Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Semiconductor integrated communication circuit and operation method thereof
- Patent Title (中): 半导体集成通信电路及其操作方法
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Application No.: US12955865Application Date: 2010-11-29
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Publication No.: US08411730B2Publication Date: 2013-04-02
- Inventor: Koji Maeda , Taizo Yamawaki , Yukinori Akamine
- Applicant: Koji Maeda , Taizo Yamawaki , Yukinori Akamine
- Applicant Address: JP Kawasaki-shi
- Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Current Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kawasaki-shi
- Agency: Miles & Stockbridge P.C.
- Priority: JP2009-271117 20091130
- Main IPC: H04B1/38
- IPC: H04B1/38

Abstract:
The semiconductor integrated communication circuit includes:a low-noise amplifier; a receive mixer; a receive VCO; a demodulation-processing circuit; a modulation-processing circuit; a transmit mixer; a transmit VCO; a second-order-distortion-characteristic-calibration circuit; a quadrature-receive-signal-calibration circuit; and a test-signal generator. The test-signal generator generates first and second test signals using the transmit VCO. In the second-order-distortion-characteristic-calibration mode, the second-order-distortion-characteristic-calibration circuit variably changes an operation parameter of the receive mixer thereby to calibrate the second-order distortion characteristic to achieve its best condition while the first test signal is supplied to the receive mixer. In the quadrature-receive-signal-calibration mode, the quadrature-receive-signal-calibration circuit calibrates IQ mismatch of a quadrature receive signal to achieve the best condition thereof while the second test signal is supplied to the receive mixer. The integrated communication circuit can minimize the increase in chip footprint of a test-signal-generating circuit used to perform calibrations of both the second-order characteristic and IQ mismatch.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110128992A1 SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED COMMUNICATION CIRCUIT AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2011-06-02
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