摘要:
A sub-harmonic mixer circuit having an input stage (52) and a current modulating stage (64 is disclosed. The input stage (52) receives an RF input signal (RF+, RF−) at a first frequency and generates output currents (il , i2) varying in dependence upon the Rf input signal. The current modulating stage (64) comprises a first transistor (Q3) for receiving a first local oscillator signal (LO0) respective and a second transistor (Q4) for receiving a second local oscillator signal (LO180), 180 degrees out of phase with the first local oscillator signal, such that a modulating current signal (iO), having twice the local oscillator frequency is superimposed onto the output currents.
摘要:
A current amplifier A1 includes two transistors Q1 and Q2 whose emitters are interconnected via a resistor R1. The input of the current amplifier is constituted by the emitter of the first transistor Q1, whose collector is connected to the output terminal of the amplifier A1 via a second resistor R2, and to the first resistor R1 via the main current path of the second transistor Q2. The current amplifier A1 has a simple structure and a low input impedance, as well as an easily controllable gain.
摘要:
An integratable transformer circuit for converting an asymmetrical input signal into a pair of symmetrical output signal currents and requiring only one IC connection pin. The circuit exhibits a low input impedance combined with good noise, gain and intermodulation performance up to high frequencies. The asymmetrical input terminal of the circuit is coupled to a node commonly coupled to the emitter of a common base transistor and to the base of a common emitter transistor. The common base transistor acts as a non-inverting current follower, the common emitter transistor as an inverting transimpedance amplifier. An input signal current is transferred to a first symmetrical output terminal via the node and the common base transistor, thereby producing a signal voltage at the node. This signal voltage modulates the collector current of the common emitter transistor, which is in phase opposition to the input signal current and is transferred to the second output terminal.
摘要:
By the use of high-resistivity polycrystalline silicon (poly) in MIS elements, a depletion layer can be formed in the poly material which brings about an electric decoupling between the poly (gate) and the underlying semiconductor body. This effect can be utilized advantageously in various circuit elements, such as in CCD's, in order to obtain a favorable potential distribution in the substrate; in MOS transistors in order to reduce the parasitic capacities; and in high-voltage devices in order to increase the breakdown voltage at the edge of the field plate (resurf).
摘要:
A mixer comprises a MOS transistor having an ideal quadratic characteristic. The transistor is of the D-MOST type and comprises a resistive gate across which a voltage drop is applied transversely to the longitudinal direction of the channel. The adjustment point of the transistor is chosen to be so that the range of the gate voltages between the threshold voltage and the voltage at which the slope reaches the saturation value is always situated during operation within the voltage drop across the gate electrode. The signals to be mixed are introduced capacitively via a second gate electrode situated above the resistive gate electrode and capacitively coupled therewith.
摘要:
A mixer circuit (102) for use in radio frequency (RF) equipment is disclosed. The mixer comprises a current source (Io) and a differential amplifier (Q1, Q2) connected to the current source and having input terminals (RF+, RF−) for receiving an RF input signal and output terminals (IF+, IF−) for providing an intermediate frequency signal. A local oscillator signal (LO) is applied to a transistor (Q3) connected in parallel with the differential amplifier to adjust the current flowing in the differential amplifier such that the differential output signal contains components having frequencies at the sum and difference frequencies of the RF and local oscillator signals. Emitter degeneration resistors (R1) and a transistor Q4 for diverting part of the current to the supply improve the linearity of the mixer.
摘要:
Devices (1,2) comprising feedback-less amplifiers (16,19,26,29) that are gain controlled introduce linear relationships between output signals and input signals of the feedback—less amplifiers (16,19,26,29) by providing the feedback—less amplifiers (16,19,26,29) sub-circuits in the form of first transistors (33) operated in their triode regions for receiving input signals and second sub-circuits in the form of second transistors (34) for receiving control signals and third sub-circuits in the form of resistors (35) for generating output signals, whereby the respective first and second and third sub-circuits form a serial path. Second circuits (4) receive gain signals and convert the gain signals into the control signals. The control signals are copies of the gain signals. The second circuits (4) comprise current sources (6) and third and fourth transistors (41,42). The current sources (6) comprise fifth and sixth transistors (61,62). The second circuits (4) further comprise voltage sources (9) further current sources. Third circuits (8) compensate common mode currents.
摘要:
In a receiver for receiving a modulated carrier (MC) having asymmetrical sidebands (USB,LSB), for example, a TV signal, a synchronous demodulator (SDEM) derives a vectorial baseband signal (VB) from the modulated carrier (MC). A filter (FILT) filters the vectorial baseband signal so as to compensate for the sideband asymmetry, for example, by means of a Nyquist slope. Thus, the sideband asymmetry is compensated at baseband frequencies, rather than at an intermediate frequency, which allows a better quality of reception.
摘要:
In a receiver the input signal is converted by a mixer into two quadrature IF signals. The quadrature IF signals are amplified by an amplifier and filtered by a filter. A polyphase filter suppresses signals having frequencies above a predetermined frequency. A second mixer converts the filtered IF signal into a second IF signal. This second IF signal is filtered by a second polyphase filter which suppresses signals having a frequency below a predetermined frequency. In this way a band-pass transfer function is obtained having a first edge defined by the first polyphase filter and having the second defined by the second polyphase filter. In an embodiment of the invention, the cut off frequencies of the polyphase filters are equal to zero, resulting in a transfer function for the complete receiver having cut off frequencies independent from the component values use in the polyphase filters.
摘要:
A receiver including two sigma delta modulators used to convert a pair of analog quadrature signals into digital quadrature signals. In such sigma delta modulators the quantization noise is shifted into a frequency region in which no signal is present. A cross coupling between the filters is provided to improve the noise reduction without increasing the order of the filters. By providing the cross coupling, it is possible to obtain complex poles and zeros in the noise transfer function which do not have to appear in complex conjugate pairs which results in an increase of the noise suppression in a specified frequency range.