
     The balancing impedance Z BAL     —     HB    548  may be implemented such that the off impedance of the low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  529  combined with the balancing impedance Z BAL     —     HB    548  equals the on impedance of the high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  527 . Likewise, the balancing impedance Z BAL     —     LB    547  may be implemented such that the off impedance of the high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  527  combined with the balancing impedance Z BAL     —     LB    547  equals the on impedance of the low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  529 . Further, in another configuration, the balancing impedance Z BAL     —     LB    547  may be coupled to the output of the high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  527  and the LB switch  546  may be coupled in series with the balancing impedance Z BAL     —     LB    547  to ground. Similarly, the balancing impedance Z BAL     —     HB    548  may be coupled to the output of the low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  529  and the HB switch  545  may be coupled in series with the balancing impedance Z BAL     —     HB    548  and ground. A theoretical analysis shows that balance is obtained when Equation (1) is satisfied: 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         
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     In Equation (1), Z BAL  is the effective balancing impedance  143 . Z LNA  is the on impedance of a low noise amplifier (LNA)  228 . The effective balancing impedance  143  may thus be a parallel combination of the off impedance of the low noise amplifier (LNA)  228  and the balancing impedance (either Z BAL     —     LB    547  or Z BAL     —     HB    548 , depending on which low noise amplifier (LNA) is on). 
     It may be assumed that L m13 =k 13 √{square root over (L 1 L 3 )}, L m23 =k 23 √{square root over (L 2 L 3 )} and L m12 =k 12 √{square root over (L 1 L 2 )}. A theoretical analysis for complete power supply rejection requires that Equation (2) be satisfied: 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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     In Equation (2), Z BAL =Z off,LB ∥Z BALf,HB  or Z BAL =Z off,HB ∥Z BALf,LB . Equation (2) is thus independent of the secondary coil L 3   350   c.    
     A single shared mixer  532  may be used in the single-ended receiver  506  to process both the first input signal  516  and the second input signal  518 . As an additional benefit of the multi-port coupled transformer, channel degradation may be reduced and in some cases, eliminated. Furthermore, the single-ended receiver  506  may operate without the use of switches to switch transformers on or off. Because the number of required components is reduced, the single-ended receiver  506  may occupy less die area/printed circuit board area than a differential receiver. 
     In one configuration, a first capacitor  554  may be coupled between the secondary coil L 3   550   c  and the first input  558  of the shared mixer  532 . Likewise, a second capacitor  556  may be coupled between the secondary coil L 3   550   c  and the second input  560  of the shared mixer  532 . In another configuration, the capacitors  554 ,  556  may be removed and the secondary coil  550   c  may be directly coupled to the shared mixer  532 . 
     The shared mixer  532  may process the differential signal  557 . The shared mixer  532  may provide the processed signals to a baseband (BB) low pass filter (LPF)  542  and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC)  544 . The analog-to-digital converter (ADC)  544  may provide at least one receiver output signal  520 . 
     The single-ended receiver  506  may have equal or less transformer area than other receivers due to the differential inductor implementation of the first primary coil L 1   550   a  and the second primary coil L 2   550   b  rather than as two separate coils. The single-ended receiver  506  may also have higher power supply rejection without requiring external components or additional power consumption. The single-ended receiver  506  may have a small area penalty to implement programmable balancing impedances  547 ,  548 . In another configuration (not shown), additional low noise amplifiers (LNAs) may be coupled in parallel at the output of the high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  527  and the output of the low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  529 , respectively. The single-ended receiver  506  is not limited to a shared transformer. Thus, the single-ended receiver  506  may include any transformer, as described below in relation to  FIG. 6  and  FIG. 7 . A shared transformer is used in  FIG. 8  and  FIG. 9  for convenience. 
       FIG. 6  is a block diagram illustrating another single-ended receiver  606  that includes a multi-port coupled transformer  630  and multiple balancing impedances  647 ,  648 . The single-ended receiver  606  of  FIG. 6  may be one configuration of the single-ended receiver  106  described in connection with  FIG. 1 . The single-ended receiver  606  may include a high-band (HB) mixer  662 , a low-band (LB) mixer  664 , a baseband (BB) low pass filter (LPF)  642  and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC)  644 . Although the single-ended receiver  606  is illustrated with only one channel, the channel may include an inphase portion and a quadrature portion that are not shown. The channel may be either single-ended or differential. 
     The single-ended receiver  606  may use a multi-port coupled transformer  630  to provide differential signals  657  to the high-band (HB) mixer  662  and the low-band (LB) mixer  664 . A low-band (LB) path and a high-band (HB) path may share the multi-port coupled transformer  630 . 
     The single-ended receiver  606  may receive a first input signal  616  and a second input signal  618 . The first input signal  616  may be provided to a high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  627 . The second input signal  618  may be provided to a low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  629 . In some configurations, additional low noise amplifiers (LNA) may be employed to receive additional input signals and/or provide additional amplified input signals to the multi-port coupled transformer  630 . 
     The high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  627  may output a high-band (HB) amplified input signal  631 . The low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  629  may output a low-band (LB) amplified input signal  633 . Both the high-band (HB) amplified input signal  631  and the low-band (LB) amplified input signal  633  may be provided to the multi-port coupled transformer  630 . The multi-port coupled transformer  630  may include a first primary coil L 1   650   a , an extended first primary coil L 1   a    665 , a second primary coil L 2   650   b , an extended second primary coil L 2   a    667 , a first secondary coil L 3   650   c  and a second secondary coil L 4   650   d . In one configuration, the extended first primary coil L 1   a    665  and the extended second primary coil L 2   a    667  may be extensions of the first primary coil L 1   650   a  and the second primary coil L 2   650   b , respectively. For example, the extended first primary coil L 1   a    665  may have approximately 10% of the inductance of the first primary coil L 1   650   a . Likewise, the extended second primary coil L 2   a    667  may have approximately 10% of the inductance of the second primary coil L 2   650   b.    
