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Methods and devices for reducing coupling of RF frequency components between different bands of an RF system are presented. According to one aspect, a notch filter having a notch centered at a harmonic of a fundamental frequency of a first band transmit side is coupled to an output of an LNA of the first band. According to another aspect, the harmonic is a second harmonic, a third harmonic or higher order harmonics. According to another aspect, the notch filter includes a plurality of notches at respective plurality of harmonics. According to a further aspect, the notch has an attenuation of 30 dB or greater at the second harmonic and 10 dB or greater at the third harmonic. Further included is a method for reducing coupling of harmonics of signals transmitted in the first band into a receive path of the second band, thereby increasing noise figure/sensitivity performances of the receive path.

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