Abstract:
A continuously tunable inductor with an inductive-capacitive (LC) voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) having a primary coil. The inductor includes a separate isolated secondary coil, a set of transistors composing a closed loop with the secondary coil, a magnetic coupling between the primary coil of the LC VCO and the secondary coil, an electrical coupling between the LC VCO and the set of transistors composing a closed loop with the secondary coil, and means for electric current injection into the closed loop. Such an inductor can be tuned by modulating a mutual inductance, which is magnetically and electrically coupled with the LC VCO by injection of an electric current (I0).
Abstract:
An inductor circuit includes a pair of inductors connected in parallel with each other and a switch for turning on and off electric power to one of the pair of inductors. The inductance of the inductor circuit can be varied and the quality factor Q can be improved. Further, RF circuits employing the inductor circuit can generate an intended operating frequency.
Abstract:
There is provided an LC resonance type oscillation circuit with a wide frequency variable range with a small variation of Q and capable of reducing a chip size due to no external parts required, and a communication semiconductor circuit device (high-frequency IC) having the oscillation circuit. In the LC resonance type oscillation circuit, a capacitance element and a switch element are connected in parallel between both terminals of a secondary side inductance element which is placed facing an inductance element constituting the LC resonance circuit and is connected by mutual induction to the inductance element. It is designed so that an equivalent inductance increases as the capacitance element is connected between the both terminals of the secondary side inductance element in a state where the switch element is turned OFF, and that the equivalent inductance decreases as the both terminals of the secondary side inductance element are short-circuited in a state where the switch element is turned ON.
Abstract:
An inductor circuit includes a pair of inductors connected in parallel with each other and a switch for turning on and off electric power to one of the pair of inductors. The inductance of the inductor circuit can be varied and the quality factor Q can be improved. Further, RF circuits employing the inductor circuit can generate an intended operating frequency.
Abstract:
An inductor-capacitor voltage controlled oscillator is implemented using an active inductor. The active inductor may use bipolar technology or CMOS technology. The VCO with an active inductor offers a more compact design and is useable with flip chip technology. The active inductor may be implemented in bipolar junction or complementary metal oxide semiconductor technology. The configuration of the voltage controlled oscillator with an active inductor of the present invention is fully differential and fully symmetric.
Abstract:
A voltage controlled oscillator comprises a resonant circuit having at least a coil and a first variable capacitance diode, and resonating within predetermined variable frequency ranges; and an active circuit having an input, an output, and an active element connected between the input and the output, the input being connected to the resonant circuit in order to receive a resonant output therefrom. A variable capacitance ratio circuit, having a second variable capacitance diode and at least one capacitor, is connected in a positive feedback manner, between the input and the output of said active circuit means in order to oscillate the active element of the active circuit at a resonant frequency of the resonant circuit, between the input and the output of the active circuit. A variable controller is provided for changing a resonant frequency of the resonant circuit, to thereby apply a control voltage to the first and second variable capacitance diodes and to control a capacitance ratio between the at least one capacitor and the second variable capacitance diode in the variable capacitance ratio circuit, so that an oscillator frequency of the active element can be changed substantially linearly over a wide bandwidth of no less than one octachord in accordance with a variation in the control voltage, to thereby retain the amount of positive feedback at a predetermined level against the oscillator frequency of the active circuit.
Abstract:
A frequency synthesizer includes a control section; a first signal generator responsive to the control section for selectively outputting one of frequency signals whose frequencies are represented by Fp=a.times..vertline.P.vertline..times..DELTA.F (where the coefficient a is a positive odd number and the coefficient p is an integer); and a second signal generator responsive to the control section for selectively outputting one of frequencies whose frequencies are represented by Fq=b.times..vertline.Q.vertline..times..DELTA.F (where the coefficient b is a positive integer exclusive of integral multiples of prime factors into which a is resolved, and the coefficient Q is an integer and satisfying the expression: .vertline.Q.vertline..ltoreq.(a-1)/2. A mixer mixes a frequency signal Fp from the first signal generator and a frequency signal Fq from the second signal generator; and a frequency selecting circuit selects either of frequency signals .vertline.FP-Fq.vertline. or Fp+Fq output from the mixer. The control section determines the values of P and Q satisfying the following expresion P=T+(S-b.times.Q)/a on the basis of a desired frequency signal Fi=m.times..DELTA.F, a coefficient m=0, 1, 2, ..n set in predetermined frequency .DELTA.F; and quotient T and remainder s of m/a to cause each of the first and second signal generators to output a predetermined frequency and the frequency selecting circuit to select one of the frequency signals .vertline.Fp-Fq.vertline. and Fp+Fq that corresponds to the frequency signal Fi.
Abstract:
An inductor layout 200,300,400 comprising a first inductor 210,310,410 and a second inductor 220,320,420. The first and second inductors 210,310,410; 220,320,420 are electrically and magnetically independent inductors concentrically arranged on an integrated circuit 800. At least one of the first and second inductors 210, 310,410; 220,320,420 is a multi-loop inductor with a first axis 226a,316a,326a,416a,426a of symmetry.