     The first primary coil L 1   650   a  may be coupled between the output of the high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  627  and Vdd. The extended first primary coil L 1   a    665  may be coupled between Vdd and a balancing impedance Z BAL     —     HB    648 . The balancing impedance Z BAL     —     HB    648  may also be coupled to ground. The second primary coil L 2   650   b  may be coupled between the output of the low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  629  and Vdd. The extended second primary coil L 2   a    667  may be coupled between Vdd and a balancing impedance Z BAL     —     LB    647 . The balancing impedance Z BAL     —     LB    647  may also be coupled to ground. 
     A coupling may occur between the extended first primary coil L 1   a    665  and the first secondary coil L 3   650   c . The coupling may have a coupling coefficient of k 13   a . A coupling may occur between the extended second primary coil L 2   a    667  and the second secondary coil L 4   650   d . The coupling may have a coupling coefficient of k 24   a.    
     A second coupling may occur between the first primary coil L 1   650   a  and the first secondary coil L 3   650   c . The second coupling may have a coupling coefficient of k 2 . A third coupling may occur between the second primary coil L 1   650   b  and the second secondary coil L 4   650   d . The third coupling may have a coupling coefficient of k 3 . A fourth coupling may occur between the first primary coil L 1   650   a  and the extended first primary coil L 1   a    665 . The fourth coupling may have a coupling coefficient of k 4 . A fifth coupling may occur between the second primary coil L 2   650   b  and the extended second primary coil L 2   a    667 . The fifth coupling may have a coupling coefficient of k 5 . 
     The output of the high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  627  may be coupled to the first primary coil L 1   650   a . The output of the low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  629  may be coupled to the second primary coil L 2   650   b.    
     In one configuration, either the first input signal  616  or the second input signal  618  is active. If the first input signal  616  is active (and thus the second input signal  618  is inactive), the multi-port coupled transformer  630  may provide a differential signal  657  of the first input signal  616  to the high-band (HB) mixer  662 . Likewise, if the second input signal  618  is active (and thus the first input signal  616  is inactive), the multi-port coupled transformer  630  may provide a differential signal  657  of the second input signal  618  to the low-band (LB) mixer  664 . 
     To improve the power supply rejection, balancing impedances  647 ,  648  may be added to the single-ended receiver  606 . For example, the balancing impedance Z BAL     —     LB    647  may be coupled between the extended second primary coil L 2   a    667  and ground. The balancing impedance Z BAL     —     HB    648  may be coupled between the extended first primary coil L 1   a    665  and ground. 
     The balancing impedance Z BAL     —     HB    648  may be implemented such that it is equal to the scaled on impedance of the high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  627 , as indicated above in Equation (1). Likewise, the balancing impedance Z BAL     —     LB    647  may be implemented such that the off impedance of the high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  627  combined with the balancing impedance Z BAL     —     LB    647  equals the scaled on impedance of the low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  629 , as indicated above in Equation (1). 
     The first secondary inductor L 3   650   c  may be coupled to both inputs of the high-band (HB) mixer  662 . In one configuration, a first capacitor  654   a  may be coupled between the first secondary coil L 3   650   c  and the first input  658   a  of the high-band (HB) mixer  662 . Likewise, a second capacitor  656   a  may be coupled between the first secondary coil L 3   650   c  and the second input  660   a  of the high-band (HB) mixer  662 . The second secondary inductor L 4   650   d  may be coupled to both inputs of a low-band (LB) mixer  664 . In one configuration, a third capacitor  654   b  may be coupled between the second secondary coil L 4   650   d  and the first input  658   b  of the low-band (LB) mixer  664 . Likewise, a fourth capacitor  656   b  may be coupled between the second secondary coil L 4   650   d  and the second input  660   b  of the low-band (LB) mixer  664 . In another configuration, the capacitors  654   a ,  656   a  may be removed and the secondary coil  650   c  may be directly coupled to the shared high-band (HB) mixer  662 . Also, the capacitors  654   b ,  656   b  may be removed and the secondary coil  650   d  may be directly coupled to the shared low-band (LB) mixer  664 . 
     The high-band (HB) mixer  662  and the low-band (LB) mixer  664  provide processed signals to a baseband (BB) low pass filter (LPF)  642  and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC)  644 . The analog-to-digital converter (ADC)  644  may provide at least one receiver output signal  620 , which may be single-ended or differential. In one configuration (not shown), additional low noise amplifiers (LNAs) may be coupled in parallel to the outputs of the high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  627  and the low-band low noise amplifier (LNA)  629 , respectively. 
       FIG. 7  is a block diagram illustrating yet another single-ended receiver  706  that includes a multi-port coupled transformer  730  and multiple balancing impedances  747 ,  748 . The single-ended receiver  706  of  FIG. 7  may be one configuration of the single-ended receiver  106  described in connection with  FIG. 1 . The single-ended receiver  706  may include a shared mixer  732 , a baseband (BB) low pass filter (LPF)  742  and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC)  744 . Although the single-ended receiver  706  is illustrated with only one channel, the channel may include an inphase portion and a quadrature portion that are not shown. The channel may be either single-ended or differential. 
     The single-ended receiver  706  may use a multi-port coupled transformer  730  to provide differential signals  757   a - b  to the shared mixer. A low-band (LB) path and a high-band (HB) path may share the multi-port coupled transformer  730 . 
     The single-ended receiver  706  may receive a first input signal  716  and a second input signal  718 . The first input signal  716  may be provided to a high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  727 . The second input signal  718  may be provided to a low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  729 . In some configurations, additional low noise amplifiers (LNA) may be employed to receive additional input signals and/or provide additional amplified input signals to the multi-port coupled transformer  730 . 
