IP Library Granted Patent US 9,136,801
Granted Patent B2
US 9,136,801 · App. 13/484,939 · Granted Sep 15, 2015

Semiconductor integrated circuit device, electronic device, and radio communication device

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Patent No.
US 9,136,801
App. No.
13/484,939
Granted
Sep 15, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

In an embodiment, a semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a driver circuit that drives a transmission line, an output terminal coupled to the output of the driver circuit, and a variable-impedance circuit. The variable-impedance circuit is coupled, for example, between the driver circuit and the output terminals for series-termination of the transmission line.

Claims (14)

1. A radio communication device, comprising:

a radio frequency IC for processing radio frequency signals; a baseband IC for processing baseband signals, coupled to the radio frequency IC; an application processor IC including a driver circuit and a system state control unit, coupled to the baseband IC; a first peripheral device coupled to the driver circuit via a first transmission line and controlled by the driver circuit; a second peripheral device coupled to the driver circuit via a second transmission line and controlled by the driver circuit; and a power management IC controlled by the system state control unit and configured to control a power supply to the first and second peripheral devices, wherein the driver circuit and the first transmission line are coupled via a variable-impedance circuit, wherein the driver circuit and the second transmission line are coupled via the variable-impedance circuit, wherein the system state control unit is configured to adjust an impedance value of the variable-impedance circuit depending on a state of the power supply to the first and second peripheral devices, and wherein a series termination circuit of the first and second peripheral devices has a resistance of 50 ohms.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the variable-impedance circuit is configured to match impedances between the driver circuit and the first and second peripheral devices.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first and second peripheral devices are camera devices.

4. A radio communication device, comprising:

a radio frequency IC for processing radio frequency signals; a baseband IC for processing baseband signals, coupled to the radio frequency IC; an application processor IC including a driver circuit and a system state control unit, coupled to the baseband IC; a first peripheral device coupled to the driver circuit via a first transmission line and controlled by the driver circuit; and a second peripheral device coupled to the driver circuit via a second transmission line and controlled by the driver circuit; and a power management IC controlled by the system state control unit and configured to control a power supply to the first and second peripheral devices, wherein the first peripheral device and the first transmission line are coupled via a first variable-impedance circuit, wherein the second peripheral device and the second transmission line are coupled via a second variable-impedance circuit,

wherein the system state control unit is configured to adjust impedance values of the first and second variable-impedance circuits depending on a state of the power supply to the first and second peripheral devices, and wherein a series termination circuit of the first and second peripheral devices has a resistance of 50 ohms.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the first variable-impedance circuit is configured to match an impedance between the driver circuit and the first peripheral device, and

wherein the second variable-impedance circuit is configured to match an impedance between the driver circuit and the second peripheral device.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the first and second peripheral devices are camera devices.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Nov 29, 2017
From: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044928/0001 →
MERGER Recorded Mar 17, 2015
From: RENESAS MOBILE CORPORATION
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 035186/0340 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 4, 2012
From: YAMAMOTO, SEIJI; SHIRAISHI, MIKI; UNEME, YUTAKA
To: RENESAS MOBILE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028310/0007 →