Variable gain amplifier circuit and semiconductor integrated circuit

    公开(公告)号:US12119792B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-15

    申请号:US17522525

    申请日:2021-11-09

    摘要: A variable gain amplifier circuit includes first and second input terminals, first and second output terminals, first and second transistors respectively having bases electrically connected to the first and second input terminals and having collectors electrically connected to the first and second output terminals, and a degeneration circuit connected between emitters of the first and second transistors. The degeneration circuit has first and second MOS transistors each having two current terminals connected in series between the emitters of the first and second transistors, series resistor circuits, first and second current sources, two resistive elements connected between the first and second current sources and gates of the first and second MOS transistors, and two resistive elements connected between the first and second current sources and two nodes of the series resistor circuits.

    Transmitter circuit
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12113558B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-08

    申请号:US18003026

    申请日:2020-06-22

    摘要: A transmitter circuit has a signal input for receiving an analog input signal and a local oscillator (LO) input for receiving an LO signal. A mixer circuit has a first input, a second input, and an output. The second input of the mixer circuit is connected to a signal input of the transmitter circuit. A PA circuit has an input connected to the output of the mixer circuit, and an output. A control circuit generates a phase-control signal and a gain-control signal in response to an envelope of the analog input signal. A phase-control circuit generates a phase-adjusted LO signal in response to the LO signal and the phase-control signal and supplies the phase-adjusted LO signal to the first input of the mixer circuit. A gain-control circuit controls a gain of the transmitter circuit in response to the gain-control signal.

    THERMALLY ADJUSTABLE DC BIAS CIRCUITY FOR RF POWER AMPLIFIER WITH REDUCED RF INTERFERENCE

    公开(公告)号:US20240250644A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-25

    申请号:US18158377

    申请日:2023-01-23

    发明人: Jason X Deng

    IPC分类号: H03F1/32 H03F1/30 H03F3/19

    摘要: A circuit includes: an RF amplifier including RF transistor(s); a DC power source electrically coupled to the RF amplifier; a bias control input that receives a bias control signal from a bias control circuit electrically coupled to the DC power source; and a thermal tracking circuit located at a distance from the RF transistor(s) such that RF interference between the RF transistor(s) and the thermal tracking circuit is below a threshold during circuit operation. The thermal tracking circuit includes heating element(s), a DC bias reference device, and a thermal tracking control circuit electrically coupled to the DC power source and the heating element(s). The thermal tracking control circuit generates a signal that controls a thermal behavior of the heating element(s). The heating element(s) heat the DC bias reference device when activated. The DC bias reference device is electrically coupled to the bias control input to modulate a bias voltage.

    METHOD FOR TIA TRANSIMPEDANCE CONTROL
    8.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240195375A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-13

    申请号:US18356519

    申请日:2023-07-21

    摘要: A transimpedance amplifier (TIA) includes a voltage amplifier and a first set of variable-resistors connected in parallel as a variable shunt feedback to the voltage amplifier. A control circuit is connected to control the variable resistors of the first set in a manner responsive to a TIA gain control voltage VGC. The control circuit includes a ramp generator and a reference set of variable-resistors connected in parallel. The ramp generator is configured to generate, responsive to an output voltage of the control circuit, a plurality of ramp voltages such that each of the voltages adjusts a corresponding one of the variable-resistors of the first set and of the reference set.

    Pre-Compensation Method and Pre-Compensation Circuit Thereof

    公开(公告)号:US20240195363A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-13

    申请号:US18116238

    申请日:2023-03-01

    发明人: Chih-Ming Chen

    IPC分类号: H03F1/32

    CPC分类号: H03F1/3247 H03F1/3258

    摘要: A pre-compensation method for a pre-compensation circuit coupled to a power amplifier to compensate for nonlinearity of the power amplifier includes performing pre-distortion according to at least one parameter or at least one hyperparameter to convert a first input signal received by the pre-compensation circuit into a first pre-distortion output signal, updating the at least one parameter or the at least one hyperparameter according to Bayesian Optimization, Causal Bayesian Optimization, or Dynamic Causal Bayesian Optimization, and performing pre-distortion according to the at least one parameter updated or the at least one hyperparameter updated to convert a second input signal received by the pre-compensation circuit into a second pre-distortion output signal.

    RESISTIVE ATTENUATOR AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING LINEARITY OF RESISTIVE ATTENUATOR

    公开(公告)号:US20240178818A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-30

    申请号:US18230185

    申请日:2023-08-04

    IPC分类号: H03H11/46 H03F1/32 H03H7/25

    CPC分类号: H03H11/53 H03F1/3282 H03H7/25

    摘要: A resistive attenuator and a method for improving linearity of the resistive attenuator are provided. The resistive attenuator includes a first transistor, an attenuation circuit and a compensation circuit, wherein both the first transistor and the attenuation circuit are coupled between an input terminal and an output terminal of the resistive attenuator, and the compensation circuit is coupled to the first transistor. The first transistor is configured to provide a first signal path between the input terminal and the output terminal. The attenuation circuit is configured to provide a second signal path between the input terminal and the output terminal, wherein signal attenuation of the second signal path is greater than signal attenuation of the first signal path. The compensation circuit is configured to compensate nonlinear distortion caused by the first transistor.