     The high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  727  may output a high-band (HB) amplified input signal  731 . The low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  729  may output a low-band (LB) amplified input signal  733 . Both the high-band (HB) amplified input signal  731  and the low-band (LB) amplified input signal  733  may be provided to the multi-port coupled transformer  730 . The multi-port coupled transformer  730  may include a first primary coil L 1   750   a , an extended first primary coil L 1   a    765 , a second primary coil L 2   750   b , an extended second primary coil L 2   a    767 , a first secondary coil L 3   750   c  and a second secondary coil L 4   750   d . In one configuration, the extended first primary coil L 1   a    765  and the extended second primary coil L 2   a    767  may be extensions of the first primary coil L 1   750   a  and the second primary coil L 2   750   b , respectively. For example, the extended first primary coil L 1   a    765  may have approximately 10% of the inductance of the first primary coil L 1   750   a . Likewise, the extended second primary coil L 2   a    767  may have approximately 10% of the inductance of the second primary coil L 2   750   b.    
     The first primary coil L 1   750   a  may be coupled between the output of the high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  727  and Vdd. The extended first primary coil L 1   a    765  may be coupled between Vdd and a balancing impedance Z BAL     —     HB    748 . The balancing impedance Z BAL     —     HB    748  may also be coupled to ground. The second primary coil L 2   750   b  may be coupled between the output of the low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  729  and Vdd. The extended second primary coil L 2   a    767  may be coupled between Vdd and a balancing impedance Z BAL     —     LB    747 . The balancing impedance Z BAL     —     LB    747  may also be coupled to ground. 
     A coupling may occur between the extended first primary coil L 1   a    765  and the first secondary coil L 3   750   c . The coupling may have a coupling coefficient of k 13   a . A coupling may occur between the extended second primary coil L 2   a    767  and the second secondary coil L 4   750   d . The coupling may have a coupling coefficient of k 24   a.    
     A second coupling may occur between the first primary coil L 1   750   a  and the first secondary coil L 3   750   c . The second coupling may have a coupling coefficient of k 2 . A third coupling may occur between the second primary coil L 1   750   b  and the second secondary coil L 4   750   d . The third coupling may have a coupling coefficient of k 3 . A fourth coupling may occur between the first primary coil L 1   750   a  and the extended first primary coil L 1   a    765 . The fourth coupling may have a coupling coefficient of k 4 . A fifth coupling may occur between the second primary coil L 2   750   b  and the extended second primary coil L 2   a    767 . The fifth coupling may have a coupling coefficient of k 5 . 
     The output of the high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  727  may be coupled to the first primary coil L 1   750   a . The output of the low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  729  may be coupled to the second primary coil L 2   750   b.    
     In one configuration, either the first input signal  716  or the second input signal  718  is active. If the first input signal  716  is active (and thus the second input signal  718  is inactive), the multi-port coupled transformer  730  may provide a differential signal  757   a  of the first input signal  716  to the shared mixer  732 . Likewise, if the second input signal  718  is active (and thus the first input signal  716  is inactive), the multi-port coupled transformer  730  may provide a differential signal  757   b  of the second input signal  718  to the shared mixer  732 . 
     To improve the power supply rejection, balancing impedances  747 ,  748  may be added to the single-ended receiver  706 . For example, the balancing impedance Z BAL     —     LB    747  may be coupled between the extended second primary coil L 2   a    767  and ground. The balancing impedance Z BAL     —     HB    748  may be coupled between the extended first primary coil L 1   a    765  and ground. 
     The balancing impedance Z BAL     —     HB    748  may be implemented such that it equals the scaled on impedance of the high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  727 , according to Equation (1). Likewise, the balancing impedance Z BAL     —     LB    747  may be implemented such that it equals the scaled on impedance of the low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  729 . 
     The first secondary inductor L 3   750   c  may be coupled to both inputs of the shared mixer  732 . In one configuration, a first capacitor  754  may be coupled between the first secondary coil L 3   750   c  and the first input  758  of the shared mixer  732 . Likewise, a second capacitor  756  may be coupled between the first secondary coil L 3   750   c  and the second input  760  of the shared mixer  732 . The second secondary inductor L 4   750   d  may also be coupled to both inputs of the shared mixer  732 . In another configuration, the capacitors  754 ,  756  may be removed and the secondary coils  750   c  and  750   d  may be directly coupled to the shared mixer  732 . 
     The shared mixer  732  may provide processed signals to a baseband (BB) low pass filter (LPF)  742  and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC)  744 . The analog-to-digital converter (ADC)  744  may provide at least one receiver output signal  720 . The receiver output signal  720  may be single-ended or differential. In one configuration, multiple low noise amplifiers (LNAs) (not shown) may be connected in parallel at the output of the high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  727  and the output of the low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  729 , respectively. 
       FIG. 8  is a block diagram illustrating another single-ended receiver  806  that includes a multi-port coupled transformer  830  and multiple balancing impedances  847   a - b ,  848   a - b . The single-ended receiver  806  of  FIG. 8  may be one configuration of the single-ended receiver  106  described in connection with  FIG. 1 . The single-ended receiver  806  may also include a shared mixer  832 , a baseband (BB) low pass filter (LPF)  842  and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC)  844 . Although the single-ended receiver  806  is illustrated with only one channel, the channel may include an inphase portion and a quadrature portion that are not shown. The channel may be either single-ended or differential. 
     The single-ended receiver  806  may use a multi-port coupled transformer  830  to provide a differential signal  857  to the shared mixer  832 . A low-band (LB) path and a high-band (HB) path may share the multi-port coupled transformer  830  and the shared mixer  832 . 
