Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Radio frequency noise and interference suppression in an integrated circuit
- Patent Title (中): 集成电路中的射频噪声和干扰抑制
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Application No.: US12204546Application Date: 2008-09-04
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Publication No.: US08013684B2Publication Date: 2011-09-06
- Inventor: Matteo Conta , Andrea Baschirotto
- Applicant: Matteo Conta , Andrea Baschirotto
- Applicant Address: CH Geneva
- Assignee: ST-Ericsson SA
- Current Assignee: ST-Ericsson SA
- Current Assignee Address: CH Geneva
- Agency: Coats & Bennett, P.L.L.C.
- Priority: WOPCT/IT2008/000218 20080401
- Main IPC: H04B3/30
- IPC: H04B3/30 ; H03H7/00

Abstract:
In an integrated circuit having a number of circuit units on a single semiconductor chip, particularly in a system-on-chip integrated circuit including an integrated transceiver, interference between the circuit units is suppressed using on-chip resonant elements. Each resonant element has at least one on-chip capacitor and at least one on-chip conductive line constituting an inductance. The capacitance-inductance combinations are arranged to be resonant at one or more frequencies at which radio frequency energy is generated by the circuit units. The capacitive part of each series resonant combination is formed as a plurality of capacitor elements forming in an array to minimise self-inductance. Also disclosed is a filtering arrangement in which each circuit unit is individually supplied from the tap of a series resistive-capacitance combination to provide low-pass filtering. The resistance of such a combination may be configured as an FET to allow the circuit unit to be individually powered down to a low leakage state.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090243754A1 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT Public/Granted day:2009-10-01
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