Amplifier circuit and receiving device
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsTadashi Kabashima, Shoichi Kuroki, Toshio Chikaki
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is an amplifier circuit formed by multiple transistor stages and having an input terminal for a signal and an inverted output terminal configured to output an inverted signal after amplification, wherein a feedback resistance and a feedback capacitor for input impedance matching are connected in series with each other between the inverted output terminal and the input terminal.
Claims4
An RF amplifier circuit formed by multiple transistor stages and having an input terminal for a signal and an inverted output terminal configured to output an inverted signal after amplification,
- wherein a feedback resistance and a feedback capacitor for input impedance matching are connected in series with each other between said inverted output terminal and said input terminal;
- wherein values for said feedback resistance and feedback capacitor are selected to provide an input impedance match for the amplifier circuit across a range of frequencies so that a more constant gain is obtained over a desired range of frequencies.
An RF amplifier circuit configured to amplify and output a signal input from an input terminal, said amplifier circuit being formed by multiple transistor stages, said amplifier circuit comprising:
- a first stage transistor configured to receive a signal from a base functioning as said input terminal, and output a first amplified signal from a collector;
- a first succeeding stage transistor configured to receive the first amplified signal output by said first stage transistor from a base, and output an inverted signal from one of an emitter and a collector;
- and
- an input impedance matching element configured to feed back the inverted signal output by said first succeeding stage transistor to said input terminal via a feedback resistance and a feedback capacitor connected in series with each other;
- wherein values for said feedback resistance and feedback capacitor are selected to provide an input impedance match for the amplifier circuit across a range of frequencies so that a more constant gain is obtained over a desired range of frequencies.
A receiving device configured to receive an RF signal including a plurality of frequency bands and obtaining data, said receiving device comprising:
- an input terminal configured to receive the signal of said plurality of frequency bands;
- an amplifier circuit formed by multiple transistor stages, said amplifier circuit including a feedback resistance and a feedback capacitor for input impedance matching, said feedback resistance and said feedback capacitor being connected in series with each other between said input terminal and an inverted output terminal configured to output an inverted signal after amplification;
- a splitter configured to divide the signal amplified by said amplifier circuit;
- a band-pass filter configured to extract a signal in a predetermined frequency band from the divided signal;
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- a tuner configured to select a specific frequency from the extracted signal, and obtain data included in a signal of the selected frequency;
- wherein values for said feedback resistance and feedback capacitor are selected to provide an input impedance match for the amplifier circuit across a range of frequencies so that a more constant gain is obtained over a desired range of frequencies.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.