Abstract:
A balun design incorporating the functions of a splitter (combiner) which can be employed in a high power amplifier circuit configuration. The balun is formed of a dielectric multilayer board with conductor patterns on each conductor pattern layer. The balun includes the propagation of a half of an input signal to an in-phase output terminal, and also propagating a fourth of the input signal to first and second opposite-phase output terminals, the signal propagated to the first and second opposite-phase output terminals lagging 180 degrees behind the signal propagated to the in-phase output terminal. The balun provides the output signals at the first and second opposite-phase output terminals 180° out of phase employing through holes in the main line and coupling lines for promoting electromagnetic coupling therebetween.
Abstract:
A method of controlling a feedforward distortion compensation amplifier has steps of detecting a distortion component generated in a main amplifier by coupling a signal branched from a signal input to the main amplifier and containing a plurality of carriers of different frequencies to a signal branched from an output signal from the main amplifier so that the coupling causes the carrier components to cancel each other, recoupling the signal resulting from the coupling to the output signal from the main amplifier, and adjusting an amplitude and phase of at least one of the signals to be recoupled so that distortion components cancel each other upon recoupling, wherein a first and second pilot signals obtained from a first and second pilot signal sources are inserted into the input signal to or output signal from the main amplifier, parts of the signal resulting from the recoupling are taken out through branching, and the signals taken out through branching are mixed with the first and second pilot signals, respectively, and thus down-converted to generate down convert signals so that control signals to adjust the amplitude and phase are generated according to the down convert signals.
Abstract:
The present invention concerns a radio circuit including a local oscillator, a first receive frequency converter, a frequency divider and a demodulator. A receive signal and an output of the local oscillator are input to the first receive frequency converter. The receive signal is converted into a first intermediate signal by the first receive frequency converter, and the first intermediate frequency signal is input to the demodulator. The output of the local oscillator is frequency-divided by the frequency divider and also input to the demodulator. The signal converted into the first intermediate frequency is demodulated into a baseband signal by the demodulator.
Abstract:
The invention presents a high efficiency linear power amplifier of plural frequency bands reduced in the number of parts and elements, simplified in the circuit construction, and saved in the circuit space, and in FIG. 1, signals entering from a common input terminal 1 in frequency bands A and B are matched in both frequency bands A and B in a wide band matching network 2, amplified in a pre-amplifier 3, put into a common terminal 4a of a switch circuit 4, and the signal in frequency band A is put into a changeover terminal 4b, matched in a matching network 5 and amplified in a post-amplifier 6, and its output is matched in a post-matching network 7 and sent out into an output terminal 8, while, similarly, the signal in frequency band B is put into other changeover terminal 4c of the switch circuit 4, matched in a matching network 9, amplified in a post-amplifier 10, and its output is matched in a post-matching network 11 and is sent out into an output terminal 12.The invention also presents a power amplifier capable of maintaining a similar high efficiency characteristic if the output power is lowered from the output power of maximum efficiency, and in FIG. 10, first and second power amplifiers 113, 114 are disposed in parallel, and a necessary number of power amplifiers are connected depending on a required output power by switch circuits 115 to 118, and the power source is turned on only in the connected power amplifiers, while the other power amplifiers are turned off, and therefore by the lowering portion of the output power, the current consumption decreases in proportion, so that the equivalent high efficiency operation same as in the case maximum efficiency is realized.
Abstract:
The output of a digital modulator is put into a power amplifying device, is distributed into n pieces in an n-power divider in the power amplifier, passes through n input phase shifters differing individually in the phase change amount, is amplified by n power amplifiers, passes through n output phase shifters to match the phase of n signals, is combined in an n-power combiner, and is issued from an output terminal to a phase shifter, and the output of the phase shifter is issued to a transmission antenna. Herein, the phase value of the phase shifter is determined so as to extend the region of the output load impedance for satisfying the specific value of unwanted radiation, and so that the output load impedance range of the load impedance of the power amplifier may be optimize to the impedance change range of the trans missionantenna, thereby eliminating the isolator and presenting a transmitting device of a portable wireless system realizing smaller size, higher performance, and lower cost of portable wireless system.
Abstract:
A transmission circuit (100) according to the present invention includes an RF-IC (110), an EM-IC (120), and a power amplifier (130). The EM-IC (120) includes a DC-DC converter (123), a transistor (124), a low-dropout regulator (121), and a regulator output selector switch (122). After an elapse of a predetermined time from a time when an operation mode of the transmission circuit has switched from a polar modulation mode to a quadrature modulation mode to a time when a power supply voltage for the quadrature modulation mode output from the DC-DC converter (123) stabilizes at a desired value, the regulator output selector switch (122) switches a connection destination of a gate of the transistor (124) to a fixed potential, and outputs as a control voltage the power supply voltage for the quadrature modulation mode output from the DC-DC converter (123).
Abstract:
A transmitter circuit includes a first synthesizer section, and a second synthesizer section which consumes less current than the first synthesizer section. The transmitter circuit performs switching such that the first synthesizer section is operated and the second synthesizer section is powered off in polar modulation, and the second synthesizer section is operated and the first synthesizer section is powered off in quadrature modulation, thereby reducing consumed power. While the first synthesizer section is operating, calibration for an oscillation frequency is performed, and when the operation is stopped, a calibration value is stored. When an operation of the first synthesizer section is restarted, the stored calibration value is corrected by using temperature change, thereby enhancing calibration accuracy and preventing degradation in quality of a transmission signal.
Abstract:
A transmission circuit (100) according to the present invention includes an RF-IC (110), an EM-IC (120), and a power amplifier (130). The EM-IC (120) includes a DC-DC converter (123), a transistor (124), a low-dropout regulator (121), and a regulator output selector switch (122). After an elapse of a predetermined time from a time when an operation mode of the transmission circuit has switched from a polar modulation mode to a quadrature modulation mode to a time when a power supply voltage for the quadrature modulation mode output from the DC-DC converter (123) stabilizes at a desired value, the regulator output selector switch (122) switches a connection destination of a gate of the transistor (124) to a fixed potential, and outputs as a control voltage the power supply voltage for the quadrature modulation mode output from the DC-DC converter (123).
Abstract:
A transmitter circuit is provided which is capable of reducing modulation distortion even when an output power of a power amplifying section 141 is low. A signal generation section 11 generates an amplitude signal and a phase signal. A regulator 12 outputs a current based on the amplitude signal. A phase modulation section 13 phase-modulates the phase signal, and outputs a phase-modulated signal. The power amplifying section 141 receives the current which is based on the amplitude signal and supplied as a bias current from the regulator 12, and amplifies the phase-modulated signal by using the supplied current. Further, to the power amplifying section 141, a predetermined DC voltage is supplied as a collector voltage.
Abstract:
Provided is a transmission circuit capable of compensating a variation in output power caused due to a temperature change or an individual variability when the operation mode is switched without an increase in the size of the transmission circuit which switches the operation mode between a linear operation mode and a nonlinear operation mode, and capable of suppressing the deterioration of the quality of a transmission signal. In the transmission circuit, a gain setting section (160) sets the gain (target gain) of a variable gain amplifier (140), to a value which enables the variable gain amplifier (140) to operate linearly and corresponds to a comparison result (output error level) obtained through comparison between the target level of the variable gain amplifier (140) corresponding to the set power level of the transmission signal and the power level of an output signal of the variable gain amplifier (140) detected by a power detection section (150). The variable gain amplifier (140) amplifies an amplitude phase modulation signal or a phase modulation signal (phase path signal) in accordance with the target gain set by the gain setting section (160).