     The single-ended receiver  806  may receive a first input signal  816  and a second input signal  818 . The first input signal  816  may be provided to a high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  827 . The second input signal  818  may be provided to a low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  829 . In some configurations, additional low noise amplifiers (LNA) may be employed to receive additional input signals and/or provide additional amplified input signals to the multi-port coupled transformer  830 . 
     The high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  827  may output a high-band (HB) amplified input signal  831 . The low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  829  may output a low-band (LB) amplified input signal  833 . Both the high-band (HB) amplified input signal  831  and the low-band (LB) amplified input signal  833  may be provided to the multi-port coupled transformer  830 . The multi-port coupled transformer  830  may include a first primary coil L 1   850   a , a second primary coil L 2   850   b  and a secondary coil L 3   850   c . The multi-port coupled transformer  830  may also include a center tap that is between the first primary coil L 1   850   a  and the second primary coil L 2   850   b . The center tap may be coupled to a voltage supply (Vdd). 
     A first coupling may occur between the first primary coil L 1   850   a  and the second primary coil L 2   850   b . The first coupling may have a coupling coefficient of k 12 . The first coupling may be such that the first primary coil L 1   850   a  and the second primary coil L 2   850   b  are tightly coupled as a differential inductor. One example of a layout where the first primary coil L 1   850   a  and the second primary coil L 2   850   b  are tightly coupled as a differential inductor is given in  FIG. 11 . The tight coupling between the first primary coil L 1   850   a  and the second primary coil L 2   850   b  may result in a large power supply rejection. 
     A second coupling may occur between the first primary coil L 1   850   a  and the secondary coil L 3   850   c . The second coupling may have a coupling coefficient of k 13 . A third coupling may occur between the second primary coil L 2   850   b  and the secondary coil L 3   850   c . The third coupling may have a coupling coefficient of k 23 . In other words, the mutually coupled coils/inductors L 1   850   a , L 2   850   b  and L 3   850   c  may couple each other (with coupling coefficients k 12 , k 13  and k 23 ). The technique assumes that some AC current flows through the second primary coil L 2   850   b  when the high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  827  is on and the low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  829  is off. Similarly, this technique assumes that some AC current flows through the first primary coil L 1   850   a  when the high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  827  is off and the low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  829  is on. 
     The output of the high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  827  may be coupled to the first primary coil L 1   850   a . The output of the low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  829  may be coupled to the second primary coil L 2   850   b . The secondary coil L 3   850   c  may be coupled between a first input  858  of the shared mixer  832  and a second input  860  of the shared mixer  832 . 
     In one configuration, either the first input signal  816  or the second input signal  818  is active. If the first input signal  816  is active (and thus the second input signal  818  is inactive), the multi-port coupled transformer  830  may provide a differential signal  857  of the first input signal  816  to the shared mixer  832 . Likewise, if the second input signal  818  is active (and thus the first input signal  816  is inactive), the multi-port coupled transformer  830  may provide a differential signal  857  of the second input signal  818  to the shared mixer  832 . Thus, if the first input signal  816  is active, the first primary coil L 1   850   a  is said to be on and the second primary coil L 2   850   b  is said to be off. 
     If the off impedance of one low noise amplifier (LNA) is very different from the on impedance of the other low noise amplifier (LNA), then AC current does not flow through both the first primary coil L 1   850   a  and the second primary coil L 2   850   b , limiting the power supply rejection. To improve the power supply rejection, multiple balancing impedances  847   a - b ,  848   a - b  may be added to the single-ended receiver  806 . For example, the balancing impedance Z BAL1     —     LB    847   a  may be coupled to the output of the high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  827  via a first LB switch  846   a  and to ground. The balancing impedance Z BAL1     —     HB    848   a  may be coupled to the output of the low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  829  via a first HB switch  845   a  and to ground. The balancing impedance Z BAL2     —     HB    848   b  may be coupled to the output of the high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  827  via a second HB switch  845   b  and to ground. The balancing impedance Z BAL2     —     LB    847   b  may be coupled to the output of the low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  829  via a second LB switch  846   b  and to ground. 
     The first LB switch  846   a  may remove the balancing impedance Z BAL1     —     LB    847   a  from the multi-port coupled transformer  830  when the high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  827  is on. Likewise, the second LB switch  846   b  may remove the balancing impedance Z BAL2     —     LB    847   b  from the multi-port coupled transformer  830  when the high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  827  is on. The first HB switch  845   a  may remove the balancing impedance Z BAL1     —     HB    848   a  from the multi-port coupled transformer  830  when the low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  829  is on. Likewise, the second HB switch  845   b  may remove the balancing impedance Z BAL2     —     HB    848   b  from the multi-port coupled transformer  830  when the low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  829  is on. 
     The balancing impedances Z BAL1     —     HB    848   a  and Z BAL2     —     HB    848   b  may be implemented such that the off impedance of the low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  829  combined with the balancing impedances Z BAL1     —     HB    848  equals the combined impedance of Z BAL2     —     HB    848   b  and the on impedance of the high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  827 . Likewise, the balancing impedances Z BAL1     —     LB    847   a  and Z BAL2     —     LB    847   b  may be implemented such that the off impedance of the high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  827  combined with the balancing impedance Z BAL1     —     LB    847   a  equals the combined impedance of Z BAL2     —     LB    847   b  and the on impedance of the low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  829 . Equation (1) and Equation (2) may be applied in a similar fashion to  FIG. 8 . Here, Z LNA  (from Equation (2)) is the ON impedance of the low noise amplifier (LNA) combined with Z BAL2 . 
