Analog amplifier circuit
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorTomohisa Hirayama
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Abstract
An analog amplifier circuit having an amplifier, an input matching circuit thereof and an output matching circuit thereof, said input matching circuit and said output matching circuit comprising: a circuit portion which capacitively functions with respect to a first frequency while inductively functions with respect to a second frequency, so as to match with respect to both of said first frequency and second frequency.
Claims31
An analog amplifier circuit having an amplifier element, an input matching circuit thereof and an output matching circuit thereof, said input matching circuit and said output matching circuit comprising:
- a circuit portion which capacitively functions with respect to a first frequency while inductively functions with respect to a second frequency which is different from said first frequency, so as to perform impedance matching with respect to both of said first frequency and second frequency.
An analog amplifier circuit having an amplifier element, an input matching circuit thereof and an output matching circuit thereof, said input matching circuit and said output matching circuit comprising:
- a phase rotating element for rotating a phase of an input signal to said amplifier element and that of an output signal therefrom, so as to set an impedance of said phase rotating element in such a manner as to become inductive with respect to said first frequency while to become capacitive with respect to said second frequency which is different from said first frequency;
- and
- a circuit portion which capacitively functions with respect to said first frequency while inductively functions with respect to said second frequency, so as to perform impedance matching with respect to both of said first frequency and second frequency.
An analog amplifier circuit having a transistor serving as an amplifier, an input matching circuit thereof and an output matching circuit thereof, an input terminal of said analog amplifier circuit and an output terminal of said analog amplifier circuit,
- said input matching circuit comprising:
- a first series resonance circuit having a first capacitor and a first inductor, connected in series between an input terminal of said transistor and said input terminal of said analog amplifier circuit;
- and
- a first parallel resonance circuit having a second capacitor and a second inductor, connected in parallel between said input terminal of said analog amplifier circuit and a ground;
- said output matching circuit comprising:
- a second series resonance circuit having a third capacitor and a third inductor, connected in series between an output terminal of said transistor and said output terminal of said analog amplifier circuit;
- and
- a second parallel resonance circuit having a fourth capacitor and a fourth inductor, connected in parallel between said output terminal of said analog amplifier circuit and said ground;
- wherein said first and second series resonance circuits inductively function with respect to a first frequency while said first and second series resonance circuits capacitively function with respect to a second frequency which is different from said first frequency, so as to perform impedance matching with respect to said first frequency and said second frequency.
An analog amplifier circuit having a transistor serving as an amplifier, an input matching circuit thereof and an output matching circuit thereof, an input terminal of said analog amplifier circuit and an output terminal of said analog amplifier circuit,
- said input matching circuit comprising:
- a first series resonance circuit having a first capacitor and a first inductor, connected in series between an input terminal of said transistor and said input terminal of said analog amplifier circuit;
- and
- a first parallel resonance circuit having a second capacitor and a second inductor, connected in parallel between said input terminal of said analog amplifier circuit and a ground;
- said output matching circuit comprising:
- a second series resonance circuit having a third capacitor and a third inductor, connected in series between an output terminal of said transistor and said output terminal of said analog amplifier circuit;
- and
- a second parallel resonance circuit having a fourth capacitor and a fourth inductor, connected in parallel between said output terminal of said analog amplifier circuit and said ground;
- wherein said first and second series resonance circuits inductively function with respect to both of a first frequency and a second frequency which is different from said first frequency, and said first and second parallel resonance circuits inductively function with respect to said first frequency while said first and second parallel resonance circuits capacitively function with respect to said second frequency.
An analog amplifier circuit having a transistor serving as an amplifier, an input matching circuit thereof and an output matching circuit thereof, an input terminal of said analog amplifier circuit and an output terminal of said analog amplifier circuit,
- said input matching circuit comprising:
- a first series resonance circuit having a first capacitor and a first inductor, connected in series between an input terminal of said transistor and said input terminal of said analog amplifier circuit;
- and
- a first parallel resonance circuit having a second capacitor and a second inductor, connected in parallel between said input terminal of said analog amplifier circuit and a ground;
- said output matching circuit comprising:
- a second series resonance circuit having a third capacitor and a third inductor, connected in series between an output terminal of said transistor and said output terminal of said analog amplifier circuit;
- and
- a second parallel resonance circuit having a fourth capacitor and a fourth inductor, connected in parallel between said output terminal of said analog amplifier circuit and said ground;
- wherein said first and second series resonance circuits capacitively function with respect to both of a first frequency and a second frequency which is different from said first frequency, and said first and second parallel resonance circuits inductively function with respect to said first frequency while said first and second parallel resonance circuits capacitively function with respect to said second frequency.
