Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
STACKED RESONATOR BASED ANTENNAPLEXER

Abstract:

An improved antennaplexer provides improved harmonic and intermodulation distortion (IMD) rejection. In some cases, the improved antennaplexer can provide improved second and third order IMD rejection. The antennaplexer uses stacked or split resonators to reduce harmonic interference. The stacked resonators may function similar to a voltage divider. By dividing the signal across the resonators of the stacked resonators, it is easier to reject the undesired harmonics for each of the reduced signals, thereby improving harmonic rejection. By splitting the resonators of the antennaplexer, a square root effect may be achieved for the harmonic distortion and an improvement of up to 6 dB can be obtained. Further, an improvement in the third harmonic of up to 9.times. can be achieved. Moreover, the division of the signal over the stacked resonators may improve the linearity of the filtered signal.