Radio frequency switch

• US 9,197,280 B1
• Filed: 01/23/2015
• Issued: 11/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Yoo, Hyun Hwan, Kim, Jong Myeong, Yoo, Hyun Jin, Na, Yoo Sam, Kim, Yoo Hwan
• Primary Examiner(s): Milord, Marceau
• Application Number:
  US14/604,578
• Publication Number:
  US 20150326268A1
• Time in Patent Office: 305 Days
• Field of Search: 455/78, 455/77, 455/333, 455/338, 455/550.1
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/48 in circuits for connecting transmitter and receiver to a common transmission path, e.g. by energy of transmitter H04B1/46 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2001/485 inhibiting unwanted transmission

Abstract

A radio frequency switch may include: a common port transmitting and receiving a radio frequency signal; a receive switch unit including a first switch unit having a plurality of first switch elements and a second switch unit having a plurality of second switch elements; and a transmit switch unit including a third switch unit having a plurality of third switch elements and a fourth switch unit having a plurality of fourth switch elements. The receive switch unit may further include a plurality of first capacitors connected between a first terminal and a body terminal of each of the plurality of first switch elements. The transmit switch unit may further include a plurality of second capacitors connected between a second terminal and a body terminal of each of the plurality of third switch elements.

Claims

1. A radio frequency switch, comprising:

a common port transmitting and receiving a radio frequency signal;

a receive switch unit including a first switch unit having a plurality of first switch elements which are connected to each other in series and a second switch unit having a plurality of second switch elements which are connected to each other in series; and

a transmit switch unit including a third switch unit having a plurality of third switch elements which are connected to each other in series and a fourth switch unit having a plurality of fourth switch elements which are connected to each other in series,

wherein the receive switch unit further includes a plurality of first capacitors each connected between a first terminal and a body terminal of each of the first switch elements, and the transmit switch unit further includes a plurality of second capacitors each connected between a second terminal and a body terminal of each of the third switch elements.

2. The radio frequency switch of claim 1, wherein each of the first to fourth switch elements further includes a body resistor element connected to the body terminal of each of the first to fourth switch elements.

3. The radio frequency switch of claim 1, wherein:

the first and second switch units further include a plurality of first resistor elements connected in series to a control terminal of each of the first and second switch elements, and

the third and fourth switch units further include a plurality of second resistor elements connected in series to a control terminal of each of the of third and fourth switch elements.

4. The radio frequency switch of claim 1, wherein:

the receive switch unit has the first switch unit connected to be closer to the common port than the second switch unit, and

the transmit switch unit has the third switch unit connected to be closer to the common port than the fourth switch unit.

5. The radio frequency switch of claim 1, wherein at least one or more of the first to fourth switch elements are a field effect transistor (FET) or a bipolar junction transistor (BJT).

6. The radio frequency switch of claim 1, further comprising:

a first shunt unit connected to a control terminal of the fourth switch element connected to be the closest to the transmit port among the plurality of fourth switch elements and conducting or blocking a signal transfer path between the transmit port and a ground; and

a second shunt unit connected to a control terminal of the second switch element connected to be the closest to the receive port among the plurality of second switch elements and conducting or blocking a signal transfer path between the receive port and the ground.

7. A radio frequency switch, comprising:

a common port transmitting and receiving a radio frequency signal;

a receive switch unit having a plurality of first switch elements which are connected to each other in series and conducting or blocking a signal transfer path between a receive port inputting and outputting the radio frequency signal and the common port; and

a transmit switch unit having a plurality of second switch elements which are connected to each other in series and conducting or blocking a signal transfer path between a transmit port inputting and outputting the radio frequency signal and the common port,

wherein the receive switch unit further includes a plurality of first capacitors each coupled between a first terminal and a body terminal of each of the first switch elements, and the transmit switch unit further includes a plurality of second capacitors each coupled between a second terminal and a body terminal of each of the second switch elements.

8. The radio frequency switch of claim 7, wherein:

the receive switch unit includes a plurality of first gate resistors connected in series to a control terminal of each of the plurality of first switch elements,

the transmit switch unit includes a plurality of second gate resistors connected in series to a control terminal of each of the second switch elements, and

the receive switch unit receives a first gate signal from the first gate resistors and conducts or blocks the signal transfer path between the receive port and the common port, and the transmit switch unit receives a second gate signal from the second gate resistors and conducts or blocks the signal transfer path between the transmit port and the common port.

9. The radio frequency switch of claim 7, further comprising a plurality of body resistors connected to a body terminal of each of the first and second switch elements.

10. The radio frequency switch of claim 7, wherein each of the plurality of first and second switch elements is a field effect transistor (FET) or a bipolar junction transistor (BJT).

11. The radio frequency switch of claim 7, further comprising:

a first shunt unit connected to a control terminal of the second switch element connected to be the closest to the transmit port among the plurality of second switch elements and conducting or blocking a signal transfer path between the transmit port and a ground; and

a second shunt unit connected to a control terminal of the first switch element connected to be the closest to the receive port among the plurality of first switch elements and conducting or blocking a signal transfer path between the receive port and the ground.