Qualcomm Technologies International, Ltd.

Jeff Koeller

Noshir Behli Dubash

Luis Briones

Zaid Aboush

Charles Matsumoto

Michael Schödel

Adem Aktas

The present disclosure relates to composite inductor structures for use in integrated circuits. There is provided a composite inductor structure comprising a first inductor coil and a second inductor coil. The second inductor coil comprises a multi-turn loop that surrounds the first inductor coil. The first inductor coil comprises two multi-turn loops which are connected in a figure-of-eight configuration about a central terminal so as to cause a current flowing in a first loop of the multi-turn loops to circulate around the first loop in a first rotational direction, and a current flowing in a second loop of the multi-turn loops to circulate around the second loop in a second rotational direction opposite the rotational direction of current flow in the first loop, said direction of current flow in the first and second loops being mirror images of each other.

Inductor structure and application thereof

Tuners, multi-tuner receivers and methods of configuring multiple tuners are provided. A tuner on an integrated circuit includes an RF amplifier configured to be coupled to an antenna to amplify an RF signal received from the antenna, a bidirectional port configured to be coupled to another tuner and a bidirectional port circuit coupled between the RF amplifier and the bidirectional port. The bidirectional port circuit includes signal routing circuitry and a programmable control that is configured to control the signal routing circuitry to implement one of an input port, an output port or a disabled port.

Bidirectional ports for multi-tuner background radios

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Mesa, AZ, United States of America

Jeff Koeller