Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Compact bypass and decoupling structure for millimeter-wave circuits
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Application No.: US16100185Application Date: 2018-08-09
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Publication No.: US10340871B2Publication Date: 2019-07-02
- Inventor: Alon Yehezkely , Sagi Kupferman
- Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C./Qualcomm
- Main IPC: H03H7/01
- IPC: H03H7/01 ; H04B1/40 ; H03F3/195 ; H03F1/02 ; H01L23/50 ; H01L23/522 ; H03F1/56 ; H03F3/193 ; H01L23/66 ; C07K14/005

Abstract:
The disclosure generally relates to a compact bypass and decoupling structure that can be used in a millimeter-wave radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC). For example, according to various aspects, an RFIC incorporating the compact bypass and decoupling structure may comprise a grounded substrate, a mid-metal ground plane, a bypass capacitor disposed between the grounded substrate and the mid-metal ground plane, and a decoupling inductor disposed over the mid-metal ground plane. The bypass capacitor may close a current loop in the RFIC and the decoupling inductor may provide damping in a supply network associated with the RFIC. Furthermore, the decoupling conductor may have a self-resonance substantially close to an operating band associated with the RFIC to increase series isolation, introduce substrate losses that facilitate the damping in the supply network, and prevent high-Q resonances.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190007017A1 COMPACT BYPASS AND DECOUPLING STRUCTURE FOR MILLIMETER-WAVE CIRCUITS Public/Granted day:2019-01-03
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