     A single shared mixer  832  may be used in the single-ended receiver  806  to process both the first input signal  816  and the second input signal  818 . In one configuration, a first capacitor  854  may be coupled between the secondary coil L 3   850   c  and the first input  858  of the shared mixer  832 . Likewise, a second capacitor  856  may be coupled between the secondary coil L 3   850   c  and the second input  860  of the shared mixer  832 . In another configuration, the capacitors  854 ,  856  may be removed and the secondary coil  850   c  may be directly coupled to the shared mixer  832   
     The shared mixer  832  may process the differential signal  857 . The shared mixer  832  may provide the processed signals to a baseband (BB) low pass filter (LPF)  842  and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC)  844 . The analog-to-digital converter (ADC)  844  may provide at least one receiver output signal  820 , which may be single-ended or differential. In one configuration, multiple low noise amplifiers (LNAs) (not shown) may be connected in parallel at the output of the high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  827  and the output of the low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  829 , respectively. 
       FIG. 9  is a block diagram illustrating yet another single-ended receiver  906  that includes a multi-port coupled transformer  930  and multiple balancing impedances  947   a - b ,  948   a - b . The single-ended receiver  906  of  FIG. 9  may be one configuration of the single-ended receiver  106  described in connection with  FIG. 1 . The single-ended receiver  906  may also include a shared mixer  932 , a baseband (BB) low pass filter (LPF)  942  and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC)  944 . Although the single-ended receiver  906  is illustrated with only one channel, the channel may include an inphase portion and a quadrature portion that are not shown. The channel may be either single-ended or differential. 
     The single-ended receiver  906  may use a multi-port coupled transformer  930  to provide a differential signal  957  to the shared mixer  932 . A low-band (LB) path and a high-band (HB) path may share the multi-port coupled transformer  930  and the shared mixer  932 . 
     The single-ended receiver  906  may receive a first input signal  916  and a second input signal  918 . The first input signal  916  may be provided to a high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  927 . The second input signal  918  may be provided to a low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  929 . The high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  927  may output a high-band (HB) amplified input signal  931 . The low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  929  may output a low-band (LB) amplified input signal  933 . Both the high-band (HB) amplified input signal  931  and the low-band (LB) amplified input signal  933  may be provided to the multi-port coupled transformer  930 . The multi-port coupled transformer  930  may include a first primary coil L 1   950   a , a second primary coil L 2   950   b  and a secondary coil L 3   950   c . The multi-port coupled transformer  930  may also include a center tap that is between the first primary coil L 1   950   a  and the second primary coil L 2   950   b . The center tap may be coupled to a voltage supply (Vdd). 
     A first coupling may occur between the first primary coil L 1   950   a  and the second primary coil L 2   950   b . The first coupling may have a coupling coefficient of k 12 . The first coupling may be such that the first primary coil L 1   950   a  and the second primary coil L 2   950   b  are tightly coupled as a differential inductor. One example of a layout where the first primary coil L 1   950   a  and the second primary coil L 2   950   b  are tightly coupled as a differential inductor is given in  FIG. 11 . The tight coupling between the first primary coil L 1   950   a  and the second primary coil L 2   950   b  may result in a large power supply rejection. 
     A second coupling may occur between the first primary coil L 1   950   a  and the secondary coil L 3   950   c . The second coupling may have a coupling coefficient of k 13 . A third coupling may occur between the second primary coil L 2   950   b  and the secondary coil L 3   950   c . The third coupling may have a coupling coefficient of k 23 . In other words, the mutually coupled coils/inductors L 1   950   a , L 2   950   b  and L 3   950   c  may couple each other (with coupling coefficients k 12 , k 13  and k 23 ). The technique assumes that some current flows through the second primary coil L 2   950   b  when either the high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  927  or the low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  929  is on. 
     Both the output of the high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  927  and the output of the low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  929  may be coupled to the first primary coil L 1   950   a . The secondary coil L 3   950   c  may be coupled between a first input  958  of a shared mixer  932  and a second input  960  of the shared mixer  932 . 
     In one configuration, either the first input signal  916  or the second input signal  918  is active. If the first input signal  916  is active (and thus the second input signal  918  is inactive), the multi-port coupled transformer  930  may provide a differential signal  957  of the first input signal  916  to the shared mixer  932 . Likewise, if the second input signal  918  is active (and thus the first input signal  916  is inactive), the multi-port coupled transformer  930  may provide a differential signal  957  of the second input signal  918  to the shared mixer  932 . 
     To improve the power supply rejection, multiple balancing impedances  947   a - b ,  948   a - b  may be added to the single-ended receiver  906 . For example, the balancing impedance Z BAL1     —     LB    947   a  may be coupled to the output of the high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  927  and the low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  929  via a first LB switch  946   a  and to ground. The balancing impedance Z BAL1     —     HB    948   a  may be coupled to the second primary coil L 2   950   b  via a first HB switch  945   a  and to ground. The balancing impedance Z BAL2     —     LB    947   b  may be coupled to the second primary coil L 2   950   b  via a second LB switch  946   b  and to ground. The balancing impedance Z BAL2     —     HB    948   b  may be coupled to the output of the high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  927  and the low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  929  via a second HB switch  945   b  and to ground. Also, Z BAL1     —     HB    948   a  may be different than Z BAL1     —     LB    947   a  if the on impedances of the high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  927  and the low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  929  are different. 
     The first LB switch  946   a  may remove the balancing impedance Z BAL1     —     LB    947   a  from the multi-port coupled transformer  930  when the high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  927  is on. Likewise, the second LB switch  946   b  may remove the balancing impedance Z BAL2     —     LB    947   b  from the multi-port coupled transformer  930  when the high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  927  is on. The first HB switch  945   a  may remove the balancing impedance Z BAL1     —     HB    948   a  from the multi-port coupled transformer  930  when the low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  929  is on. Likewise, the second HB switch  945   b  may remove the balancing impedance Z BAL2     —     HB 948   b  from the multi-port coupled transformer  930  when the low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  929  is on. 
