Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Space efficient integrated circuit with passive devices
- Patent Title (中): 空间高效集成电路与无源器件
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Application No.: US12037280Application Date: 2008-02-26
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Publication No.: US07868393B2Publication Date: 2011-01-11
- Inventor: Jenn Hwa Huang , Elizabeth C. Glass
- Applicant: Jenn Hwa Huang , Elizabeth C. Glass
- Applicant Address: US TX Austin
- Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- Agency: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C.
- Main IPC: H01L27/06
- IPC: H01L27/06

Abstract:
A multimodal integrated circuit (IC) is provided, comprising, first (74) and second (76) semiconductor (SC) devices, and first (78) and second (80) integrated passive devices (IPDs) coupled, respectively, to the first (74) and second (76) SC devices, wherein the first IPD (78) overlies the second SC device (76) and the second IPD (80) overlies the first SC device (74) chosen such that the underlying SC device (74, 76) is not active at the same time as its overlying IPD (80, 78). By placing the IPDs (78, 80) over the SC devices (76, 74) a compact IC layout is obtained. Since the overlying IPD (78, 80) and underlying SC (76, 74) are not active at the same time, undesirable cross-talk (68, 69) between the IPDs (78, 80) and the SC devices (76, 74) is avoided. This arrangement applies to any IC having multiple signal paths (RF1, RF2) where the IPDs (78, 80) of a first path (RF1, RF2) may be placed over the SC devices (76, 74) of a second path (RF2, RF1) not active at the same time. This is especially useful with high frequencies ICs.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090212374A1 SPACE EFFICIENT INTEGRATRED CIRCUIT WITH PASSIVE DEVICES Public/Granted day:2009-08-27
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