An analog amplifier circuit having a transistor serving as an amplifier, an input matching circuit thereof and an output matching circuit thereof, an input terminal of said analog amplifier circuit and an output terminal of said analog amplifier circuit,
- said input matching circuit comprising:
- a first parallel resonance circuit having a first capacitor and a first inductor, connected in parallel between an input terminal of said transistor and said input terminal of said analog amplifier circuit;
- and
- a first series resonance circuit having a second capacitor and a second inductor, connected in series between said input terminal of said analog amplifier circuit and a ground;
- said output matching circuit comprising:
- a second parallel resonance circuit having a third capacitor and a third inductor, connected in parallel between an output terminal of said transistor and said output terminal of said analog amplifier circuit;
- and
- a second series resonance circuit having a fourth capacitor and a fourth inductor, connected in series between said output terminal of said analog amplifier circuit and said ground;
- wherein said first and second parallel resonance circuits capacitively function with respect to a first frequency while said first and second parallel resonance circuits inductively function with respect to a second frequency which is different from said first frequency, so as to perform impedance matching with respect to said first frequency and said second frequency.
An analog amplifier circuit having a transistor serving as an amplifier, an input matching circuit thereof and an output matching circuit thereof, an input terminal of said analog amplifier circuit and an output terminal of said analog amplifier circuit,
- said input matching circuit comprising:
- a first parallel resonance circuit having a first capacitor and a first inductor, connected in parallel between an input terminal of said transistor and said input terminal of said analog amplifier circuit;
- and
- a first series resonance circuit having a second capacitor and a second inductor, connected in series between said input terminal of said analog amplifier circuit and a ground;
- said output matching circuit comprising:
- a second parallel resonance circuit having a third capacitor and a third inductor, connected in parallel between an output terminal of said transistor and said output terminal of said analog amplifier circuit;
- and
- a second series resonance circuit having a fourth capacitor and a fourth inductor, connected in series between said output terminal of said analog amplifier circuit and said ground;
- wherein said first and second parallel resonance circuits inductively function with respect to both of a first frequency and a second frequency which is different from said first frequency, and said first and second series resonance circuits inductively function with respect to said first frequency while said first and second series resonance circuits capacitively function with respect to said second frequency.
An analog amplifier circuit having a transistor serving as an amplifier, an input matching circuit thereof and an output matching circuit thereof, an input terminal of said analog amplifier circuit and an output terminal of said analog amplifier circuit,
- said input matching circuit comprising:
- a first parallel resonance circuit having a first capacitor and a first inductor, connected in parallel between an input terminal of said transistor and said input terminal of said analog amplifier circuit;
- and
- a first series resonance circuit having a second capacitor and a second inductor, connected in series between said input terminal of said analog amplifier circuit and a ground;
- said output matching circuit comprising:
- a second parallel resonance circuit having a third capacitor and a third inductor, connected in parallel between an output terminal of said transistor and said output terminal of said analog amplifier circuit;
- and
- a second series resonance circuit having a fourth capacitor and a fourth inductor, connected in series between said output terminal of said analog amplifier circuit and said ground;
- wherein said first and second parallel resonance circuits capacitively function with respect to both of a first frequency and a second frequency which is different from said first frequency, and said first and second series resonance circuits inductively function with respect to said first frequency while said first and second series resonance circuits capacitively function with respect to said second frequency.