     The balancing impedances Z BAL1     —     HB    948   a  and Z BAL2     —     HB    948   b  may be implemented such that the off impedance of the low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  929  combined with the balancing impedances Z BAL1     —     HB    948   a  and Z BAL2     —     HB    948   b  equals the on impedance of the high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  927 . Likewise, the balancing impedances Z BAL1     —     LB    947   a  and Z BAL2     —     LB    947   b  may be implemented such that the off impedance of the high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  927  combined with the balancing impedances Z BAL1     —     LB    947   a  and Z BAL2     —     LB    947   b  equals the on impedance of the low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  929 . Equation (1) may be applied when the high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  927  is ON. This gives Z LNA =Z on,HB ∥Z off,LB ∥Z BAL2,HB  and Z BAL =Z BAL1,HB . Similarly, when the low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  929  is ON, Z LNA =Z on,LB ∥Z off,HB ∥Z BAL2,LB  and Z BAL =Z BAL1,LB . 
     A single shared mixer  932  may be used in the single-ended receiver  906  to process both the first input signal  916  and the second input signal  918 . As an additional benefit of the multi-port coupled transformer  930 , channel degradation may be reduced and in some cases, eliminated. Furthermore, the single-ended receiver  906  may operate without the use of switches to switch transformers on or off. Because the number of required components is reduced, the single-ended receiver  906  may occupy less die area/printed circuit board area than a differential receiver. 
     In one configuration, a first capacitor  954  may be coupled between the secondary coil L 3   950   c  and the first input  958  of the shared mixer  932 . Likewise, a second capacitor  956  may be coupled between the secondary coil L 3   950   c  and the second input  960  of the shared mixer  932 . In another configuration, the capacitors  954 ,  956  may be removed and the secondary coil  950   c  may be directly coupled to the shared mixer  932 . 
     The shared mixer  932  may process the differential signal  957 . The shared mixer  932  may provide the processed signals to a baseband (BB) low pass filter (LPF)  942  and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC)  944 . The analog-to-digital converter (ADC)  944  may provide at least one receiver output signal  920 , which may be single-ended or differential. In one configuration, multiple low noise amplifiers (LNAs) (not shown) may be connected in parallel at the output of the high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  927  and the output of the low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  929 , respectively. 
       FIG. 10  is a block diagram illustrating another single-ended receiver  1006  that includes a multi-port coupled transformer  1030  and multiple balancing impedances  1047 ,  1048 . The single-ended receiver  1006  of  FIG. 10  may be one configuration of the single-ended receiver  106  described in connection with  FIG. 1 . The single-ended receiver  1006  may also include a shared mixer  1032 , a baseband (BB) low pass filter (LPF)  1042  and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC)  1044 . Although the single-ended receiver  1006  is illustrated with only one channel, the channel may include an inphase portion and a quadrature portion that are not shown. The channel may be either single-ended or differential. In the single-ended receiver  1006 , the secondary inductor has been removed and the differential output is tapped directly from the L 1 -L 2  coupled inductors. This may provide additional area savings on the integrated circuit. However, in the single-ended receiver  1006 , the symmetry between V+ and V− depends on the balance between the two halves. 
     The single-ended receiver  1006  may use a multi-port coupled transformer  1030  to provide a differential signal  1057  to the shared mixer  1032 . A low-band (LB) path and a high-band (HB) path may share the multi-port coupled transformer  1030  and the shared mixer  1032 . 
     The single-ended receiver  1006  may receive a first input signal  1016  and a second input signal  1018 . The first input signal  1016  may be provided to a high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  1027 . The second input signal  1018  may be provided to a low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  1029 . 
     The high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  1027  may output a high-band (HB) amplified input signal  1031 . The low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  1029  may output a low-band (LB) amplified input signal  1033 . Both the high-band (HB) amplified input signal  1031  and the low-band (LB) amplified input signal  1033  may be provided to the multi-port coupled transformer  1030 . The multi-port coupled transformer  1030  may include a first primary coil L 1   1050   a  and a second primary coil L 2   1050   b . The multi-port coupled transformer  1030  may also include a center tap that is between the first primary coil L 1   1050   a  and the second primary coil L 2   1050   b . The center tap may be coupled to a voltage supply (Vdd). 
     A coupling may occur between the first primary coil L 1   1050   a  and the second primary coil L 2   1050   b . The coupling may have a coupling coefficient of k 12 . The coupling may be such that the first primary coil L 1   1050   a  and the second primary coil L 2   1050   b  are tightly coupled as a differential inductor. One example of a layout where the first primary coil L 1   1050   a  and the second primary coil L 2   1050   b  are tightly coupled as a differential inductor is given in  FIG. 11 . The tight coupling between the first primary coil L 1   1050   a  and the second primary coil L 2   1050   b  may result in a large power supply rejection. 
     The output of the high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  1027  may be coupled to the first primary coil L 1   1050   a . The output of the high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  1027  may also be coupled to a first input  1058  of the shared mixer  1032 . The output of the low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  1029  may be coupled to the second primary coil L 2   1050   b . The output of the low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  1029  may also be coupled to a second input  1060  of the shared mixer  1032 . 
     In one configuration, either the first input signal  1016  or the second input signal  1018  is active. If the first input signal  1016  is active (and thus the second input signal  1018  is inactive), the multi-port coupled transformer  1030  may provide a differential signal  1057  of the first input signal  1016  to the shared mixer  1032 . Likewise, if the second input signal  1018  is active (and thus the first input signal  1016  is inactive), the multi-port coupled transformer  1030  may provide a differential signal  1057  of the second input signal  1018  to the shared mixer  1032 . 
