Realtek Semiconductor Inc.

Ying-Hsi Lin

Ying-Yao Lin

Hong-Ta Hsu

Ka-Un Chan

Chia-Jun Chang

Hsien-Ku Chen

Chao-Cheng Lee

Yuan-Shuo Chang

Chin-Liang Wang

Wen-Shan Wang

Shu-Min Lin

Jyi-Si Lo

Min-Chau Jan

Ke-Horng Chen

Tsung-Yen Tsai

Chinq-Shiun Chiu

Yu-Huei Lee

Chun-Yu Hsieh

Yi-Shao Chang

Ming-Chung Huang

Wu-Chi Wang

Shih-Jung Wang

Kuan-Kai Chen

Chiao-Ling Chang

A transmitting device, for handling signal interference, comprises a first transmitting circuit, for processing a first plurality of baseband signals, to generate a first plurality of radio frequency signals; a second transmitting circuit, for processing a second plurality of baseband signals and a plurality of input signals, to generate a second plurality of radio frequency signals; a feedback circuit, coupled to the second transmitting circuit, for processing the second plurality of radio frequency signals and a plurality of leakage signals, to generate a plurality of error signals; and a control circuit, coupled to the first transmitting circuit, the second transmitting circuit and the feedback circuit, for generating the plurality of input signals according to the first plurality of baseband signals and the plurality of error signals.

Device and method of handling signal interference

A method of interference cancellation includes the following steps: performing a take-energy operation on a to-be-sent signal at multiple times to generate multiple to-be-sent signal powers; performing a first high-pass operation on the to-be-sent signal powers to generate a to-be-sent high-pass result; performing a second high-pass operation on a received signal to generate a received high-pass result; adjusting multiple filter coefficients according to the to-be-sent high-pass result and the received high-pass result; and generating a recover signal according to the filter coefficients.

Method of interference cancellation and transceiving device

The invention is to provide a structure of IC pad and its forming method. The structure is arranged in an insulation layer and is comprised of a lower electric-conduction layer, a compound layer structure and a pad layer. The lower electric-conduction layer is arranged at an appropriate position in the insulation layer and is connected to an electric potential. The compound layer structure is arranged on the insulation layer and is composed of at least one electric-conduction layer and at least one electric-conduction connecting layer, both are inter-overlapped to each other. The pad layer is arranged on the compound layer structure.

Integrated circuit device having pads structure formed thereon and method for forming the same

A receiving circuit includes: a first receiving terminal for receiving a RF signal; a second receiving terminal for receiving an external oscillating signal generated by an external oscillator; a low-noise amplifier coupled with the first receiving terminal and the second receiving terminal and utilized for generating an output signal; a first switch element positioned between the second receiving terminal and the low-noise amplifier; an in-phase signal processing circuit for generating an in-phase detection signal based on the output signal; an quadrature signal processing circuit for generating an quadrature detection signal based on the output signal; and a calibration circuit for controlling the first switch element and capable of performing an I/Q mismatch calibration operation according to the in-phase detection signal and the quadrature detection signal when the first switch element is turned on.

Receiving circuit capable of performing I/Q mismatch calibration based on external oscillating signal

An adjusting method for reducing local oscillation leakage or I/Q mismatch in a transmitter includes the steps of: (a) detecting a current extent of local oscillation leakage or I/Q mismatch; (b) determining if an adjusting direction is correct with reference to the current extent of local oscillation leakage or I/Q mismatch thus detected, maintaining the adjusting direction if correct, and reversing the adjusting direction upon determining that the adjusting direction is incorrect; and (c) adjusting a control signal according to the adjusting direction.

Transmitter capable of reducing local oscillation leakage and in-phase/quadrature-phase (I/Q) mismatch and adjusting methods thereof

An operating circuit applied to a backlight includes at least one current control circuit, where the current control circuit includes a transistor, an operational amplifier and a switch module. The transistor has a gate, a first electrode and a second electrode, where the first electrode is coupled to a lighting element, and the second electrode is coupled to a resistor. The operational amplifier has positive and negative input terminals, and positive and negative output terminals. The switch module switches a connection relationship between the positive input terminal, the negative input terminal, the reference voltage and the second electrode of the transistor, and switches a connection relationship between the positive output terminal, the negative output terminal and the gate of the transistor to make the close loop form a negative feedback, and the current of the lighting element not influenced by an offset voltage of the operational amplifier.

