Invention Grant
- Patent Title: High-frequency signal processing device
- Patent Title (中): 高频信号处理装置
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Application No.: US14087541Application Date: 2013-11-22
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Publication No.: US08823451B2Publication Date: 2014-09-02
- Inventor: Tomoumi Yagasaki
- Applicant: Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Kanagawa
- Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Current Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kanagawa
- Agency: Mattingly & Malur, PC
- Priority: JP2010-236096 20101021
- Main IPC: H03F3/45
- IPC: H03F3/45

Abstract:
Disclosed is a high-frequency signal processing device capable of reducing transmission power variation and harmonic distortion. For example, the high-frequency signal processing device includes a pre-driver circuit, which operates within a saturation region, and a final stage driver circuit, which operates within a linear region and performs a linear amplification operation by using an inductor having a high Q-value. The pre-driver circuit suppresses the amplitude level variation of a signal directly modulated, for instance, by a voltage-controlled oscillator circuit. Harmonic distortion components (2HD and 3HD), which may be generated by the pre-driver circuit, are reduced, for instance, by the inductor of the final stage driver circuit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140091862A1 HIGH-FREQUENCY SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2014-04-03
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