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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. 15, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 09, 2017
Applicant:

Qorvo Us, Inc., Greensboro, NC (US);

Inventors:

Baker Scott, San Jose, CA (US);

George Maxim, Saratoga, CA (US);

Dirk Robert Walter Leipold, San Jose, CA (US);

Eric K. Bolton, Kernersville, NC (US);

Daniel Charles Kerr, Oak Ridge, NC (US);

Hideya Oshima, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

Qorvo US, Inc., Greensboro, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 3/54 (2006.01); H03K 17/0412 (2006.01); H03K 17/693 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 3/548 (2013.01); H03K 17/04123 (2013.01); H03K 17/693 (2013.01);
Abstract

Improved Radio Frequency (RF) switches are provided herein. According to one aspect, an RF switch comprises one or more stages. In one embodiment, each stage comprises a signal input terminal, a signal output terminal, a control input terminal, and a switching device having a first terminal connected to the signal input terminal, a second terminal connected to the signal output terminal, and a third terminal for controlling the on/off state of the switching device. Each stage includes a first resistor connected in series between the control input terminal and the third terminal, a first bypass switch for electrically bypassing the first resistor, and a second resistor connected in series between the signal input terminal and the signal output terminal. The first resistors form a first bias network, the second resistors form a second bias network, and the switching devices are connected in series.


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