- Patent Title: Front-end systems with multiple loopbacks and a shared back switch
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Application No.: US15834430Application Date: 2017-12-07
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Publication No.: US10396830B2Publication Date: 2019-08-27
- Inventor: Mackenzie Brian Cook , John Jackson Nisbet
- Applicant: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.
- Applicant Address: US MA Woburn
- Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Woburn
- Agency: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
- Main IPC: H04B1/38
- IPC: H04B1/38 ; H04B1/00 ; H04B1/403 ; H03F3/24 ; H04B1/18 ; H03F3/19 ; H03F3/72

Abstract:
Apparatus and methods for front-end systems with multiple loopbacks and a shared back switch are provided. In certain configurations, a front-end system includes a first transmit path between a first transmit port and an antenna port, a second transmit path between a second transmit port and the antenna port, a first loopback path from the first transmit path to a receive port, and a second loopback path from the second transmit path to the receive port. The first and second loopback paths operate with a shared back switch to reduce area and/or complexity of the front-end system. Additionally, each loopback path includes a loopback selection switch that operates in combination with the back switch to select that particular loopback path.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180198471A1 FRONT-END SYSTEMS WITH MULTIPLE LOOPBACKS AND A SHARED BACK SWITCH Public/Granted day:2018-07-12
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