Patent ID: 8126418

Claim:
A wireless telemetry module, comprising: an antenna configured to receive a communication signal having a channel frequency and having a channel bandwidth; a transceiver configured to operate over a channel range of single channel frequencies including the channel frequency; a processor coupled to the transceiver and configured to control the transceiver to operate in a receiving mode and in a transmitting mode; an interference rejection module configured to receive control signals from the processor, the interference rejection module coupled between the antenna and the transceiver when the transceiver is operating in the receiving mode, the interference rejection module attenuating interference signals occurring in the received signal and falling within the channel range and outside the channel range in response to the processor control signals, the interference rejection module providing the transceiver with the communication signal at the channel frequency; and a first switch coupled between the antenna and the interference rejection module; and a second switch coupled between the interference rejection module and the transceiver, the first and second switches configured to receive a control signal from the processor to cause the first and second switches to switch between a first state coupling the interference rejection module between the antenna and the transceiver during the transceiver receiving mode and a second state bypassing the interference rejection module during the transceiver transmitting mode.