BODY-BIASED SWITCHING DEVICE
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1. A circuit configured to switch radio-frequency (“
- RF”
) signals, the circuit comprising;
a field-effect transistor (“
FET”
) including a source terminal, a gate terminal, a drain terminal, and a body terminal; and
a body-bias circuit coupled with the source terminal, the drain terminal and the body terminal, the body-bias circuit configured to;
derive a negative bias voltage based on an RF signal applied to the FET; and
provide the negative bias voltage to the body terminal when the FET is in an off state.
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Abstract
Embodiments provide a switching device including one or more field-effect transistors (FETs). In embodiments, a body-bias circuit may derive a bias voltage based on a radio frequency signal applied to a switch field-effect transistor and apply the bias voltage to the body terminal of the switch field-effect transistor.
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1. A circuit configured to switch radio-frequency (“
- RF”
) signals, the circuit comprising;a field-effect transistor (“
FET”
) including a source terminal, a gate terminal, a drain terminal, and a body terminal; anda body-bias circuit coupled with the source terminal, the drain terminal and the body terminal, the body-bias circuit configured to; derive a negative bias voltage based on an RF signal applied to the FET; and provide the negative bias voltage to the body terminal when the FET is in an off state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A wireless communication device comprising:
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a transceiver; an antenna; and a radio frequency (“
RF”
) front-end coupled with the transceiver and the antenna and configured to communicate signals between the transceiver and the antenna, the radio frequency front-end including a silicon-on-insulator switching device that has;a decoder configured to set a plurality of switch field-effect transistors (“
FET”
) in an off state or an on state; anda cell with a field-effect transistor (“
FET”
) of the plurality of FETs and a body-bias circuit, wherein the body-bias circuit is configured to provide a negative voltage to a body of the field-effect transistor when the FET is in an off-state, the negative voltage derived from an RF signal applied to the FET. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
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controlling, with a decoder circuit, a switch field-effect transistor (“
FET”
) to be in an off state;deriving, with a body-bias circuit, a negative bias voltage based on a radio-frequency (“
RF”
) signal applied to the switch FET while the switch FET is in the off state; andproviding, by the body-bias circuit, the negative bias voltage to a body of the switch FET while the switch FET is in the off state. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A circuit configured to switch radio-frequency (“
- RF”
) signals, the circuit comprising;a field-effect transistor (“
FET”
) including a source terminal, a gate terminal, a drain terminal, and a body terminal; anda body-bias circuit having; a node coupled with the body terminal; a first resistor coupled with the drain terminal and the node; and a second resistor coupled with the source terminal and the node, wherein the body-bias circuit is configured to; derive a bias voltage based on an RF signal applied to the FET; and provide the bias voltage to the body terminal. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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