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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:
Jul. 12, 2022

Filed:

Aug. 20, 2020
Applicant:

Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Arup Mukherji, Austin, TX (US);

Vitor Pereira, Austin, TX (US);

Jeffrey A. Tindle, Austin, TX (US);

Mustafa H. Koroglu, Austin, TX (US);

Terry Lee Dickey, Pflugerville, TX (US);

Assignee:

Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/10 (2006.01); H03H 9/54 (2006.01); H03H 9/64 (2006.01); H04B 1/16 (2006.01); H04B 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/1607 (2013.01); H04B 1/1638 (2013.01); H04B 1/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

A wireless device including a receiver circuit coupled to a radio frequency receiver node, a frequency selective attenuator including an inductor and a first capacitor coupled in series to the radio frequency receiver node, and a second capacitor coupled in parallel with the first capacitor. The first capacitor has a first capacitance based on a blocker frequency and the second capacitor has a second capacitance that linearizes the frequency selective attenuator. A method of linearizing a frequency selective attenuator including detecting presence of a blocker signal, activating and programming a capacitor of the frequency selective attenuator to reduce a strength of the blocker signal, determining a frequency difference between the blocker signal and a receive frequency, and coupling a second capacitor to the frequency selective attenuator to linearize the frequency selective attenuator when the frequency difference is no more than an attenuation threshold.


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