Patent ID: 7619462
Filing Date: 2009-11-17
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. A monolithic integrated circuit (IC) RF switch comprising a plurality of MixedMode RF switches coupled together in a cascaded series-shunt configuration such that the output of a preceding MixedMode RF switch is coupled to the input of an immediately subsequent MixedMode RF switch, an input of the cascaded series-shunt configuration being the input of a first one of the cascaded MixedMode RF switches and an output of the cascaded series-shunt configuration being the output of a last one of the MixedMode RF switches, wherein a MixedMode RF switch is defined as one of the following RF switch types: (a) a depletion-enhancement (D-E) RF switch comprising: (b) an enhancement-depletion (E-D) RF switch comprising: