IP Library Granted Patent US 9,865,922
Granted Patent B2
US 9,865,922 · App. 14/465,142 · Granted Jan 9, 2018

Antenna tuning circuitry with reduced interference

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Patent No.
US 9,865,922
App. No.
14/465,142
Granted
Jan 9, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Antenna tuning circuitry includes an antenna tuning node, an antenna tuning switch, and a resonant tuning circuit. The antenna tuning node is coupled to a resonant conduction element of an antenna. The antenna tuning switch and the resonant tuning circuit are coupled in series between the antenna tuning switch and the antenna tuning node, such that the resonant tuning circuit is between the antenna tuning node and the antenna tuning switch. The resonant tuning circuit is configured to resonate at one or more harmonic frequencies generated by the antenna tuning switch such that a high impedance path is formed between the antenna tuning switch and the antenna tuning node at harmonic frequencies generated by the antenna tuning switch. Accordingly, harmonic interference generated by the antenna tuning switch is prevented from reaching the antenna, while simultaneously allowing for tuning of the antenna.

Claims (33)

1. Antenna tuning circuitry comprising:

an antenna tuning node coupled directly to a resonant conduction element of an antenna;

an antenna tuning switch;

a resonant tuning circuit coupled between the antenna tuning switch and the antenna tuning node such that the resonant tuning circuit is coupled directly to the antenna tuning node and the antenna tuning switch is coupled between the resonant tuning circuit and ground, the resonant tuning circuitry configured to resonate at one or more harmonic frequencies generated by the antenna tuning switch such that a high impedance path is formed between the antenna tuning switch and the antenna tuning node at the one or more harmonic frequencies generated by the antenna tuning switch, wherein when the antenna tuning switch is closed, the antenna tuning circuitry is configured to change an impedance of the resonant conduction element of the antenna such that a resonant frequency of the resonant conduction element is changed;

an additional antenna tuning switch; and

an additional resonant tuning circuit coupled between the additional antenna tuning switch and the antenna tuning node and configured to resonate at one or more harmonic frequencies of the additional antenna tuning switch such that a high impedance path is formed between the additional antenna tuning switch and the antenna tuning node at the one or more harmonic frequencies generated by the additional antenna tuning switch.

2. The antenna tuning circuitry of claim 1 wherein the resonant tuning circuit comprises a resonant capacitor coupled in parallel with a resonant inductor.

3. The antenna tuning circuitry of claim 2 wherein the resonant capacitor and the antenna tuning switch are monolithically integrated on a semiconductor die.

4. The antenna tuning circuitry of claim 3 wherein the semiconductor die is a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) semiconductor die.

5. The antenna tuning circuitry of claim 1 wherein the resonant tuning circuit and the additional resonant tuning circuit each comprise a resonant capacitor coupled in parallel with a resonant inductor.

6. The antenna tuning circuitry of claim 5 wherein each one of the resonant tuning capacitors in the resonant tuning circuit and the additional resonant tuning circuit, the antenna tuning switch, and the additional antenna tuning switch, are monolithically integrated on a semiconductor die.

7. The antenna tuning circuitry of claim 6 wherein the semiconductor die is a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) semiconductor die.

8. Antenna circuitry comprising:

a low-band resonant conduction element;

a high-band resonant conduction element; and

antenna tuning circuitry comprising:

an antenna tuning node coupled directly to one of the low-band resonant conduction element and the high-band resonant conduction element;

an antenna tuning switch;

a resonant tuning circuit coupled between the antenna tuning switch and the antenna tuning node such that the resonant tuning circuit is coupled directly to the antenna tuning node and the antenna tuning switch is coupled between the resonant tuning circuit and ground, the resonant tuning circuitry configured to resonate at one or more harmonic frequencies of the antenna tuning switch such that a high impedance path is formed between the antenna tuning switch and the antenna tuning node at the one or more harmonic frequencies generated by the antenna tuning switch, wherein when the antenna tuning switch is closed, the antenna tuning circuitry is configured to change an impedance of the resonant conduction element of the antenna such that a resonant frequency of the resonant conduction element is changed;

an additional antenna tuning switch; and

an additional resonant tuning circuit coupled between the additional antenna tuning switch and the antenna tuning node and configured to resonate at one or more harmonic frequencies of the additional antenna tuning switch such that a high impedance path is formed between the additional antenna tuning switch and the antenna tuning node at the one or more harmonic frequencies generated by the additional antenna tuning switch.

9. The antenna circuitry of claim 8 wherein the resonant tuning circuit comprises a resonant capacitor coupled in parallel with a resonant inductor.

10. The antenna circuitry of claim 9 wherein the resonant capacitor and the antenna tuning switch are monolithically integrated on a semiconductor die.

11. The antenna circuitry of claim 10 wherein the semiconductor die is a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) semiconductor die.

12. The antenna circuitry of claim 8 wherein the resonant tuning circuit and the additional resonant tuning circuit each comprise a resonant capacitor coupled in parallel with a resonant inductor.

13. The antenna circuitry of claim 12 wherein each one of the resonant tuning capacitors in the resonant tuning circuit and the additional resonant tuning circuit, the antenna tuning switch, and the additional antenna tuning switch, are monolithically integrated on a semiconductor die.

14. The antenna circuitry of claim 13 wherein the semiconductor die is a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) semiconductor die.

15. The antenna circuitry of claim 8 wherein the antenna circuitry is configured to simultaneously:

receive a high-band receive signal via the high-band resonant conduction element; and

transmit a low-band transmit signal via the low-band resonant conduction element.

16. The antenna circuitry of claim 15 wherein the resonant tuning circuit is configured to resonate at one or more harmonic frequencies of the low-band transmit signal.

17. The antenna circuitry of claim 16 wherein the low-band transmit signal is a band 17 uplink signal with a frequency range between about 704-716 MHz and the high-band receive signal is a band 4 downlink signal with a frequency range between about 2110-2155 MHz.

18. The antenna circuitry of claim 17 wherein the resonant tuning circuit is configured to resonate at a third harmonic frequency of the low-band transmit signal.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Jun 16, 2016
From: RF MICRO DEVICES, INC.
To: QORVO US, INC.
Reel/Frame 039196/0941 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 7, 2015
From: BAUDER, RUEDIGER
To: RF MICRO DEVICES, INC.
Reel/Frame 035345/0353 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 16, 2014
From: KERR, DANIEL CHARLES; IVERSEN, CHRISTIAN RYE; BOLTON, ERIC K.; KHLAT, NADIM
To: RF MICRO DEVICES, INC.
Reel/Frame 033959/0431 →