Qualcomm Incorporated

Rahul Karmaker

Li-chung Chang

Francesco Gatta

Gireesh Rajendran

Hasnain Lakdawala

Timothy Donald Gathman

Rui Li

Wei Zhuo

Ayush Mittal

Ahmed Abbas Mohamed Helmy

Bin Fan

Gary Lee Brown, Jr

Conor Donovan

Mehran Bakhshiani

Shuja Andrabi

Wenbang Xu

Shankar Guhados

Li-Chung Chang

An aspect includes a filtering method including operating a first filter to filter a first input signal to generate a first output signal; operating a second filter to filter a second input signal to generate a second output signal; and selectively coupling at least a portion of the second filter with the first filter to filter a third input signal to generate a third output signal. Another aspect includes a filtering method including operating switching devices to configure a filter with a first set of pole(s); filtering a first input signal to generate a first output signal with the filter configured with the first set of pole(s); operating the switching devices to configure the filter with a second set of poles; and filtering a second input signal to generate a second output signal with the filter configured with the second set of poles.

Programmable baseband filter for selectively coupling with at least a portion of another filter

An apparatus is disclosed for processing a signal with a divided amplifier. In example implementations, an apparatus includes a first portion of an amplifier, a first port interface, a second port interface, and a switch matrix. The first port interface includes a first transformer; a second portion of the amplifier, which is coupled to the first transformer; and a first switch component that is coupled to at least one of the first transformer or the second portion of the amplifier. The second port interface includes a second transformer and a second switch component that is coupled to the second transformer. The switch matrix is coupled between the first switch component and the first portion of the amplifier and between the second switch component and the first portion of the amplifier. The switch matrix is also coupled between the second portion of the amplifier and the first portion of the amplifier.

Divided amplifier

According to certain aspects, a chip includes a first port, a first amplifier, and a first input path coupling the first port to an input of the first amplifier. The chip also includes a second port, a second amplifier, and a second input path coupling the second port to an input of the second amplifier. The chip further includes a switchable path coupled between the first input path and the second input path.

Method of combining LTE-UHB+LAA+sub6-5G LNA ports

An apparatus is disclosed for a harmonic rejection filter with transimpedance amplifiers. In an example aspect, the apparatus includes a harmonic rejection filter with at least three input nodes, at least one output node, a first transimpedance amplifier, a first set of transimpedance amplifiers, and a scaling current converter. The at least three input nodes include a first input node, a second input node, and a third input node. The at least one output node includes a first output node. The first transimpedance amplifier is coupled between the first input node and the first output node. The first set of transimpedance amplifiers include a second transimpedance amplifier coupled to the second input node and a third transimpedance amplifier coupled to the third input node. The scaling current converter is coupled between outputs associated with the first set of transimpedance amplifiers and an input of the first transimpedance amplifier.

Harmonic rejection filter with transimpedence amplifiers

A filter circuit may include a first path having a first complex baseband filter. The circuit may further include a second path having a second complex baseband filter. The circuit may further include a combiner coupled to an output of the first complex baseband filter and an output of the second complex baseband filter.

Filter circuit

Certain aspects of the present disclosure are generally directed to a tunable active filter and a method of calibrating a tunable active filter. One example apparatus is a filter circuit that generally includes a resistor-capacitor (RC) topology tunable active filter comprising a first amplifier, a second amplifier, and a feedback path coupled between an input of the first amplifier and an output of the second amplifier. The filter circuit also includes a negative transconductance circuit coupled to a first node of the tunable active filter.

Active biquad filter with oscillator circuit

The present disclosure describes aspects of a fast settling peak detector. In some aspects, a peak detector circuit includes a first transistor having a gate coupled to an input of the circuit at which a signal is received and a drain coupled to a source of a second transistor. Current may flow in the first and second transistors responsive to the signal. The circuit also includes a third transistor having a gate coupled, via a signal-inverting component, to the input of the circuit and a drain coupled to a source of a fourth transistor. Through an inversion of the signal, other current flowing in the third and fourth transistor can reduce or cancel a frequency component of the current in the first and second transistors. In some cases, this precludes a need to filter the frequency component from an output of the circuit.

Fast settling peak detector

Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to a differential amplifier implemented using a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) structure. The differential amplifier generally includes a first pair of transistors and a second pair of transistors coupled to the first pair of transistors. The gates of the first pair of transistors and gates of the second pair of transistors may be coupled to respective differential input nodes of the differential amplifier, and drains of the first pair of transistors and drains of the second pair of transistors may be coupled to respective differential output nodes of the differential amplifier. In certain aspects, the differential amplifier may include a biasing transistor having a drain coupled to a source of a transistor of the first pair of transistors and having a gate coupled to a common-mode feedback (CMFB) path of the differential amplifier.

Differential amplifier with complementary unit structure

Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to using cross-coupled transistors for source degeneration of an amplification stage. For example, the amplification stage generally includes a differential amplifier comprising transistors, cross-coupled transistors coupled to the differential amplifier, and an impedance coupled between drains of the cross-coupled transistors. In certain aspects, the differential amplifier comprises a push-pull amplifier, and the transistors of the push-pull amplifier comprise cascode-connected transistors.

Source-degenerated amplification stage with rail-to-rail output swing

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for calibrating a tunable active filter. One example apparatus is a filter circuit that generally includes a tunable active filter comprising at least one amplifier and a first feedback path coupled between an input and an output of the at least one amplifier, the first feedback path comprising at least one switch; and an amplitude limiter coupled to the tunable active filter and comprising at least one transistor disposed in a second feedback path coupled between the input and the output of the at least one amplifier.

Center frequency and Q tuning of biquad filter by amplitude-limited oscillation-based calibration

A class AB amplifier may include an input stage, a first folded cascode stage, a second folded cascode stage, and a class AB output stage. In some embodiments, the class AB output stage may provide differential output signals. The common-mode voltage of the differential output signals may be controlled via a correction signal coupled to a selected folded cascode stage. The correction signal may control the common-mode voltage of the differential output signals by altering bias currents within the selected folded cascode stage. The other cascode stage may include bias currents controlled by relatively fixed bias voltages.

Class AB amplifier

A common-mode feedback module is disclosed for controlling feedback in an amplifier, such as a multi-stage amplifier. The common-mode feedback module may include a feedback input stage, a cascode stage, and a feedback output stage. The common-mode feedback module may provide feedback, such as negative feedback to the amplifier to extend a bandwidth of a frequency response and/or increase stability.

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Rahul Karmaker