Patent ID: 8121573

Claim:
A method for processing signals, the method comprising: in a multi-band, multi-standard wireless transmitter and wireless receiver: determining one or more desired frequencies of operation of said multi-band, multi-standard wireless transmitter and wireless receiver; determining a frequency of one or more spurs, intermodulation, and/or mixing product signals based on one or both of said determined one or more desired frequencies of operation and on one or more other frequencies being utilized at a location of said multi-band, multi-standard wireless transmitter and wireless receiver; configuring a plurality of phase locked loops in said multi-band, multi-standard wireless transmitter and wireless receiver to operate at a multiple of said desired frequencies of operation and avoid said one or more spurs, intermodulation, and/or mixing product signals based on said determination of said frequency of said one or more spurs, intermodulation, and/or mixing product signals; and sharing phase locked loops in said multi-band, multi-standard wireless transmitter and wireless receiver when said multi-band, multi-standard wireless transmitter and wireless receiver operate in time-division duplex mode.