摘要:
A non-reciprocal phase shifter including a transmission medium connected between first and second terminals and having a predetermined phase shift which is the same in each direction and an amplifier circuit connected between the first and second terminals for introducing its inherent phase shift in one direction and a phase shift in excess of its inherent phase shift in the other direction for establishing a non-reciprocal phase shift; and a circulator made from such a phase shifter.
摘要:
This application describes an n-port circulator comprising n identical circuit units arranged in a closed loop configuration. Each unit is a three terminal circuit including two transistors and two equal, impedance-matching impedances. The first terminal is connected to the base of the first transistor, and to the emitter of the second transistor through one of the impedances. The second terminal is connected to the collector of the second transistor, and to the emitter of the first transistor through the other impedance. The third terminal is connected to the collector of the first transistor, while the base of the second transistor is grounded. The units are interconnected such that the third terminal of each is coupled to the first terminal of the next adjacent unit in the loop. The second terminals of the units constitute the ports of the circulator.
摘要:
A technique for attenuating common mode transient events uses a differential receiver circuit including a band-stop filter having a stopband fSB around a notch frequency fn of a received signal. The differential receiver circuit includes a first high-pass filter coupled in series with the band-stop filter. The notch frequency fn is less than a carrier frequency fc of a signal received by the differential receiver circuit. The band-stop filter may include a buffer circuit and a notch filter coupled in series with the buffer circuit. The notch filter may have a second stopband around the notch frequency fn. The differential receiver circuit may have a propagation delay that is independent of a pulse width of common mode transient energy attenuated by the differential receiver circuit.
摘要:
A multi-port active circulator includes a plurality of cascode circuits coupled to one another in a ring. Each respective cascode circuit of the plurality of cascode circuits is coupled to a respective port of a plurality of ports. Each respective cascode circuit includes a common source transistor, a common gate transistor coupled to the common source transistor, and a feedback circuit coupled from the common gate transistor to the common source transistor. Each common source transistor of each respective cascode circuit is coupled to a common junction point.
摘要:
A multi-port active circulator where each of plurality of FET transistors has (i) a gate connected to an associated port of the multi-port active circulator via a capacitor of an associated one of a plurality of first RF chokes, each of the first RF chokes being connected to a gate of an associated FET transistor of said plurality of transistors, the associated port of said associated FET transistor and to a power supply bias connection; (ii) a source connected to a common point; and (iii) a drain connected to the gate of the same FET transistor by a feedback circuit and connected to the gate of a neighboring FET transistor via a capacitor of one of a plurality of second RF chokes, each of which coupling gates and drains of neighboring FET transistors via capacitors thereof and being connected to another power supply bias connection.
摘要:
A plurality of electrical isolation devices are provided on a monolithic integrated circuit. Each of the isolation devices includes a current strap and a magnetic field sensor. The current strap is adapted to carry an electrical current representative of a signal to be transferred through that isolation device. The strength of the magnetic field produced by that current is measured by the magnetic field sensor.
摘要:
This specification describes an electrical network having the properties of a circulator with n ports in sequence in a closed ring in which each port has associated with it a respective pair of signal transmission paths of equal but opposite gains connected from a common input point for the pair of paths to a common output point for the pair of paths, the port being coupled for signal transfer to and from only one of the paths of the pair, and the common output point for the pair of paths associated with each port being associated with the next port in the sequence so as to form a closed ring of pairs of paths. The transmission paths may consist of differential amplifiers respective to the pairs of paths together with associated resistors.
摘要:
A technique for attenuating common mode transient events uses a differential receiver circuit including a band-stop filter having a stopband fSB around a notch frequency fn of a received signal. The differential receiver circuit includes a first high-pass filter coupled in series with the band-stop filter. The notch frequency fn is less than a carrier frequency fc of a signal received by the differential receiver circuit. The band-stop filter may include a buffer circuit and a notch filter coupled in series with the buffer circuit. The notch filter may have a second stopband around the notch frequency fn. The differential receiver circuit may have a propagation delay that is independent of a pulse width of common mode transient energy attenuated by the differential receiver circuit.