Analog baseband filter for radio transceiver

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9356563-B2
Application number	US-201514735454-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 10, 2015
Priority date	Feb 22, 2013
Publication date	May 31, 2016
Grant date	May 31, 2016

Abstract

An analog baseband filter for a radio transceiver is provided. An analog baseband filter for a multi-mode multi-band radio transceiver includes a current-voltage conversion amplifier converting a current received at the analog baseband filter into a voltage and adjusting a gain of an output voltage of the current-voltage conversion amplifier using a plurality of resistors, and a source follower circuit compensating for temperature for the output voltage of the current-voltage conversion amplifier.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An analog baseband filter of a multi-mode multi-band radio transceiver, the analog baseband filter comprising:
a current-voltage conversion amplifier having a resistor array including at least one resistor; and
a source follower circuit having a current mirror circuit configured to generate a reference current according to a first temperature coefficient corresponding to the resistor array.

2. The analog baseband filter of claim 1 ,
wherein the current-voltage conversion amplifier is connected to a baseband modem of the multi-mode multi-band radio transceiver, and
wherein the source follower circuit is further configured to provide the generated reference current to a low pass filter of the multi-mode multi-band radio transceiver.

3. The analog baseband filter of claim 1 ,
wherein the current-voltage conversion amplifier is configured to convert a current received at the analog baseband filter into a voltage, and
wherein the current-voltage conversion amplifier is further configured to adjust a gain of an output voltage of the current-voltage conversion amplifier according to the resistor array.

4. The analog baseband filter of claim 1 , wherein the source follower circuit comprises a P-channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor (PMOS) having the first temperature coefficient whose sign is opposite to that of a second temperature coefficient of the resistor array.

5. The analog baseband filter of claim 1 , wherein the source follower circuit comprises an N-channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor (NMOS) having the first temperature coefficient whose sign is the same as that of a second temperature coefficient of the resistors.

6. The analog baseband filter of claim 1 , wherein the current mirror circuit is comprised of at least one P-channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor (PMOS) and at least one N-channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor (NMOS).

7. The analog baseband filter of claim 1 , wherein the current-voltage conversion amplifier comprises:
a first resistor part generating a common mode voltage using a first resistor and a second resistor respectively connected between two input terminals and a ground, the two input terminals receiving input current as a differential input; and
a second resistor part including at least two resistors and at least one switch connected between the at least two resistors, the second resistor part adjusting the gain of the output voltage according to operations of the at least one switch.

8. The analog baseband filter of claim 7 , wherein the second resistor part comprises:
at least one third resistor respectively connected in parallel to the first resistor at an end of the differential input; and
at least one fourth resistor respectively connected in parallel to the second resistor at another end of the differential input,
wherein each of the at least one switch is respectively connected in series between the at least one third resistor and the at least one fourth resistor.

9. The analog baseband filter of claim 7 , wherein the first resistor and the second resistor of the first resistor part are connected in parallel to the at least two resistors of the second resistor part according to operations of the switches in order to adjust the gain of the output voltage.

10. An analog baseband filter of a multi-mode multi-band radio transceiver, the analog baseband filter comprising:
a current-voltage conversion amplifier having a resistor array including at least one resistor; and
a source follower circuit having a current mirror circuit configured to generate a reference current according to a first temperature coefficient corresponding to the resistor array,
wherein the current-voltage conversion amplifier comprises:
a first resistor part generating a common mode voltage using a first resistor and a second resistor respectively connected between two input terminals and a ground, the two input terminals receiving input current as a differential input; and
a second resistor part including at least two resistors and at least one switch connected between the at least two resistors, the second resistor part adjusting the gain of the output voltage according to operations of the at least one switch.

11. The analog baseband filter of claim 10 ,
wherein the current-voltage conversion amplifier is connected to a baseband modem of the multi-mode multi-band radio transceiver, and
wherein the source follower circuit is further configured to provide the generated reference current to a low pass filter of the multi-mode multi-band radio transceiver.

12. The analog baseband filter of claim 10 ,
wherein the current-voltage conversion amplifier is configured to convert a current received at the analog baseband filter into a voltage, and
wherein the current-voltage conversion amplifier is further configured to adjust a gain of an output voltage of the current-voltage conversion amplifier according to the resistor array.

13. The analog baseband filter of claim 10 , wherein the source follower circuit comprises a P-channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor (PMOS) having the first temperature coefficient whose sign is opposite to that of a second temperature coefficient of the resistor array.

14. The analog baseband filter of claim 10 , wherein the source follower circuit comprises an N-channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor (NMOS) having the first temperature coefficient whose sign is the same as that of a second temperature coefficient of the resistors.

15. The analog baseband filter of claim 10 , wherein the current mirror circuit is comprised of at least one P-channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor (PMOS) and at least one N-channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor (NMOS).

16. The analog baseband filter of claim 10 , wherein the second resistor part comprises:
at least one third resistor respectively connected in parallel to the first resistor at an end of the differential input; and
at least one fourth resistor respectively connected in parallel to the second resistor at another end of the differential input,
wherein each of the at least one switch is respectively connected in series between the at least one third resistor and the at least one fourth resistor.

17. The analog baseband filter of claim 10 , wherein the first resistor and the second resistor of the first resistor part are connected in parallel to the at least two resistors of the second resistor part according to operations of the switches in order to adjust the gain of the output voltage.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Jae-Kwon
• Lee Jong-Woo
• Lim Jae-Hyun

Classifications

• H03F2203/45591

  the IC comprising one or more potentiometers · CPC title

• H03G3/001

  Digital control of analog signals · CPC title

• H03F2203/45604

  the IC comprising a input shunting resistor · CPC title

• H04B1/005

  adapting radio receivers, transmitters andtransceivers for operation on two or more bands, i.e. frequency ranges · CPC title

• H04B1/401

  for selecting or indicating operating mode · CPC title