Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Output monitor circuit of radio-frequency circuit
- Patent Title (中): 射频电路输出监控电路
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Application No.: US11612098Application Date: 2006-12-18
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Publication No.: US07904038B2Publication Date: 2011-03-08
- Inventor: Akihiro Satomi
- Applicant: Akihiro Satomi
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2005-365095 20051219
- Main IPC: H04B1/04
- IPC: H04B1/04

Abstract:
An output monitor circuit of a radio-frequency circuit outputs a radio-frequency signal of wavelength λ. The circuit includes a directional coupler, a detection circuit, and a back flow blocking circuit. The directional coupler has a coupling line of a length less than λ/4 coupled with an output line of the radio-frequency circuit and a terminating resistor connected to one end on the radio-frequency circuit side of the coupling line. A radio-frequency signal is derived from the other end of the coupling line by means of coupling between the coupling line and the output line. The detection circuit detects a radio-frequency signal derived from the directional coupler to produce a monitor signal. The back flow blocking circuit blocks signal components back flowing from the output side toward the output line in a portion where there is no coupling between the output line and the coupling line.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070139260A1 OUTPUT MONITOR CIRCUIT OF RADIO-FREQUENCY CIRCUIT Public/Granted day:2007-06-21
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