US 11,817,891 B2
Electronic device for performing carrier aggregation using plurality of carrier frequencies via switch and operating method thereof
Youngbaek Choi, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/460,710.
Application 17/460,710 is a continuation of application No. 16/444,363, filed on Jun. 18, 2019, granted, now 11,108,418.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0069714 (KR), filed on Jun. 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0391877 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. H04B 1/00 (2006.01); H04L 27/152 (2006.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 27/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04B 1/0064 (2013.01) [H04B 1/0067 (2013.01); H04L 5/001 (2013.01); H04L 27/0014 (2013.01); H04L 27/152 (2013.01); H04L 2027/0016 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a plurality of communication circuits configured to process carrier signals in different frequency bands;
at least one switch alternately connected to two communication circuits among the plurality of communication circuits and configured to provide a reception carrier signal from at least one antenna to one of the two communication circuits based on a switching operation; and
at least one processor configured to:
determine a number of frequency bands of a plurality of carriers to be used for communication,
control the switching operation based on the number of the frequency bands of the plurality of carriers and a specified condition that is based on frequency bands able to be processed by a low noise amplifier (LNA) included in each of the plurality of communication circuits, and
process the carrier signals of the plurality of carriers using at least one communication circuit among the plurality of communication circuits.