     If the off impedance of one low noise amplifier (LNA) is very different from the on impedance of the other low noise amplifier (LNA), then AC current does not flow through both the first primary coil L 1   1050   a  and the second primary coil L 2   1050   b , limiting the power supply rejection. To improve the power supply rejection, balancing impedances may be added to the single-ended receiver  1006 . For example, the balancing impedance Z BAL     —     LB    1047  may be coupled to the output of the high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  1027  via an LB switch  1046  and to ground. The balancing impedance Z BAL     —     HB    1048  may be coupled to the output of the low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  1029  via an HB switch  1045  and to ground. The LB switch  1046  may remove the balancing impedance Z BAL     —     LB    1047  from the multi-port coupled transformer  1030  when the high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  1027  is on. Likewise, the HB switch  1045  may remove the balancing impedance Z BAL     —     HB    1048  from the multi-port coupled transformer  1030  when the low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  1029  is on. A theoretical analysis shows that balance is obtained when Equation (3) is satisfied: 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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     In Equation (3), L m  is the mutual inductance between the first primary coil L 1   1050   a  and the second primary coil L 2   1050   b , where L m =k 12 sqrt(L 1 ,L 2 ). Equation (3) may be rewritten as Z BAL =Z off,LB ∥Z BAL,HB  or as Z BAL =Z off,HB ∥Z BAL,LB . Note that Z LNA  is the ON impedance of the low noise amplifier (LNA) in Equation (3) above. A single shared mixer  1032  may be used in the single-ended receiver  1006  to process both the first input signal  1016  and the second input signal  1018 . As an additional benefit of the multi-port coupled transformer  1030 , channel degradation may be reduced and in some cases, eliminated. Furthermore, the single-ended receiver  1006  may operate without the use of switches to switch transformers on or off. Because the number of required components is reduced, the single-ended receiver  1006  may occupy less die area/printed circuit board area than a differential receiver. 
     In one configuration, a first capacitor  1054  may be coupled between the output of the high-band (HB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  1027  and the first input  1058  of the shared mixer  1032 . Likewise, a second capacitor  1056  may be coupled between the output of the low-band (LB) low noise amplifier (LNA)  1029  and the second input  1060  of the shared mixer  1032 . 
     The shared mixer  1032  may process the differential signal  1057 . The shared mixer  1032  may provide the processed signals to a baseband (BB) low pass filter (LPF)  1042  and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC)  1044 . The analog-to-digital converter (ADC)  1044  may provide at least one receiver output signal  1020 . 
       FIG. 11  is a layout diagram illustrating one configuration of a multi-port coupled transformer  1130 . The multi-port coupled transformer  1130  may include a first primary inductor L 1   1150   a  and a second primary inductor L 1   1150   b . In this implementation, the first primary inductor L 1   1150   a  is equal in value to the second primary inductor L 2   1150   b . However, this is not necessarily the case for different configurations of multi-port coupled transformers  1130 . 
       FIG. 12  illustrates certain components that may be included within a base station  1202 . A base station  1202  may also be referred to as, and may include some or all of the functionality of, an access point, a broadcast transmitter, a node B, an evolved node B, etc. For example, the base station  1202  may be the wireless device  102  of  FIG. 1 . The base station  1202  may include a processor  1203 . The processor  1203  may be a general purpose single- or multi-chip microprocessor (e.g., an ARM), a special purpose microprocessor (e.g., a digital signal processor (DSP)), a microcontroller, a programmable gate array, etc. The processor  1203  may be referred to as a central processing unit (CPU). Although just a single processor  1203  is shown in the base station  1202  of  FIG. 12 , in an alternative configuration, a combination of processors (e.g., an ARM and DSP) could be used. 
     The base station  1202  also includes memory  1205 . The memory  1205  may be any electronic component capable of storing electronic information. The memory  1205  may be embodied as random access memory (RAM), read only memory (ROM), magnetic disk storage media, optical storage media, flash memory devices in RAM, on-board memory included with the processor, EPROM memory, EEPROM memory, registers and so forth, including combinations thereof. 
     Data  1207   a  and instructions  1209   a  may be stored in the memory  1205 . The instructions  1209   a  may be executable by the processor  1203  to implement the methods disclosed herein. Executing the instructions  1209   a  may involve the use of the data  1207   a  that is stored in the memory  1205 . When the processor  1203  executes the instructions  1209   a , various portions of the instructions  1209   b  may be loaded onto the processor  1203 , and various pieces of data  1207   b  may be loaded onto the processor  1203 . 
     The base station  1202  may also include a transmitter  1211  and a receiver  1213  to allow transmission and reception of signals to and from the base station  1202 . The transmitter  1211  and receiver  1213  may be collectively referred to as a transceiver  1215 . The receiver  1213  of  FIG. 12  may be one configuration of the receiver  104  illustrated in  FIG. 1  and/or the receiver  204  illustrated in  FIG. 2 . An antenna  1217  may be electrically coupled to the transceiver  1215 . 
     The base station  1202  may include a Digital Signal Processor (DSP)  1221 . The base station  1202  may also include a communications interface  1223 . The communications interface  1223  may allow a user to interact with the base station  1202 . 
     The various components of the base station  1202  may be coupled together by one or more buses, which may include a power bus, a control signal bus, a status signal bus, a data bus, etc. For the sake of clarity, the various buses are illustrated in  FIG. 12  as a bus system  1219 . 
       FIG. 13  illustrates certain components that may be included within a wireless communication device  1302 . The wireless communication device  1302  may be an access terminal, a mobile station, a user equipment (UE), etc. For example, the wireless communication device  1302  may be the wireless device  102  of  FIG. 1 . Additionally or alternatively, the wireless communication device  1302  may include the receiver  104  illustrated in  FIG. 1  and/or the receiver  204  illustrated in  FIG. 2 . The wireless communication device  1302  includes a processor  1303 . The processor  1303  may be a general purpose single- or multi-chip microprocessor (e.g., an ARM), a special purpose microprocessor (e.g., a DSP), a microcontroller, a programmable gate array, etc. The processor  1303  may be referred to as a central processing unit (CPU). Although just a single processor  1303  is shown in the wireless communication device  1302  of  FIG. 13 , in an alternative configuration, a combination of processors (e.g., an ARM and DSP) could be used. 
