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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 07, 2016
Applicant:

Nxp Usa, Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Joseph Staudinger, Austin, TX (US);

James Krehbiel, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

NXP USA, INC., Austin, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/64 (2006.01); H01L 27/01 (2006.01); H01L 49/02 (2006.01); H01L 23/66 (2006.01); H01L 21/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/645 (2013.01); H01L 21/707 (2013.01); H01L 23/66 (2013.01); H01L 27/016 (2013.01); H01L 28/10 (2013.01); H01L 28/20 (2013.01); H01L 28/60 (2013.01); H01L 2223/6672 (2013.01);
Abstract

A reference circuit includes an integrated circuit (IC) formed on a semiconductor substrate including a first spiral inductor and a second spiral inductor. The first spiral inductor is formed from a first metal layer over the substrate. The second spiral inductor is formed from a second metal layer. The second spiral inductor is offset from the first spiral inductor and includes a first portion overlapping the first spiral inductor. A first capacitor includes a first terminal coupled to receive a radio frequency (RF) signal and a second terminal coupled to a first terminal of the first spiral inductor, and second capacitor includes a first terminal coupled to a second terminal of the first spiral inductor.


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