Mediatek Corporation

Tse-Yu Chen

Chun-Wei Lin

Jui-Lin Hsu

Hui-Hsien Liu

Wei-Chia Chan

A mixer with a filtering function and a method for linearization of the mixer are provided. The mixer includes at least one amplifier, a transconductance device and a feedback network. The at least one amplifier is configured to output a filtered voltage signal according to an input voltage signal. The transconductance device is coupled to the at least one amplifier, and is configured to generate a filtered current signal according to the filtered voltage signal. The feedback network is coupled between any output terminal among at least one output terminal of the transconductance device and an input terminal of the at least one amplifier. More particularly, the mixer is configured to output a modulated signal according to the filtered current signal.

Mixer with filtering function and method for linearization of mixer

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.

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Tse-Yu Chen