Acoustic RF resonator parallel capacitance compensation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9698756-B2
Application number	US-201514757587-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 23, 2015
Priority date	Dec 24, 2014
Publication date	Jul 4, 2017
Grant date	Jul 4, 2017

Abstract

RF circuitry, which includes a first acoustic RF resonator (ARFR), a first compensating ARFR, and a second compensating ARFR, is disclosed. The first compensating ARFR is coupled between a first inductive element and a first end of the first ARFR. The second compensating ARFR is coupled between a second inductive element and a second end of the first ARFR. The first inductive element and the second inductive element are negatively coupled to one another. The first compensating ARFR, the second compensating ARFR, the first inductive element, and the second inductive element at least partially compensate for a parallel capacitance of the first ARFR.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. RF circuitry comprising:
a first acoustic RF resonator (ARFR);
a first compensating ARFR coupled between a first inductive element and a first end of the first ARFR; and
a second compensating ARFR coupled between a second inductive element and a second end of the first ARFR, wherein:
the first inductive element and the second inductive element are negatively coupled to one another; and
the first compensating ARFR, the second compensating ARFR, the first inductive element, and the second inductive element are configured to at least partially compensate for a parallel capacitance of the first ARFR.

2. The RF circuitry of claim 1 wherein the first inductive element is coupled between the first compensating ARFR and ground, and the second inductive element is coupled between the second compensating ARFR and the ground.

3. The RF circuitry of claim 1 further comprising a capacitance circuit coupled between the first inductive element and ground and further coupled between the second inductive element and the ground.

4. The RF circuitry of claim 1 further comprising a parallel capacitance compensation circuit, which comprises the first compensating ARFR, the second compensating ARFR, the first inductive element, and the second inductive element, such that the parallel capacitance compensation circuit is a passive circuit, which comprises no active components.

5. The RF circuitry of claim 1 wherein an absolute value of a coefficient of coupling between the first inductive element and the second inductive element is greater than zero and less than 0.7.

6. The RF circuitry of claim 1 wherein an inductance of the first inductive element is not equal to an inductance of the second inductive element.

7. The RF circuitry of claim 1 wherein a parallel capacitance compensation circuit comprises the first compensating ARFR, the second compensating ARFR, the first inductive element, and the second inductive element, such that the parallel capacitance compensation circuit is configured to increase a ratio of a parallel resonant frequency of the first ARFR to a series resonant frequency of the first ARFR.

8. The RF circuitry of claim 7 wherein the first ARFR and the parallel capacitance compensation circuit are configured to function as an RF bandpass filtering element, such that the parallel resonant frequency falls outside of a passband of the RF bandpass filtering element.

9. The RF circuitry of claim 1 wherein a parallel capacitance compensation circuit comprises the first compensating ARFR, the second compensating ARFR, the first inductive element, and the second inductive element, such that the parallel capacitance compensation circuit is coupled across the first ARFR and is configured to present a positive reactance across the first ARFR, wherein a magnitude of the positive reactance is inversely related to frequency.

10. The RF circuitry of claim 9 wherein the parallel capacitance compensation circuit is configured to augment RF bandpass filtering behavior of the first ARFR.

11. The RF circuitry of claim 1 wherein each of the first ARFR, the first compensating ARFR, and the second compensating ARFR is a surface acoustic wave (SAW) RF resonator.

12. The RF circuitry of claim 1 wherein each of the first ARFR, the first compensating ARFR, and the second compensating ARFR is a bulk acoustic wave (BAW) RF resonator.

13. The RF circuitry of claim 1 further comprising an acoustic substrate, which comprises the first ARFR, the first compensating ARFR, and the second compensating ARFR.

14. The RF circuitry of claim 1 further comprising a first antenna, first RF RX bandpass filter, which comprises the first ARFR, the first compensating ARFR, the second compensating ARFR, the first inductive element, the second inductive element, and a first plurality of ARFRs coupled in series between the first ARFR and a first RF antenna, wherein the first antenna, first RF RX bandpass filter is configured to receive and filter a first antenna, first RF RX signal via the first RF antenna to provide a first antenna, first upstream RF RX signal via the first ARFR.

15. The RF circuitry of claim 14 further comprising a first antenna, first RF TX bandpass filter, which comprises a second ARFR, a parallel capacitance compensation circuit, and a second plurality of ARFRs coupled in series between the second ARFR and the first RF antenna, wherein the parallel capacitance compensation circuit is coupled across the second ARFR and the first antenna, first RF TX bandpass filter is configured to receive and filter a first antenna, first downstream RF TX signal via the second ARFR to provide a first antenna, first RF TX signal via the first RF antenna.

16. The RF circuitry of claim 14 further comprising a first antenna, second RF RX bandpass filter, which comprises a second ARFR, a parallel capacitance compensation circuit, and a second plurality of ARFRs coupled in series between the second ARFR and the first RF antenna, wherein the parallel capacitance compensation circuit is coupled across the second ARFR and the first antenna, second RF RX bandpass filter is configured to receive and filter a first antenna, second RF RX signal via the first RF antenna to provide a first antenna, second upstream RF RX signal via the second ARFR.

17. The RF circuitry of claim 14 further comprising a second antenna, first RF RX bandpass filter, which comprises a second ARFR, a parallel capacitance compensation circuit, and a second plurality of ARFRs coupled in series between the second ARFR and a second RF antenna, wherein the parallel capacitance compensation circuit is coupled across the second ARFR and the second antenna, first RF RX bandpass filter is configured to receive and filter a second antenna, first RF RX signal via the second RF antenna to provide a second antenna, first upstream RF RX signal via the second ARFR.

18. The RF circuitry of claim 1 further comprising a first antenna, first RF TX bandpass filter, which comprises the first ARFR, the first compensating ARFR, the second compensating ARFR, the first inductive element, the second inductive element, and a first plurality of ARFRs coupled in series between the first ARFR and a first RF antenna, wherein the first antenna, first RF TX bandpass filter is configured to receive and filter a first antenna, first downstream RF TX signal via the first ARFR to provide a first antenna, first RF antenna TX signal via the first RF antenna.

19. The RF circuitry of claim 18 further comprising a first antenna, second RF TX bandpass filter, which comprises a second ARFR, a parallel capacitance compensation circuit, and a second plurality of ARFRs coupled in series between the second ARFR and the first RF antenna, wherein the parallel capacitance compensation circuit is coupled across the second ARFR and the first antenna, second RF TX bandpass filter is configured to receive and filter a first antenna, second downstream RF transmit signal via the second ARFR to provide a first antenna, second RF antenna transmit signal via the first RF antenna.

Assignees

• Qorvo Us Inc

Inventors

• Khlat Nadim
• Chiron Jean-Frederic
• Granger-Jones Marcus
• Folkmann Andrew F
• Aigner Robert

Classifications

• H01Q1/50

  Structural association of antennas with earthing switches, lead-in devices or lightning protectors · CPC title

• H04B1/16

  Circuits · CPC title

• H03H9/6483

  Ladder SAW filters · CPC title

• H03H9/64

  using surface acoustic waves · CPC title

• H03H9/605

  consisting of a ladder configuration · CPC title