摘要:
A transmission circuit is provided which can quickly and accurately control an output power of a transmission signal even when the transmission signal is output at a high modulation rate and in a wide dynamic range. A switching control section controls a modulation method changing section to change a modulation method of a modulated signal generating section to a modulation method having a narrow dynamic range before controlling a switching section to switch amplification sections. An output adjustment control section controls output adjusting sections so that a difference in level between a transmission signal which is smoothed by a smoothing circuit and is before the amplification sections are switched, and a transmission signal which is after the amplification sections are switched, is caused to be smaller than a predetermined difference threshold value, when the modulated signal generating section operates in the modulation method having the narrow dynamic range.
摘要:
A mixer circuit is provided with a quadrature demodulator including a Gilbert cell in which a first differential amplifier and a switching circuit are vertically stacked for connection and a bypass circuit including a second differential amplifier having a pair of differential input terminals short-circuited with each other, and provided in parallel with the first differential amplifier. Correction of a DC offset is performed by inactivating the first differential amplifier and activating the second differential amplifier, and detecting the DC offset under such state.
摘要:
A predistortion circuit has an input terminal for inputting a predetermined signal; a nonlinear device directly or indirectly connected to the input terminal; a bias supply circuit for applying a voltage to the nonlinear device; specific-frequency suppressing means connected to one side or both sides of the nonlinear device directly without another intervening device and of suppressing all or part of such frequencies that are from a frequency corresponding to DC to a frequency corresponding to an occupied band width of an input signal inputted to the input terminal and/or suppressing at least one higher harmonic frequency of a carrier wave of the input signal; and an output terminal for outputting a signal.
摘要:
A power amplifier capable of compensating for distortion by pre-distortion and achieving a large distortion suppressing effect even if IM3L components and IM3U components occurring at the power amplifier have a large level difference. A power amplifying circuit 117 amplifies an original signal. An envelope detector 119 generates an envelope signal having components identical to envelope components included in the original signal. Based on the original signal a distortion signal generating circuit 112 generates a distortion signal for canceling distortion components occurring while the original signal is amplified by the power amplifying circuit 117. In a power combiner 116, the envelope signal is injected to the original signal, thereby eliminating the asymmetric characteristic of the distortion components. In the power amplifying circuit 117, the distortion signal is injected to the original signal, thereby suppressing the distortion components.
摘要:
A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate in which a semiconductor element is formed; a multilayer structured wiring layer that is provided on the semiconductor substrate, the wiring layer forming a structure connected with the semiconductor element; a spiral inductor that is formed in at least one layer of the wiring layer; and a connection terminal formed in an uppermost layer of the wiring layer for establishing connection from the wiring layer to an outside such as a printed board. A shielding wiring pattern is disposed between the spiral inductor and the connection terminal, the shielding wiring pattern functioning as an electromagnetic shield for the uppermost layer of the wiring layer. The shielding wiring pattern absorbs a change in electrical field caused by a potential change in the connection terminal, providing a shielding structure which suppresses the superposing of noise and an unnecessary signal onto the spiral inductor from the connection terminal.
摘要:
A multicarrier transmitting method that includes inputting n input signals, generating carriers corresponding to the n input signals, modulating the carriers into n modulated signals and generating at least one additional signal having a frequency outside band of the n modulated signals. The method also includes adjusting a level and a phase of the generated additional signal, outputting a multiplexed signal by adding up the n modulated signals and the adjusted additional signal, amplifying the multiplexed signal, and then removing the additional signal. The level and the phase of the additional signal are adjusted such that, after predicting a change of a composite vector of the n modulated signals based on an amplitude and a phase of the n carriers, a composite vector obtained after an adding operation can be lower than that before the adding operation when an absolute value of a prediction result exceeds a predetermined level.
摘要:
A feedforward amplifier includes a main amplifier for amplifying an input signal, a control circuit for generating a predetermined pilot signal based on the output of a local oscillator and a frequency divider included in the control circuit, and a coupler for combining the input signal or the amplified signal with the pilot signal to generate a combined signal. A first coupler and a second coupler are provided for extracting any distortion component from the combined signal. A vector adjuster, an error amplifier, and a third coupler are provided for removing the extracted distortion component from the combined signal to generate an output signal. An orthogonal detector is provided for using any one of the pilot signal, or the output of the local oscillator, the frequency divider, and the combination of the vector adjuster, error amplifier, and the third coupler to make an adjustment for removing the distortion component.
摘要:
A power amplifier that reduces intermodulation distortion generated by the amplifier while reducing the number of parts is provided. A power amplifier comprises a first balun, to which a combined signal combining two signals of different frequencies is inputted, and which outputs, based on the combined signal, the first and the second signal whose phase are opposite; a first amplifier that outputs the first amplified signal containing the differential frequency component comprising the difference of the frequencies of two signals from the first signal; a second amplifier that outputs the second amplified signal containing the component comprising the difference of the frequencies of two signals from the second signal; and a second balun that outputs the combined signal of the first and the second amplified signals. The component contained in the first and the second amplified signal are inputted via the second and the first amplifier, respectively, to reduce the component.
摘要:
The invention relates to a high frequency switch used in a communication apparatus or the like, such as a portable terminal. The switch includes a first signal terminal, a first diode, the cathode of which is directly or indirectly connected to the first signal terminal, a bias controlling device having an end which is connected to the anode of the first diode, a second signal terminal directly or indirectly connected to the anode of the first diode, an impedance converting device having an end which is directly or indirectly connected to the first signal terminal, a serial circuit having a high frequency voltage dividing device and a second diode, the serial circuit being connected to the other end of the impedance converting device, and a third signal terminal directly or indirectly connected to the other end of the impedance converting device.
摘要:
When switching the mode of a power amplifier between compressed mode and uncompressed mode, accurate transmission power control is realized. A transmission power control method includes setting a power setting value of mode to switch to, such that an inter-mode output power error is canceled (equal to step ST21), calculating an intra-mode output power error from the power setting value of the mode to switch to (equal to step ST23), calculating a gain linearity value based on the power setting value of the mode to switch to and an output power error of the intra-mode (equal to step ST24), and resetting the power setting value of the mode to switch to based on the gain linearity value (equal to steps ST25 and 26).