Abstract:
The disclosure provides a device for impedance matching and switching for coupling a transmit path and a receive path of a transceiver to at least one antenna. The device can have an on-chip matching circuitry disposed within a chip and off-chip matching circuitry disposed outside the chip but coupled to the on-chip matching circuitry. The device can have a controller coupled to the on-chip matching circuitry configured to switch the on-chip matching circuitry to provide matched impedance for the transmit path in a transmit mode and matched impedance for the receive path in a receive mode. The off-chip matching circuitry can provide high impedance in the receive path in the transmit mode and provide high impedance in the transmit path in the receive mode. The resonant matching circuit can also have an antenna node coupling the transmit path and the receive path to the at least one antenna.
Abstract:
Certain aspects of the present invention provide methods and apparatus for detecting phase shift between signals, such as local oscillating signals in adjacent transceiver paths. One example circuit for phase detection generally includes a mixer configured to mix a first input signal having a first frequency with a second input signal having a second frequency to produce an output signal having frequency components at the sum of and the difference between the first and second frequencies; a filter connected with the mixer and configured to remove one of the frequency components at the sum of the first and second frequencies, thereby leaving a DC component; and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) (e.g., a comparator) connected with the filter and configured to determine whether the first input signal is in-phase or out-of-phase with the second input signal based on a comparison between the DC component and a reference signal.
Abstract:
A transformer is described. The transformer includes a primary coil and a first secondary coil. A first coupling occurs between the first secondary coil and the primary coil. The transformer also includes a second secondary coil. A second coupling occurs between the second secondary coil and the primary coil. The first secondary coil is separated from the second secondary coil to prevent coupling between the first secondary coil and the second secondary coil. A first width of the first secondary coil is configured independently of a second width of the second secondary coil.
Abstract:
An advantageously fast and asynchronous interface is disclosed for the tuning of an RF frontend. The interface transmits a tuning word to the RF frontend that controls a tuning of the RF frontend responsive to a channel index.