Operating circuit applied to backlight and associated method

An operating circuit applied to a backlight is provided, where the backlight includes a plurality of lighting elements, and the operating circuit includes a plurality of current control circuits, a plurality of switches, a minimum voltage selector, a supply voltage generating circuit and a control unit. The current control circuits are coupled to the lighting elements via a plurality of nodes, respectively. The switches are coupled to the nodes, respectively. The minimum voltage selector is utilized for receiving at least a portion of voltages of the plurality of nodes, and selecting a minimum voltage among the received voltages. The supply voltage generating circuit is utilized for generating a supply voltage of the lighting elements according to the minimum voltage. For each of the switches, the control unit determines an on/off state of the switch by determining whether the corresponding lighting element is an open circuit or not.

A signal converting circuit includes: a first switching circuit; a second switching circuit; and a first balance-unbalance circuit (Balun) having a first signal terminal coupled to an antenna, a second signal terminal coupled to the first switching circuit, and a third signal terminal coupled to the second switching circuit; wherein when the first balance-unbalance circuit operates in a first signal converting mode, the first switching circuit and the second switching circuit are arranged to couple the second signal terminal and the third signal terminal, respectively, to a first signal processing circuit, and when the first balance-unbalance circuit does not operate in the first signal converting mode, the first switching circuit and the second switching circuit are arranged to couple the second signal terminal and the third signal terminal, respectively, to a reference voltage.

Signal converting circuit capable of reducing/avoiding signal leakage and related signal converting method

An amplifier includes a transformer and a first stage gain circuit. The transformer includes a primary coil and a secondary coil. The primary coil is utilized for receiving an input signal. The first stage gain circuit has a first input port, which is coupled to the primary coil. The first stage gain circuit is utilized for gaining the input signal so as to generate a first output.

Amplifier with gain circuit coupeld to primary coil of transformer

A receiver having a mixer for mixing a radio frequency signal and a local oscillator signal so as to generate a base band signal, a detecting unit for generating from the base band signal a detection signal that represents an extent of local oscillation leakage, and an adjusting unit coupled electrically to said mixer for outputting a control signal thereto to control a current operating state of said mixer, said adjusting unit being further coupled electrically to said detecting unit, and determining whether there is a reduction in the extent of local oscillation leakage based on the detection signal from said detecting unit. In operation, the adjusting unit maintains an adjusting direction for the control signal upon determining that the extent of local oscillation leakage is reduced, reverses the adjusting direction upon determining that the extent of local oscillation leakage is not reduced, and adjusts the control signal according to the adjusting direction.

Receiver capable of reducing local oscillation leakage and in-phase/quadrature-phase (I/Q) mismatch and an adjusting method thereof

A signal amplifying circuit includes: an input stage circuit, arranged to receive an input signal; a first inductive device coupled between the input stage circuit and a first reference voltage; an output stage circuit arranged to generate an output signal according to the input signal; and a second inductive device coupled between the output stage circuit and a second reference voltage, wherein at least a part of a winding of the first inductive element is cross-coupled to at least a part of a winding of the second inductive element.

Signal amplifying circuit with reduced output signal noise by introducing coupling effect and related method thereof

An adjusting method for reducing local oscillation leakage or I/Q mismatch in a receiver includes the steps of: (a) detecting a current extent of local oscillation leakage or I/Q mismatch; (b) determining if an adjusting direction is correct with reference to the current extent of local oscillation leakage or I/Q mismatch thus detected, maintaining the adjusting direction if correct, and reversing the adjusting direction upon determining that the adjusting direction is incorrect; and (c) adjusting a control signal according to the adjusting direction.

A clock generator is provided, capable of automatically adjusting an output clock when process, voltage, or temperature variation occurs. The clock generator includes a current generator, for generating a first current and a second current according to a bias signal, an oscillator, coupled to the current generator, for generating a clock signal according to the first current, a frequency detector, coupled to the oscillator, for generating a control signal according to the clock signal and a reference signal, and a bias voltage adjuster, coupled to the current generator and the frequency detector, for adjusting the bias signal according to the control signal. When the signal frequency of the clock signal changes, the bias signal corresponds to the bias voltage adjuster, to adjust the first current and the second current.

Clock generator

A current-mode wireless receiver includes a pre-processor to receive a voltage-mode input signal and output a current-mode pre-processed signal corresponding to the voltage-mode input signal, a mixer to perform frequency down-conversion upon the current-mode pre-processed signal to generate a current-mode frequency down-converted signal, and an amplifier to amplify the current-mode frequency down-converted signal to generate a current-mode output signal. A method of wireless reception is also disclosed.

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