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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:
Jan. 19, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 14, 2014
Applicant:

Rf Micro Devices, Inc., Greensboro, NC (US);

Inventors:

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

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

Robert Andrew Phelps, Greensboro, NC (US);

Assignee:

RF Micro Devices, Inc., Greensboro, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/687 (2006.01); H03H 11/12 (2006.01); H03K 17/693 (2006.01); H01P 1/15 (2006.01); H03K 17/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03H 11/1213 (2013.01); H03K 17/693 (2013.01); H01P 1/15 (2013.01); H03K 17/102 (2013.01); H03K 17/687 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed is a harmonic cancellation circuit for an RF switch branch having a first transistor with a first gate terminal and a first body terminal, a second transistor having a second gate terminal coupled to the first body terminal, and having a second body terminal coupled to the first gate terminal. Also included is a first resistor coupled between a first coupling node and the second body terminal, and a second resistor coupled between a second coupling node and the first body terminal, wherein the first transistor and second transistor are adapted to generate an inverse phase third harmonic signal relative to a third harmonic signal generated by the RF switch branch, such that the inverse phase third harmonic signal is output through the first resistor and the second resistor to the RF switch branch to reduce the third harmonic signal.


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