Patent ID: 6990357

Claim:
A receive front-end module for use in conjunction with a transceive front-end module in a multi-band communication device, the communication device having at least a first antenna and a second antenna electrically separated from the first antenna, wherein the transceive front-end module comprises a plurality of signal paths operatively connected to the first antenna for transmitting signals in at least a first transmit frequency band and a different second transmit frequency band, said receive front-end module comprising: a feed point, operatively connected to the second antenna for receiving communication signals in the communication device; and a plurality of receive signal paths, operatively connected to the feed point for receiving communication signals in a plurality of frequency bands, wherein said plurality of frequency bands includes at least a first receive frequency band, which is partially overlapped with the first transmit frequency band in the transceive front-end module, and a second receive frequency band, which is spaced from the first receive frequency band in frequency.