Semiconductor device and adjustment method of filter circuit

Abstract

A wireless communication device includes a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) which includes a filter circuit operable to pass a desired signal component of a high-frequency signal inputted and operable to attenuate a harmonic component of an integral multiple of the desired signal. The filter circuit includes a first inductor and a second inductor coupled to a signal line transmitting the high-frequency signal. A first input terminal and a second input terminal are operable to receive the high-frequency signal as a differential signal, wherein the first inductor and the second inductor are formed by a first differential inductor and a second differential inductor are coupled between the first input terminal and the second input terminal.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A wireless communication device, comprising:
 a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) which includes a filter circuit operable to pass a desired signal component of a high-frequency signal inputted and operable to attenuate a harmonic component of an integral multiple of the desired signal,   wherein the filter circuit comprises:   a first inductor and a second inductor coupled to a signal line transmitting the high-frequency signal; and   a first input terminal and a second input terminal operable to receive the high-frequency signal as a differential signal, wherein the first inductor and the second inductor are formed by a first differential inductor and a second differential inductor coupled between the first input terminal and the second input terminal.   
     
     
         2 . The wireless communication device according to  claim 1 , wherein the filter circuit further comprises:
 a first variable capacitor coupled between a power supply line and a node of the first inductor and the second inductor; and   a second variable capacitor coupled between the signal line and the power supply line,   wherein the first variable capacitor is coupled between the power supply line and a node of the first differential inductor and the second differential inductor, and   wherein the second variable capacitor is coupled between the first input terminal and the power supply line and between the second input terminal and the power supply line.   
     
     
         3 . The wireless communication device according to  claim 2 ,
 wherein the frequency of the desired signal component is adjusted by capacitance values of the first variable capacitor and the second variable capacitor, and the frequency of the harmonic component is adjusted by a capacitance value of the first variable capacitor.   
     
     
         4 . The wireless communication device according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a quadrature modulator operable to upconvert a baseband signal received from a baseband circuit with the use of a local oscillation signal, and operable to output the high-frequency signal; and   a transmission amplifier circuit operable to amplify the high-frequency signal generated by the quadrature modulator,   wherein, upon receiving the high-frequency signal from the quadrature modulator, the filter circuit supplies the high-frequency signal having the attenuated high-frequency component to the transmission amplifier circuit.   
     
     
         5 . The wireless communication device according to  claim 2 , further comprising:
 a central processing unit operable to execute a program associated therewith, and being coupled to said first variable capacitor and said second variable capacitor,   wherein each capacitance value of the first variable capacitor and the second variable capacitor is set up by the central processing unit.   
     
     
         6 . The wireless communication device according to  claim 1 , wherein the first differential inductor and the second differential inductor are coupled in series. 
     
     
         7 . A wireless communication device, comprising:
 a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) which includes a filter circuit operable to pass a desired signal component of a high-frequency signal inputted and operable to attenuate a harmonic component of an integral multiple of the desired signal,   wherein the filter circuit comprises:   a first inductor and a second inductor coupled to a signal line transmitting the high-frequency signal;   wherein the signal line configures one signal line of a signal-line pair for receiving the high-frequency signal as a differential signal,   wherein the filter circuit further comprises:   a third inductor and a fourth inductor coupled to the other signal line of the signal-line pair; and   wherein the first inductor to the fourth inductor are coupled between the one signal line and the other signal line.   
     
     
         8 . The wireless communication device according to  claim 7 , wherein the filter circuit further comprises:
 a first variable capacitor coupled between a power supply line and a node of the first inductor and the second inductor;   a second variable capacitor coupled between the signal line and the power supply line,   a third variable capacitor coupled between the power supply line and a node of the third inductor and the fourth inductor; and   a fourth variable capacitor coupled between the other signal line and the power supply line.   
     
