Abstract:
Disclosed herein is an automatic gain control circuit including a power detector. The automatic gain control circuit includes a receiving unit for receiving an RF signal and a gain control unit for controlling the gain of the receiving unit. The receiving unit comprises an amplification part including a low noise amplifier and a gain amplifier for amplifying the RF signal, a mixer for down-converting and tuning the RF signal output from the gain amplifier, a low pass filter for receiving the down-converted signal from the mixer, and an intermediate frequency variable gain amplifier for amplifying the signal filtered by the low pass filter to an intermediate frequency signal. The gain control unit comprises a received signal strength indicator connected to the output port of the low pass filter to detect the level of the output signal of the low pass filter, a first comparator for comparing the output signal level detected by the received signal strength indicator with a reference signal level, a power detector for detecting the output signal level of the amplification part of the receiving unit, a second comparator for comparing the output signal level detected by the power detector with a reference signal level, and a gain controller for increasing, decreasing or holding the gain in response to the signals output from the first and second comparators.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a filter, and more particularly, to a tracking filter for selecting a channel of a wideband frequency. The tracking filter for selecting a channel of a wideband frequency, which is for increasing the selectivity of a wideband frequency, includes: a first tracking portion for filtering and amplifying a specific frequency band while converting a low input impedance of the input terminal of the tracking filter into a high impedance; a second tracking portion for maintaining the high impedance of the first tracking portion, and for filtering and amplifying the specific frequency band while increasing the selectivity Q of a frequency outputted from the first tracking portion; and a third tracking portion for filtering the specific band wherein has low input impedance and high output impedance.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a filter and, more particularly, to a tuning circuit of a filter for correcting a cut-off frequency of the filter. The tuning circuit comprises a current generation unit having a first transistor and a variable resistor unit, and a capacitance correction unit having a second transistor, a capacitor unit, an up-down counter and a selection unit for selecting a control path of the up-down counter for varying the resistance or capacitance.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to improved linearity of an active circuit, and more particularly, to an active circuit having improved linearity using a main circuit unit and an assistant circuit unit. According to the present invention, the common gate circuit includes a main circuit unit consisting of a common gate circuit having a drain terminal through which an input signal is output as an output signal, an assistant circuit unit having a common gate circuit in order to assist the linearity of the main circuit unit, a biasing unit for biasing the main circuit unit and the assistant circuit unit, respectively, and load stages connected to output stages of the main circuit unit and the assistant circuit unit, wherein the output stages of the main circuit unit and the assistant circuit unit are coupled to each other.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a circuit for generating reference current. The circuit for generating reference current comprises a current providing unit for generate a PTAT current, mirroring the PTAT current to generate an analogous PTAT current and generate an analogous BGR current, a current ratio control unit for generating an analogous BGR current in a first ratio, a PTAT current in a second ratio, and a current corresponding to the difference between the analogous PTAT current in the second ratio and the analogous BGR current in the first ratio, and a current increasing/decreasing unit for generating a BGR current in the first ratio.
Abstract:
Provided is a frequency converter using an amplification circuit that is improved with linearity by coupling a main transistor and an auxiliary transistor in parallel. An amplification circuit that is improved with linearity comprises an input block amplifying an input signal, an induction block inducing a current proportionate to an output signal of the input block and an amplification block comprising. The amplification block comprises a main transistor amplifying the output signal of the induction block, wherein the main transistor is biased to operate at a saturation region and an auxiliary transistor amplifying the output signal of the induction block, wherein the auxiliary transistor is biased to operate at a subthreshold region and coupled to the main transistor in parallel.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a filter, and more particularly, to a tracking filter for selecting a channel of a wideband frequency. The tracking filter for selecting a channel of a wideband frequency, which is for increasing the selectivity of a wideband frequency, includes: a first tracking portion for filtering and amplifying a specific frequency band while converting a low input impedance of the input terminal of the tracking filter into a high impedance; a second tracking portion for maintaining the high impedance of the first tracking portion, and for filtering and amplifying the specific frequency band while increasing the selectivity Q of a frequency outputted from the first tracking portion; and a third tracking portion for filtering the specific band wherein has low input impedance and high output impedance.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a harmonic circuit for improving linearity, the harmonic circuit according to the present invention comprises a first terminal connected to a collector of a NPN transistor and a second terminal connected to an emitter of the NPN transistor, and removes inter-modulation noise from the signal appeared at the collector of the NPN transistor. The harmonic circuit includes a PNP transistor, a first resistor, and a second resistor. The PNP transistor generates harmonic components without affecting the main signal, and the harmonic components that are generated by the PNP transistor compensate the harmonic components that are generated by the NPN transistor by having load of different sign from the load of the harmonic components that are generated by the NPN transistor. In addition, the harmonic circuit further includes a phase shifter to compensate the phase distortion that is generated from non-linear devices, and it can reduce the inter-modulation noise more minutely by implementing the PNP transistor using a plurality of Darlington-connected PNP transistors.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a high linearity programmable gain amplifier using a switch, including an attenuating portion for controlling a gain of a signal and an amplifying portion having a first amplifying part and a second amplifying part, for amplifying an input signal and outputting a signal amplified, wherein the first amplifying part has a first amplifier for amplifying an input signal and a first switch for activating the first amplifier and the second amplifying part has a second amplifier for amplifying an input signal and a second switch for activating the second amplifier.
Abstract:
This present invention is related to a variable gain low noise amplifier which is operated to the best operation of input matching, gain and noise characteristics, linearity. The variable gain low noise amplifier according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a first amplifying cell operated in high gain mode, second amplifying cell operated in low gain mode, selectively matching circuit, and fist short-circuit means. It is provided to the variable gain low noise amplifier according to the present invention for operating the best operation in each gain mode so that the circuit operated in high and low gain modes is not affect to a load with each other.