Systems, Methods, and Apparatuses for Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) Antenna Switches Using Body Switching in Multistacking Structure
First Claim
1. A CMOS antenna switch, comprising:
- an antenna operative at a plurality of radio frequency (RF) bands;
a transmit switch in communication with the antenna; and
a receiver switch in communication with the antenna, wherein the receiver switch comprises a plurality of transistors, including a first transistor having a body substrate, wherein the body substrate is selectively connectable between a resistance and ground.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention may provide for a CMOS antenna switch, which may be referred to as a CMOS SP4T switch. The CMOS antenna switch may operate at a plurality of frequencies, perhaps around 900 MHz and 1.9 GHz according to an embodiment of the invention. The CMOS antenna switch may include both a receiver switch and a transmit switch. The receiver switch may utilize a multi-stack transistor with body substrate tuning to block high power signals from the transmit path as well as to maintain low insertion loss at the receiver path. On the other hand, in the transmit switch, a body substrate tuning technique may be applied to maintain high power delivery to the antenna. Example embodiments of the CMOS antenna switch may provide for 31 dBm P 1 dB at both bands (e.g., 900 MHz and 1.8 GHz). In addition, a 0.9 dB and −1.1 dB insertion loss at 900 MHz and 1.9 GHz, respectively, may be obtained according to example embodiments of the invention.
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1. A CMOS antenna switch, comprising:
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an antenna operative at a plurality of radio frequency (RF) bands; a transmit switch in communication with the antenna; and a receiver switch in communication with the antenna, wherein the receiver switch comprises a plurality of transistors, including a first transistor having a body substrate, wherein the body substrate is selectively connectable between a resistance and ground. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for providing a CMOS antenna switch, comprising:
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providing an antenna operative at a plurality of radio frequency (RF) bands; electrically connecting a transmit switch to the antenna; and electrically connecting a receiver switch to the antenna, wherein the receiver switch comprises a plurality of transistors, including a first transistor having a body substrate, wherein the body substrate is selectively connectable between a resistance and ground. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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