Abstract:
An integrated optical waveguide device includes a substrate, and an optical waveguide which is formed in the form of projection or is formed in a trench formed in the substrate. Each optical waveguide has a first optical area made of a first optical material and a second optical area which is made of a second optical material and is surrounded by the first optical area. The optical waveguides are arranged on both side faces of the projection or trench.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device is disclosed, which includes a multiple negative differential resistance element having negative differential resistance characteristics at at least two places in the current-voltage characteristics, and which is suitable for constructing a neural network having a high density integration and a high reliability.
Abstract:
A complementary semiconductor device is disclosed having a substrate and a four layer structure of pnpn provided on the substrate wherein the first three layers constitute a pnp-type bipolar transistor and the second to the fourth layer constitute an npn-type bipolar transistor. According to the present invention, the pnp- and npn-type transistor which are disposed on different portions of a principal surface of the substrate, respectively, can be produced concurrently by crystal growth and thus production steps are simple and yield is remarkably improved.
Abstract:
Microfabrication and large scale integration of a device can be realized by using a planar heterojunction bipolar transistor formed by a process comprising successively growing semiconductor layers serving as a subcollector, a collector, a base, and an emitter, respectively, through epitaxial growth on a compound semiconductor substrate in such a manner that at least one of the emitter junction and collector junction is a heterojunction, wherein a collector drawing-out metal layer is formed by the selective CVD method.
Abstract:
A high frequency power amplifier maintains an excellent linearity regardless of a fluctuation of a load impedance and is downsized. The high frequency power amplifier detects an AC voltage amplitude at an output terminal of a final amplification stage transistor, and suppresses an input signal amplitude of a power amplifier when the voltage amplitude exceeds a predetermined threshold value.
Abstract:
Disclosed are a semiconductor integrated circuit device and a wireless communication system that are capable of improving reception sensitivity. The wireless communication system includes, for instance, a first duplexer, a second duplexer, a first low-noise amplifier circuit, and a second low-noise amplifier circuit. A transmission band compliant with a communication standard is split into two segments for use, namely, low- and high-frequency transmission bands. A reception band compliant with the communication standard is split into two segments for use, namely, low- and high-frequency reception bands. The first duplexer uses the low-frequency transmission band and low-frequency reception band as passbands. The second duplexer uses the high-frequency transmission band and high-frequency reception band as passbands. A signal received from the first duplexer and a signal received from the second duplexer are respectively amplified by the first and the second low-noise amplifier circuits, which are respectively provided to handle such signals.
Abstract:
An upper module board on which an integrated chip component with a low upper temperature limit is mounted and a lower module board on which a heat-generating semiconductor chip, a single chip component and an integrated chip component are mounted are electrically and mechanically connected via a plurality of conductive connecting members, and these are sealed together with mold resin. In such a circumstance, a shield layer made up of a stacked film of a Cu plating film and a Ni plating film is formed on side surfaces of the upper and lower module boards and surfaces (upper and side surfaces) of the mold resin, thereby realizing the electromagnetic wave shield structure.
Abstract:
For use in an amplifier configuration including a high-power amplifier and a low-power amplifier which are always interconnected in terms of high frequencies and between which switching is made using no switches, a highly stable high-frequency power amplifier module with high isolation between the amplifiers is provided. To reduce wrapping around from a low-power amplifier section in an activated state to a high-power amplifier section in a deactivated state or from the high-power amplifier section in an activated state to the low-power amplifier section in a deactivated state, an input matching circuit having high isolation characteristics is included in an input matching circuit portion which does not have much to do with amplifier efficiency. Switching of each of the amplifier sections between an activated state and a deactivated state is effected by control using bias input terminals.
Abstract:
In a base-bias-control-type high-frequency power amplifier with a plural stage configuration, a rising voltage of a base bias current supplied to an initial stage transistor is made lower than a rising voltage of a base bias current supplied to a second stage transistor by a bias circuit, and a difference between the both voltages is set to be smaller than a base-emitter voltage of an amplifying stage transistor. Also, a rising voltage of a base bias current supplied to a third stage transistor is made equal to the rising voltage of the base bias current supplied to an initial stage transistor. Accordingly, a technology capable of improving the power control linearity can be provided in a high-frequency power amplifier used in a polar-loop transmitter or the like.
Abstract:
An amplifier using a wide band, high efficiency, and low distortion amplifier free from clipping distortion, and a high efficiency and low distortion radio frequency power amplifier, using that amplifier, which can be applied to wide band wireless communication systems are provided. The amplifier has a DC—DC converter 2, augmented with a low pass filter 4, for amplifying the low frequency components of an input signal from a terminal 5, and a class B amplifier, augmented with a high pass filter, for amplifying the input signal and supplying its high frequency components after amplification. The DC—DC converter and the class B amplifier are connected in parallel, and the power supply voltage of the class B amplifier is controlled with the low frequency components of the input signal.