Integrated tunable filter architecture

US9438196B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation · US

Inventors

• William R. Smith · Lake in the Hills, US
• Jaroslaw Adamski · Streamwood, US
• Dan William Nobbe · Crystal Lake, US
• Edward Nicholas Comfoltey · San Diego, US
• Jingbo Wang · Kasai, JP

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 18, 2014
• Grant date: Sep 6, 2016
• Expiry date: Aug 22, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H03H2210/036
• WIPO field: Basic communication processes
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus and method for a frequency based integrated circuit that selectively filters out unwanted bands or regions of interfering frequencies utilizing one or more tunable notch or bandpass filters or tunable low or high pass filters capable of operating across multiple frequencies and multiple bands in noisy RF environments. The tunable filters are fabricated within the same integrated circuit package as the associated frequency based circuitry, thus minimizing R, L, and C parasitic values, and also allowing residual and other parasitic impedance in the associated circuitry and IC package to be absorbed and compensated.