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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2012
Applicants:
Minsik Ahn, San Diego, CA (US);
Chang-ho Lee, San Diego, CA (US);
Aristotele Hadjichristos, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Minsik Ahn, San Diego, CA (US);
Chang-Ho Lee, San Diego, CA (US);
Aristotele Hadjichristos, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 3/24 (2006.01); H01Q 1/50 (2006.01); H04B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/50 (2013.01); H04B 1/006 (2013.01); H04B 1/406 (2013.01);
Abstract
A multi-throw antenna switch with off-state capacitance reduction is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, an apparatus is provided that includes a plurality of first stage switches connected to an antenna, and a plurality of second stage switches connected to the plurality of first stage switches, each first stage switch connected in series to one or more second stage switches to form a plurality of switchable signal paths connected to the antenna.