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Patent No.:

US 7345545 B1

Expired

Date of Patent:

Mar. 18, 2008

Filed:

Mar. 28, 2005

Enhancement mode transceiver and switched gain amplifier integrated circuit

Applicants:

Elizabeth C. Glass, Gilbert, AZ (US);

Olin L. Hartin, Chandler, AZ (US);

Ngai Ming Lau, Fountain Hills, AZ (US);

Neil T. Tracht, Mesa, AZ (US);

Inventors:

Elizabeth C. Glass, Gilbert, AZ (US);

Olin L. Hartin, Chandler, AZ (US);

Ngai Ming Lau, Fountain Hills, AZ (US);

Neil T. Tracht, Mesa, AZ (US);

Assignee:

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Attorney:

Ingrassia, Fisher & Lorenz, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Lana Le

Assistant Examiner:

April Guzman

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

H03F 3/16 (2006.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

Abstract

Methods and apparatus are provided for RF switches () integrated in a monolithic RF transceiver IC () and switched gain amplifier (). Multi-gate n-channel enhancement mode FETs (Q-Q-) are used with single gate FETs (), resistors (Rb, Rg, Re, R-R) and capacitors (C-C) formed by the same manufacturing process. The multiple gates () of the FETs (Q-Q-) are parallel coupled, spaced-apart and serially arranged between source () and drain (). When used in pairs () to form a switch () for a transceiver () each FET has its source () coupled to an antenna RF I/O port () and drains coupled respectively to second and third RF I/O ports () leading to the receiver side () or transmitter side () of the transceiver (). The gates () are coupled to control ports (). When used in pairs (Q-Q-) to form a variable switched attenuator, the first FET (Q-) is a pass device and the second FET (Q-) is a shunt device that respectively bridge two series resistors (RR) and block a shunt resistor (R) of a T-type attenuator.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Glass, Elizabeth. (2008). Enhancement mode transceiver and switched gain amplifier integrated circuit (U.S. Patent No. 7345545). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7345545

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