Mediatek Corporation

Hui-Hsien Liu

Chun-Wei Lin

Jui-Lin Hsu

Tse-Yu Chen

Wei-Chia Chan

Chien-Cheng Lin

Chia-Hsin Wu

George Chien

Albert Chia-Wen Jerng

A transceiver includes: a radio-frequency (RF) front-end circuit; a dedicated RF front-end circuit; and a switchable matching circuit, integrated in a chip. The RF front-end circuit deals with communications of a first wireless standard, and the dedicated RF front-end circuit deals with communications of a second wireless standard. The switchable matching circuit provides impedance matching between the signal port and the RF front-end circuit when the RF front-end circuit is in operation, and provides impedance matching between the signal port and the dedicated RF front-end circuit when the dedicated RF front-end circuit is in operation, and includes: a first capacitive circuit coupled to the signal port; a first switch circuit coupled between the first capacitive circuit and the dedicated RF front-end circuit; a second capacitive circuit coupled to the dedicated RF front-end circuit; and a second switch circuit coupled to a second terminal of the second capacitive circuit.

Transceiver having radio-frequency front-end circuit, dedicated radio-frequency front-end circuit, and switchable matching circuit integrated in same chip

A transceiver includes a radio-frequency (RF) front-end circuit, a dedicated RF front-end circuit, and a switchable matching circuit. The RF front-end circuit deals with communications of at least a first wireless communication standard. The dedicated RF front-end circuit deals with communications of a second wireless communication standard only. The switchable matching circuit is coupled to the RF front-end circuit, the dedicated RF front-end circuit, and a signal port of a chip. The switchable matching circuit provides impedance matching between the signal port and the RF front-end circuit when the RF front-end circuit is in operation, and provides impedance matching between the signal port and the dedicated RF front-end circuit when the dedicated RF front-end circuit is in operation. The RF front-end circuit, the dedicated RF front-end circuit, and the switchable matching circuit are integrated in the chip.

A transceiver includes: a first transforming network arranged for using a first input impedance to receive a first modulated signal and using a first output impedance to output a first transformed signal during a transmitting mode of a first communication standard, and for using the first input impedance to receive a second modulated signal and using a second output impedance to output a second transformed signal during the transmitting mode of a second communication standard; a second transforming network arranged for using a second input impedance to receive the second transformed signal and using a third output impedance to output a first RF signal to a connecting port of the transceiver during the transmitting mode of the second communication standard; a power amplifier, arranged to generate a second RF signal; and a switching circuit for selectively coupling the second transformed signal to the second transforming network.

Wireless transceiver and method of controlling the wireless transceiver

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Hui-Hsien Liu