An analog amplifier circuit having a transistor serving as an amplifier, an input matching circuit thereof and an output matching circuit thereof, an input terminal of said analog amplifier circuit and an output terminal of said analog amplifier circuit,
- said input matching circuit comprising:
- a first parallel resonance circuit having a first capacitor and a first inductor, connected in parallel between an input terminal of said transistor and a ground;
- and
- a first series resonance circuit having a second capacitor and a second inductor, connected in series between said input terminal of said transistor and said input terminal of said analog amplifier circuit;
- said output matching circuit comprising:
- a second parallel resonance circuit having a third capacitor and a third inductor, connected in parallel between an output terminal of said transistor and said ground;
- and
- a second series resonance circuit having a fourth capacitor and a fourth inductor, connected in series between said output terminal of said transistor and said output terminal of said analog amplifier circuit;
- wherein said first and second parallel resonance circuits inductively function with respect to a first frequency while said first and second parallel resonance circuits capacitively function with respect to a second frequency which is different from said first frequency, so as to perform impedance matching with respect to said first frequency and said second frequency.
An analog amplifier circuit having a transistor serving as an amplifier, an input matching circuit thereof and an output matching circuit thereof, an input terminal of said analog amplifier circuit and an output terminal of said analog amplifier circuit,
- said input matching circuit comprising:
- a first parallel resonance circuit having a first capacitor and a first inductor, connected in parallel between an input terminal of said transistor and a ground;
- and
- a first series resonance circuit having a second capacitor and a second inductor, connected in series between said input terminal of said transistor and said input terminal of said analog amplifier circuit;
- said output matching circuit comprising:
- a second parallel resonance circuit having a third capacitor and a third inductor, connected in parallel between an output terminal of said transistor and said ground;
- and
- a second series resonance circuit having a fourth capacitor and a fourth inductor, connected in series between said output terminal of said transistor and said output terminal of said analog amplifier circuit;
- wherein said first and second parallel resonance circuits inductively function with respect to both of a first frequency and a second frequency which is different from said first frequency, and said first and second series resonance circuits capacitively function with respect to said first frequency while said first and second series resonance circuits inductively function with respect to said second frequency.
An analog amplifier circuit having a transistor serving as an amplifier, an input matching circuit thereof and an output matching circuit thereof, an input terminal of said analog amplifier circuit and an output terminal of said analog amplifier circuit,
- said input matching circuit comprising:
- a first parallel resonance circuit having a first capacitor and a first inductor, connected in parallel between an input terminal of said transistor and a ground;
- and
- a first series resonance circuit having a second capacitor and a second inductor, connected in series between said input terminal of said transistor and said said input terminal of said analog amplifier circuit;
- said output matching circuit comprising:
- a second parallel resonance circuit having a third capacitor and a third inductor, connected in parallel between an output terminal of said transistor and said ground;
- and
- a second series resonance circuit having a fourth capacitor and a fourth inductor, connected in series between said output terminal of said transistor and said output terminal of said analog amplifier circuit;
- wherein said first and second series resonance circuits capacitively function with respect to both of a first frequency and a second frequency which is different from said first frequency, and said first and second series resonance circuits capacitively function with respect to said first frequency while said first and second series resonance circuits inductively function with respect to said second frequency.
An analog amplifier circuit having a transistor serving as an amplifier, an input matching circuit thereof and an output matching circuit thereof, an input terminal of said analog amplifier circuit and an output terminal of said analog amplifier circuit,
- said input matching circuit comprising:
- a first series resonance circuit having a first capacitor and a first inductor, connected in series between said input terminal of said transistor and a ground;
- and
- a first parallel resonance circuit having a second capacitor and a second inductor, connected in parallel between an input terminal of said transistor and said input terminal of said analog amplifier circuit;
- said output matching circuit comprising:
- a second series resonance circuit having a third capacitor and a third inductor, connected in series between said output terminal of said transistor and said ground;
- and
- a second parallel resonance circuit having a fourth capacitor and a fourth inductor, connected in parallel between an output terminal of said transistor and said output terminal of said analog amplifier circuit;
- wherein said first and second series resonance circuits capacitively function with respect to a first frequency while said first and second series resonance circuits inductively function with respect to a second frequency which is different from said first frequency, so as to perform impedance matching with respect to said first frequency and said second frequency.