     
         9 . The wireless communication device according to  claim 8 ,
 wherein the frequency of the desired signal component is adjusted by capacitance values of the first variable capacitor to the fourth variable capacitor, and the frequency of the high-frequency component is adjusted by capacitance values of the first variable capacitor and the third variable capacitor.   
     
     
         10 . The wireless communication device according to  claim 8 , further comprising:
 a central processing unit operable to execute a program associated therewith, and being coupled to said first variable capacitor to said fourth variable capacitor,   wherein each capacitance value of the first variable capacitor to the fourth variable capacitor is set up by the central processing unit.   
     
     
         11 . The wireless communication device according to  claim 7 , wherein the first inductor to the fourth inductor are coupled in series between the one signal line and the other signal line. 
     
     
         12 . A wireless communication device comprising:
 a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) which includes a filter circuit operable to pass a desired signal component of a high-frequency signal inputted and operable to attenuate a harmonic component of an integral multiple of the desired signal,   wherein the filter circuit comprises:   a first inductor and a second inductor coupled to a signal line transmitting the high-frequency signal;   wherein the filter circuit further comprises:   a first input terminal and a second input terminal operable to receive the high-frequency signal as a differential signal,   wherein the first inductor and the second inductor are formed by a first differential inductor and a second differential inductor coupled between the first input terminal and the second input terminal.   
     
     
         13 . The wireless communication device according to  claim 12 , wherein the filter circuit further comprises:
 a first variable capacitor coupled between a power supply line and a node of the first inductor and the second inductor; and   wherein one of the first inductor and the second inductor comprises a variable inductor, and   wherein the first variable capacitor is coupled between a node of the first differential inductor and the second differential inductor and the power supply line.   
     
     
         14 . The wireless communication device according to  claim 13 , wherein the frequencies of the desired signal component and the high-frequency component are adjusted by an inductance value of the variable inductor and a capacitance value of the first variable capacitor. 
     
     
         15 . The wireless communication device according to  claim 12 , further comprising:
 a quadrature modulator operable to upconvert a baseband signal received from a baseband circuit with the use of a local oscillation signal, and operable to output the high-frequency signal; and   a transmission amplifier circuit operable to amplify the high-frequency signal generated by the quadrature modulator,   wherein, upon receiving the high-frequency signal from the quadrature modulator, the filter circuit supplies the high-frequency signal having the attenuated high-frequency component to the transmission amplifier circuit.   
     
     
         16 . The wireless communication device according to  claim 13 , further comprising:
 a central processing unit operable to execute a program associated therewith, and being coupled to said variable inductor and said variable capacitor,   wherein an inductance value of the variable inductor and a capacitance value of the variable capacitor are set up by the central processing unit.   
     
     
         17 . The wireless communication device according to  claim 12 , wherein the first differential inductor and the second differential inductor are coupled in series. 
     
     
         18 . A wireless communication device, comprising:
 a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) which includes a filter circuit operable to pass a desired signal component of a high-frequency signal inputted and operable to attenuate a harmonic component of an integral multiple of the desired signal,   wherein the filter circuit comprises:   a first inductor and a second inductor coupled to a signal line transmitting the high-frequency signal;   wherein the signal line configures one signal line of a signal-line pair for receiving the high-frequency signal as a differential signal,   wherein the filter circuit further comprises:   a third inductor coupled to the other signal line of the signal-line pair; and   wherein the first inductor to the third inductor are coupled between the one signal line and the other signal line.   
     
     
         19 . The wireless communication device according to  claim 18 , wherein the filter circuit further comprises:
 a first variable capacitor coupled between a power supply line and a node of the first inductor and the second inductor; and   a second variable capacitor coupled between the power supply line and a node of the second inductor and the third inductor,   wherein one of the first inductor and the second inductor comprises a variable inductor.   
     
     
         20 . The wireless communication device according to  claim 19 , wherein the frequencies of the desired signal component and the high-frequency component are adjusted by an inductance value of the variable inductor and capacitance values of the first variable capacitor and the second variable capacitor, and
 wherein the second inductor comprises a variable inductor.