A radio frequency module includes: a module board that includes a first principal surface and a second principal surface on opposite sides of the module board; a power amplifier; and a first circuit component. The power amplifier includes: a first amplifying element; a second amplifying element; and an output transformer that includes a primary coil and a secondary coil. An end of the primary coil is connected to an output terminal of the first amplifying element, another end of the primary coil is connected to an output terminal of the second amplifying element, an end of the secondary coil is connected to an output terminal of the power amplifier, the first amplifying element and the second amplifying element are disposed on the first principal surface, and the first circuit component is disposed on the second principal surface.

A radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) includes a transmitting circuit configured to provide a first signal for transmission by an antenna in a transmitting mode, the transmitting circuit including a coil configured to be coupled to the antenna and at least one mode setting circuit configured to activate a resonant circuit including at least a portion of the coil in a receiving mode. The RFIC further includes a receiving circuit configured to receive a second signal received from the antenna in the receiving mode. Related wireless communication devices and communication circuits are provided.

An antenna interface arrangement is disclosed for cancellation of a transmit signal at a receiver port of a transceiver. The antenna interface arrangement comprises a distributed transformer and an impedance. The distributed transformer has a primary side winding connectable to an antenna port of the transceiver and having a first part (111) and a second part (112), a first secondary side winding (113) connectable to a transmitter port of the transceiver and having a first inductive coupling to the first part of the primary side winding, and a second secondary side winding (114) connectable to the receiver port of the transceiver and having a second inductive coupling to the second part of the primary side winding. The impedance (106, 107) is connected between the first secondary side winding and the second secondary side winding. The first and second inductive couplings are adapted to provide a first version of the transmit signal at the receiver port, and the impedance is adapted to provide a second version of the transmit signal at the receiver port, for cancelling the first version of the transmit signal. In some embodiments, the antenna interface arrangement is also for cancellation of a received signal at the transmitter port of the transceiver. Corresponding transceiver and communication device are also disclosed. In some embodiments, the antenna interface arrangement is also for cancellation of a received signal at the transmitter port of the transceiver. Corresponding transceiver and communication device are also disclosed.

A communication circuit for communication over a voltage isolation barrier, the communication circuit including a pulse driven transformer coupled to a current sensing input, wherein information is transferred in the current domain and wherein during the information transfer, the receiver input is made low ohmic, a current pulse transformer including a primary winding, a core, and a secondary winding, a resistor in parallel with the secondary winding, a current sensor having a low ohmic input to receive a pulse from the secondary winding, and a signal processing unit to extract information from the received pulse.

A small-sized balance filter includes an unbalanced terminal and two pairs of balanced terminals and has a low signal insertion loss. An unbalanced terminal, a first balanced terminal including first and second terminals, and a second balanced terminal Rx including first and second terminals are provided. An unbalanced-side inductor is provided between the unbalanced terminal and the ground, first balanced-side inductors are provided between the first and second terminals of the first balanced terminal, second balanced-side inductors are provided between the first and second terminals of the second balanced terminal, and the unbalanced-side inductor is electromagnetic-field-coupled to each of the first and second balanced-side inductors.

A physical layer circuitry (PHY) includes: N signal pads, a four-signal physical medium attachment sublayer (PMA) and M shielding pads. The N signal pads include at least four signal pads. The four-signal PMA is coupled to the four signal pads. The M shielding pads include at least one first shielding pad that is coupled to the four-signal PMA. Additionally, the first shielding pin is located between a second signal pad of the four signal pads and a third signal pad of the four signal pads; and M and N are positive integers.

An apparatus is disclosed that includes a wireless transceiver with reconfigurable transformers. In an example aspect, the wireless transceiver includes an amplifier, a set of transformers, and switch circuitry. The amplifier includes an amplifier input and an amplifier output. The set of transformers includes a first transformer and a second transformer. The first transformer includes a first inductor and a second inductor, and the second transformer also includes a first inductor and a second inductor. The switch circuitry is configured to switchably couple the set of transformers to the amplifier input and the amplifier output of the amplifier.

The representative embodiments discussed in the present disclosure relate to techniques in which isolation between transmission signals and received signals in a transceiver may be maintained across a range of transceiver operating conditions, such as across range of output powers of a power amplifier of the transceiver. More specifically, an electrical balance duplexer may be implemented to include an adaptive power equalizer and a power equalizer control such that the attenuation of the electrical balance duplexer may be adjusted based on the transceiver operating conditions. For instance, a method may be employed to determine the output power of the power amplifier and to adjust the attenuation of the adaptive power equalizer based in part on the output power to maintain isolation between the transmission signals and the received signals.

A transformer has a first inductor that includes a first port. The transformer also has a second inductor magnetically coupled to the first inductor. The second inductor includes a second port. The second inductor includes a first portion configured to permit current flow in a clockwise direction and a second portion configured to permit current flow in a counter-clockwise direction. The transformer also has a third inductor magnetically coupled to the first inductor. The third inductor includes a third port. The counter-clockwise direction is opposite the clockwise direction to reduce magnetic coupling between the second inductor and the third inductor based on magnetic coupling cancellation.

A radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) includes a transmitting circuit configured to provide a first signal for transmission by an antenna in a transmitting mode, the transmitting circuit including a coil configured to be coupled to the antenna and at least one mode setting circuit configured to activate a resonant circuit including at least a portion of the coil in a receiving mode. The RFIC further includes a receiving circuit configured to receive a second signal received from the antenna in the receiving mode. Related wireless communication devices and communication circuits are provided.