Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Filters for multi-band wireless device
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Application No.: US13653030Application Date: 2012-10-16
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Publication No.: US09692392B2Publication Date: 2017-06-27
- Inventor: Jose Cabanillas , Aristotele Hadjichristos , Per O Kristensen , Mohan V Puntambekar
- Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agent Liberty E. Mann
- Main IPC: H04B1/44
- IPC: H04B1/44 ; H03H11/34 ; H03H7/46 ; H04B1/04 ; H01P1/213 ; H03H11/30 ; H03H7/38

Abstract:
Techniques to implement a filter for a selected signal path by reusing a circuit component in an unselected signal path are disclosed. In an exemplary design, an apparatus includes first, second, and third circuits. The first circuit passes a first radio frequency (RF) signal to an antenna when a first signal path is selected. The second circuit passes a second RF signal to the antenna when a second signal path is selected. The third circuit is selectively coupled to the first circuit, e.g., via a switch. The first and third circuits form a filter for the second RF signal (e.g., to attenuate a harmonic of the second RF signal) when the second signal path is selected and the first signal path is unselected. The first circuit may include a series inductor, and the third circuit may include a shunt capacitor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140073267A1 FILTERS FOR MULTI-BAND WIRELESS DEVICE Public/Granted day:2014-03-13
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