CIRCUIT OF WIRELESS TRANSCEIVER CHIP

• US 20160218768A1
• Filed: 11/18/2015
• Published: 07/28/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Airoha Technology Corporation (MediaTek, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Airoha Technology Corporation (MediaTek, Inc.)
• Inventors: YOU, PEN-LI
• Granted Patent: US 9,525,452 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H03H 2007/013 Notch or bandstop filters
• CPC Class Codes: H03H 7/0138 Electrical filters or coupling circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H03H 7/1783 Combined LC in series path
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/44 Transmit/receive switching

Abstract

A circuit of a wireless transceiver chip is disclosed. In the circuit of the wireless transceiver chip of the present invention, a capacitor is connected between the secondary conductor of the transformer in the transmitter circuit and the ground pad to form a notch filter for filtering the image signal. An ESD protection circuit is connected with the capacitor in parallel. Since the ESD protection circuit is not connected to the signal receiving path, the performance of the chip would not be degraded.

Claims

1. A circuit of a wireless transceiver chip comprising:

a transceiver pad connected to an antenna;

a ground pad connected to ground;

a transmitter circuit for amplifying a transmitting signal, wherein the transmitter circuit has a transformer with a primary conductor and a secondary conductor, the secondary conductor has a first end and a second end, the second end is connected to the transceiver pad;

a receiver circuit connected to the first end and the second end of the secondary conductor for receiving a receiving signal;

a switch circuit connected between the receiver circuit and the secondary conductor; and

a filter capacitor connected between the second end of the secondary conductor and the ground pad.

2. The circuit as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an electrostatic discharge protection circuit connected to the filter capacitor in parallel.

4. The circuit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the switch circuit comprises a first switch unit connected between the first end and the second end of the secondary conductor.

5. The circuit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the receiver circuit comprises a filter unit.

6. The circuit as claimed in claim 5, wherein the filter unit comprises a capacitor and an inductor connected in series.

7. The circuit as claimed in claim 6, wherein the switch circuit comprises a first switch unit and a second switch unit connected between the two ends of the inductor of the filter unit and the second end of the secondary conductor respectively.

3. The circuit as claimed in Claim I, further comprising a resistor connected to the filter capacitor in parallel.