An antenna duplexer (14) comprises a transmission (TX) filter
(16)
having an input and an output. The TX filter input is arranged to connect to a
TX port of a mobile telecommunications handset and the TX filter output is arranged
to connect to an antenna (12) for the mobile telecommunications handset.
The duplexer further includes a Dual Mode Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) type receiver
(RX) filter (18) having an input and a balanced output. The RX filter
input is arranged to connect to the antenna (12) and the RX filter output
is arranged to connect directly to a balanced input RX port of the mobile telecommunications handset.