- Patent Title: On-chip harmonic filtering for radio frequency (RF) communications
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Application No.: US16846520Application Date: 2020-04-13
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Publication No.: US10951190B2Publication Date: 2021-03-16
- Inventor: Essam S. Atalla , Ruifeng Sun , Mohamed M. Elkholy
- Applicant: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Austin
- Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Current Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- Agency: Egan, Enders & Huston LLP.
- Main IPC: H03H7/38
- IPC: H03H7/38 ; H03F3/189 ; H03H7/01

Abstract:
Systems and methods are disclosed for on-chip harmonic filtering for radio frequency (RF) communications. A filtering and matching circuit for an integrated circuit includes a first capacitance coupled in parallel with a first inductance, a second inductance coupled to the first inductance, and a variable second capacitance coupled between the first and second inductance. The variable second capacitance is controlled to provide filtering with respect to the RF signal as well as impedance matching with respect to a load coupled to the connection pad. For one embodiment, the variable second capacitance includes a coarse-tune variable capacitor circuit and a fine-tune variable capacitor circuit. The coarse-tuning controls impedance matching, and the fine tuning controls a notch for the filtering. The load can be an antenna for the RF communications. The integrated circuit can include a receive path, a transmit path, or both.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210013857A1 On-Chip Harmonic Filtering For Radio Frequency (RF) Communications Public/Granted day:2021-01-14
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