The present invention relates to a high frequency doubler in which a differential signal of a high frequency is supplied to the base of a transistor and a tuned circuit resonating at a frequency twice as high as a frequency of the original signal is connected to a collector terminal.
In recent years, as communications speed up, frequencies used for mobile phones and so on have increased to the 1 GHz, 2 GHz, and 5 GHz bands. Thus, a technique for generating an RF frequency is important. As a solution for attaining the technique, a technique of multiplying a low frequency of the original signal to a desired frequency is available.
Doublers frequently used as integrated circuits include an application of a Gillbert cell double-balanced mixer circuit, which uses a differential amplifier shown in
y=sin f*cos f=½ sin 2f Formula 1
where f represents a frequency of an inputted signal. As a result, a frequency twice as high as a frequency of the original signal is generated from formula 1 as an output.
It is understood that a doubled signal can be obtained thus by the double balanced mixer. When a phase difference between input signals is deviated from 90 degrees, formula 1 is not established and a frequency obtained by adding a frequency of an input to an output, that is, a double frequency is generated and a DC component, which is a frequency difference between inputs, is also generated. This means that the output level of a signal with a double frequency is also changed, resulting in a problem in practical use. In actual circuits, a phase-shift circuit and a correction circuit for obtaining a preferred 90-degree phase shift are used to prevent such a deviation of a phase difference. However, the circuit size is increased by using such a circuit and current consumption also increases. Meanwhile, a simple technique for using a resonance circuit for an output is also proposed.
Referring to
However, the circuit of JP2998773B shown in
In view of the above problem, an object of the present invention is to efficiently extract a doubled signal with ease.
In order to attain the object, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device of the present invention comprises the steps of: connecting the emitters of a first transistor and a second transistor and the collector of a fifth transistor, connecting the emitters of a third transistor and a fourth transistor and the collector of a sixth transistor, connecting the emitter of the fifth transistor and the emitter of the sixth transistor, connecting the bases of the first and fourth transistors and the base of the fifth transistor via a first capacitor, connecting the bases of the second and third transistors and the base of the sixth transistor via a second capacitor, connecting the collectors of the first transistor and the third transistor, connecting the collectors of the second transistor and the fourth transistor, connecting a tuned circuit to terminals connecting the collectors of the first and third transistors and the collectors of the second and fourth transistors, the tuned circuit resonating at a double frequency, and providing the base terminal of the first transistor and the base terminal of the second transistor with a signal source of a radio frequency band for a differential input.
In this circuit, a resonance circuit resonating at a double frequency has a DC short circuit between the collector terminals of the transistors.
Further, the resonance circuit has a variable capacitance for controlling a capacitance value of a capacitor constituting the resonance circuit, so that output power is made variable.
Moreover, the resonance circuit has a variable capacitance for discretely controlling a capacitance value of a capacitor constituting the resonance circuit, so that an outputted frequency is switched to a double frequency and a quadruple frequency.
A variable attenuator is inserted between the base inputs of the fifth and sixth transistors and the high frequency signal source to make an output signal level variable.
According to the circuit configuration of the present invention, it is possible to provide a circuit capable of readily performing integration and efficiently output only a double frequency merely by inputting a simple differential signal without the need for the original signal which has been phase controlled. Further, a DC short circuit in the resonance circuit makes it possible to eliminate a DC offset voltage in an output. A variable capacitance can be changed to vary a conversion gain relative to a desired double frequency. The output level of a doubled output can be changed by varying the level of the original signal inputted to the bases of the fifth and sixth transistors.
The following will describe the circuit configuration of Embodiment 1 of the present invention in accordance with the accompanying drawings.
Moreover, a gain relative to a doubled harmonic is determined by the frequency characteristic of the resonance circuit, so that the gain becomes irrelevant to the phase of an input signal. In this case, resonance means a frequency enabling matching of an impedance which is output-connected. Therefore, impedances connected to the output terminals 104 and 105 apparently change the values of a capacitance C1 and the inductors L1 and L2 of the resonance circuit 101.
In the high frequency doubler according to first to fifth inventions, the transistors can be any kind of field-effect transistors (FET) such as a MOSFET.
As described above, the present invention is useful for outputting a double frequency.
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2004-042426 | Feb 2004 | JP | national |
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/058,225, filed on Feb. 16, 2005, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,245,164 which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
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Parent | 11058225 | Feb 2005 | US |
Child | 11819232 | US |