     The wireless communication device  1302  also includes memory  1305 . The memory  1305  may be any electronic component capable of storing electronic information. The memory  1305  may be embodied as random access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic disk storage media, optical storage media, flash memory devices in RAM, on-board memory included with the processor, EPROM memory, EEPROM memory, registers, and so forth, including combinations thereof. 
     Data  1307   a  and instructions  1309   a  may be stored in the memory  1305 . The instructions  1309   a  may be executable by the processor  1303  to implement the methods disclosed herein. Executing the instructions  1309   a  may involve the use of the data  1307   a  that is stored in the memory  1305 . When the processor  1303  executes the instructions  1309   a , various portions of the instructions  1309   b  may be loaded onto the processor  1303 , and various pieces of data  1307   b  may be loaded onto the processor  1303 . 
     The wireless communication device  1302  may also include a transmitter  1311  and a receiver  1313  to allow transmission and reception of signals to and from the wireless communication device  1302 . The transmitter  1311  and receiver  1313  may be collectively referred to as a transceiver  1315 . An antenna  1317  may be electrically coupled to the transceiver  1315 . 
     The wireless communication device  1302  may include a Digital Signal Processor (DSP)  1321 . The wireless communication device  1302  may also include a communications interface  1323 . The communications interface  1323  may allow a user to interact with the wireless communication device  1302 . 
     The various components of the wireless communication device  1302  may be coupled together by one or more buses, which may include a power bus, a control signal bus, a status signal bus, a data bus, etc. For the sake of clarity, the various buses are illustrated in  FIG. 13  as a bus system  1319 . 
     The term “determining” encompasses a wide variety of actions and, therefore, “determining” can include calculating, computing, processing, deriving, investigating, looking up (e.g., looking up in a table, a database or another data structure), ascertaining and the like. Also, “determining” can include receiving (e.g., receiving information), accessing (e.g., accessing data in a memory) and the like. Also, “determining” can include resolving, selecting, choosing, establishing and the like. 
     The phrase “based on” does not mean “based only on,” unless expressly specified otherwise. In other words, the phrase “based on” describes both “based only on” and “based at least on.” 
     The term “processor” should be interpreted broadly to encompass a general purpose processor, a central processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor, a digital signal processor (DSP), a controller, a microcontroller, a state machine and so forth. Under some circumstances, a “processor” may refer to an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a programmable logic device (PLD), a field programmable gate array (FPGA), etc. The term “processor” may refer to a combination of processing devices, e.g., a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, or any other such configuration. 
     The term “memory” should be interpreted broadly to encompass any electronic component capable of storing electronic information. The term memory may refer to various types of processor-readable media such as random access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), electrically erasable PROM (EEPROM), flash memory, magnetic or optical data storage, registers, etc. Memory is said to be in electronic communication with a processor if the processor can read information from and/or write information to the memory. Memory that is integral to a processor is in electronic communication with the processor. 
     The terms “instructions” and “code” should be interpreted broadly to include any type of computer-readable statement(s). For example, the terms “instructions” and “code” may refer to one or more programs, routines, sub-routines, functions, procedures, etc. “Instructions” and “code” may comprise a single computer-readable statement or many computer-readable statements. 
     The functions described herein may be stored as one or more instructions on a processor-readable or computer-readable medium. The term “computer-readable medium” refers to any available medium that can be accessed by a computer or processor. By way of example, and not limitation, such a medium may comprise RAM, ROM, EEPROM, flash memory, CD-ROM or other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium that can be used to store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a computer or processor. Disk and disc, as used herein, includes compact disc (CD), laser disc, optical disc, digital versatile disc (DVD), floppy disk and Blu-ray® disc where disks usually reproduce data magnetically, while discs reproduce data optically with lasers. It should be noted that a computer-readable medium may be tangible and non-transitory. The term “computer-program product” refers to a computing device or processor in combination with code or instructions (e.g., a “program”) that may be executed, processed or computed by the computing device or processor. As used herein, the term “code” may refer to software, instructions, code or data that is/are executable by a computing device or processor. 
     Software or instructions may also be transmitted over a transmission medium. For example, if the software is transmitted from a website, server, or other remote source using a coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, digital subscriber line (DSL), or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio and microwave, then the coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, DSL, or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio and microwave are included in the definition of transmission medium. 
     The methods disclosed herein comprise one or more steps or actions for achieving the described method. The method steps and/or actions may be interchanged with one another without departing from the scope of the claims. In other words, unless a specific order of steps or actions is required for proper operation of the method that is being described, the order and/or use of specific steps and/or actions may be modified without departing from the scope of the claims. 
     Further, it should be appreciated that modules and/or other appropriate means for performing the methods and techniques described herein, such as those illustrated by  FIG. 4 , can be downloaded and/or otherwise obtained by a device. For example, a device may be coupled to a server to facilitate the transfer of means for performing the methods described herein. Alternatively, various methods described herein can be provided via a storage means (e.g., random access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), a physical storage medium such as a compact disc (CD) or floppy disk, etc.), such that a device may obtain the various methods upon coupling or providing the storage means to the device. Moreover, any other suitable technique for providing the methods and techniques described herein to a device can be utilized. 
     It is to be understood that the claims are not limited to the precise configuration and components illustrated above. Various modifications, changes and variations may be made in the arrangement, operation and details of the systems, methods and apparatus described herein without departing from the scope of the claims.