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US 5,917,362 AGranted
Switching circuit
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorKazumasa Kohama
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Abstract
Switches are provided on the input and output side of an amplification stage in a signal switching circuit provided in a signal transmission line, and another signal is provided so that a signal can be transmitted directly. Further, a switching circuit is formed from FET elements, which are controlled to be switched on/off by control signals to assure a high isolation.
Claims11
A signal processing unit comprising:
- signal switching means including
- a first input terminal group including one or more input terminals,
- a first output terminal group including one or more output terminals in a one-to-one correspondence with each of the input terminals of said first input terminal group,
- a second input terminal group including one or more input terminals,
- a second output terminal group including one or more output terminals in a one-to-one correspondence with each of the input terminals of said second input terminal group,
- a first switch for selectively connecting one or more of the input terminals of said first input terminal group and one of the output terminals of said first output terminal group,
- a second switch for selectively connecting one of the input terminals of said first input terminal group and one of the output terminals of said second output terminal group, and
- a third switch for selectively connecting one of the input terminals of said second input terminal group and one of the output terminals of said first output terminal group;
- signal path control means for controlling on/off-states of said first, second and third switches;
- and
- two or more signal paths, at least a first signal path having an amplifier such that the signal paths have different gains from each other, to connect one of the output terminals of said second output terminal group and one of the input terminals of said second input terminal group.
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A switching circuit formed as an IC, comprising:
- first, second and third input/output terminals;
- a first signal route including two or more switching elements connected in series between said first and second input/output terminals;
- a second signal route including two or more switching elements connected in series between said first and third input/output terminals;
- a first grounded switching element connected from a junction in between said switching elements of said first signal route to a common ground on the IC;
- a second grounded switching element connected from said second input/output terminals to to an outside ground located outside the IC;
- a third grounded switching element connected from a junction in between said switching elements of said second signal route to said second signal route and the common ground;
- and
- a fourth grounded switching element connected between from said third input/output terminals to said third input/output terminal and the outside ground.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.