Patent ID: 7024220

Claim:
A receiver portion for selectively converting a GPS signal and a second RF signal to a lower frequency signal in a wireless handset, comprising: a GPS control signal generator for generating a GPS control signal; a band select switch connected to the GPS control signal generator for selecting the GPS signal or the second RF signal, responsive to the GPS control signal; a mixer connected to the band select switch for receiving the selected signal and to a local oscillator for converting the selected signal to the lower frequency signal; a GPS antenna for receiving the GPS signal; a second RF signal antenna for receiving the second RF signal; a GPS low noise amplifier connected to the GPS antenna and to the band select switch for amplifying the GPS signal; a PCS low noise amplifier connected to the second RF signal antenna and to the band select switch for amplifying the second RF signal; and a power supply connected to the GPS control signal generator for supplying power to the GPS low noise amplifier and to the PCS low noise amplifier, wherein: the GPS control signal generator is connected: to a power line of the GPS low noise amplifier for connecting the power supply to the GPS low noise amplifier when the GPS control signal is on and; to a power line of the PCS low noise amplifier for connecting the power supply to the PCS low noise amplifier when the GPS control signal is off.