An analog amplifier circuit having a transistor serving as an amplifier, an input matching circuit thereof and an output matching circuit thereof, an input terminal of said analog amplifier circuit and an output terminal of said analog amplifier circuit,
- said input matching circuit comprising:
- a first series resonance circuit having a first capacitor and a first inductor, connected in series between said input terminal of said transistor and a ground;
- and
- a first parallel resonance circuit having a second capacitor and a second inductor, connected in parallel between an input terminal of said transistor and said input terminal of said analog amplifier circuit;
- said output matching circuit comprising:
- a second series resonance circuit having a third capacitor and a third inductor, connected in series between said output terminal of said transistor and said ground;
- and
- a second parallel resonance circuit having a fourth capacitor and a fourth inductor, connected in parallel between an output terminal of said transistor and said output terminal of said analog amplifier circuit;
- wherein said first and second series resonance circuits inductively function with respect to both of a first frequency and a second frequency which is different from said first frequency, and said first and second parallel resonance circuits capacitively function with respect to said first frequency while said first and second parallel resonance circuits inductively function with respect to said second frequency.
An analog amplifier circuit having a transistor serving as an amplifier, an input matching circuit thereof and an output matching circuit thereof, an input terminal of said analog amplifier circuit and an output terminal of said analog amplifier circuit,
- said input matching circuit comprising:
- a first series resonance circuit having a first capacitor and a first inductor, connected in series between said input terminal of said transistor and a ground;
- and
- a first parallel resonance circuit having a second capacitor and a second inductor, connected in parallel between an input terminal of said transistor and said input terminal of said analog amplifier circuit;
- said output matching circuit comprising:
- a second series resonance circuit having a third capacitor and a third inductor, connected in series between said output terminal of said transistor and said ground;
- and
- a second parallel resonance circuit having a fourth capacitor and a fourth inductor, connected in parallel between an output terminal of said transistor and said output terminal of said analog amplifier circuit;
- wherein said first and second series resonance circuits capacitively function with respect to both of a first frequency and a second frequency which is different from said first frequency, and said first and second parallel resonance circuits capacitively function with respect to said first frequency while said first and second parallel resonance circuits inductively function with respect to said second frequency.
An analog amplifier circuit having a transistor serving as an amplifier, an input matching circuit thereof and an output matching circuit thereof for performing impedance matching with respect to a first frequency and a second frequency which is different from said first frequency, an input terminal of said analog amplifier circuit and an output terminal of said analog amplifier circuit,
- said input matching circuit comprising:
- a first phase rotating element, one end of which being connected to said input terminal of said transistor, for rotating a phase of an input signal;
- and
- a first resonance circuit, one end of which being connected to said input terminal of said analog amplifier circuit and the other end thereof being connected to the other end of said first phase rotating element;
- said output matching circuit comprising:
- a second phase rotating element, one end of which being connected to said output terminal of said transistor, for rotating a phase of an output signal of said transistor;
- and
- a second resonance circuit, one end of which being connected to said output terminal of said analog amplifier circuit and the other end thereof being connected to the other end of said second phase rotating element.
An analog amplifier circuit having a transistor serving as an amplifier, an input matching circuit thereof and an output matching circuit thereof for performing impedance matching with respect to a first frequency and a second frequency which is different from said first frequency, an input terminal of said analog amplifier circuit and an output terminal of said analog amplifier circuit,
- said input matching circuit comprising:
- a first phase rotating element, one end of which being connected to said input terminal of said transistor, the other end thereof being connected to said input terminal of said analog amplifier circuit, for rotating a phase of an input signal;
- and
- a first resonance circuit, one end of which being connected to said input terminal of said analog amplifier circuit and the other end thereof being connected to a ground;
- said output matching circuit comprising:
- a second phase rotating element, one end of which being connected to said output terminal of said transistor, the other end thereof being connected to said output terminal of said analog amplifier circuit, for rotating a phase of an output signal of said transistor;
- and
- a second resonance circuit, one end of which being connected to said output terminal of said analog amplifier circuit and the other end thereof being connected to said ground.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.