Abstract:
A low-noise amplification apparatus and method in a receiver in a wireless communication system are provided, in which a main amplifier amplifies a received signal, a sub-amplifier amplifies a third-order harmonic component more strongly than a signal component in the received signal and cancels the third-order harmonic component by combining the amplified signal with the signal received from the main amplifier. A noise eliminator amplifies noise included in the received signal and eliminates the noise by combining the amplified noise with the signal received from the main amplifier or the signal received from the sub-amplifier.
Abstract:
A frequency synthesizing apparatus and method having an injection-locked quadrature VCO in an RF transceiver is provided. In the frequency synthesizer, an I signal following a frequency of a high frequency signal that is input using the injection-locked quadrature VCO and a Q signal thereof are simultaneously generated to have an appropriate driving power. Accordingly, the I signal and the Q signal thereof that are generated in the injection-locked quadrature VCO may be utilized as a local signal for frequency up/down-conversion, without being buffered. An output of an SSB mixer may be directly input into the injection-locked quadrature VCO. Also, high frequency signals that are generated in another circuit such as the SSB mixer, a PLL, or a VCO may be selected to be input into the injection-locked quadrature VCO by a selector.
Abstract:
A receiver includes first switches for applying either differential signals of an oscillator or a data signal of a transmitter to down-converting mixers; a frequency conversion unit for mixing and applying to the down-converting mixers quadrature signals generated from an arbitrary clock signal generator and the oscillator, and having a PPF for changing a phase difference of I/Q signals according to a control voltage externally applied; a phase difference detection part for checking a phase difference between the I/Q signals and generating the control voltage to be applied to the PPF according to the phase difference so as to correct the phase difference; third switches for applying the data signal processed through the down-converting mixers, filters, and amplifiers to A/D converters and applying the I/Q signals having a predetermined frequency to the phase difference detection part; and a control unit for switching the first and third switches.
Abstract:
A ring oscillator and a phase error calibration method are provided. The ring oscillator may include a first voltage-current converter for controlling and outputting an amount of tail current Itail according to a magnitude of a first control voltage applied in feedback in a PLL circuit; a second voltage-current converter for controlling and outputting an amount of shift current according to a magnitude of a second control voltage applied from a system phase error detector; and differential amplifiers for controlling, for output signals, a delay time of signals based on the applied tail current amount and a shift time of the signals based on the shift current amount. Thus, a phase relation between in-phase and quadrature-phase signals outputted from the ring oscillator may be controlled.
Abstract:
A system and a method for self calibrating a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO). In the system, a mode controller generates a control signal for each of an automatic band selection mode, an automatic gain tuning mode, and a phase-locking mode, from a frequency comparison result between a reference clock signal and a divided clock signal which is generated by dividing a frequency of an oscillation signal, and thereby controls the VCO, so that the VCO may generate the oscillation signal which is automatically phase-locked in a target frequency with an optimal state.
Abstract:
An inductor used in a radio frequency integrated circuit is disclosed. The inductor includes a plurality of unit inductors each having a vertical spiral structure, wherein a vertical cross-section of at least one unit inductor selected from the plurality of unit inductors is an inverted trapezoid.
Abstract:
A low noise amplifier (LNA) for ultra wide band receives and amplifies identical RF signals in different frequency bands, and includes more than one pair of narrow band LNAs coupled in parallel, and a load circuit which increases load impedance of the entire circuit of the narrow band LNAs. The LNA can not only amplify the RF signal in the UWB but also obtain the low noise and the high gain that are features of the conventional narrow band LNA.
Abstract:
A fast mode switching frequency synthesizing apparatus and method for operating in low power consumption. In the frequency synthesizer, according to a mode control signal, an SSB mixer selectively generates and outputs a signal having a frequency which is identical to an input signal RF or outputs a signal having a frequency which is a synthesized frequency of the input signals RF and LO. Frequency synthesized signals having a frequency which is a sum of frequencies of the input signals RF and LO, or a difference of frequencies therebetween, may be generated by changing wiring of a path switch according to a phase control signal.