CN113630097B - Transistor amplifier for combining and cancelling differential mode signals - Google Patents
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The invention discloses a transistor amplifier for combining and cancelling differential mode signals, which comprises a transistor amplifier and a differential common emitter structure amplifier, wherein the transistor amplifier comprises a differential common emitter structure amplifier (1) and a differential common base structure amplifier (2), the in-phase input end (3) of the differential common emitter structure amplifier (1) is connected with the in-phase input end of the differential common base structure amplifier (2), the reverse phase input end (4) is connected with the reverse phase input end of the differential common base structure amplifier, the in-phase output end (5) of the differential common emitter structure amplifier (1) is connected with the in-phase output end of the differential common base amplifier (2), and the reverse phase output end (6) is connected with the reverse phase output end of the differential common base structure amplifier (2); the differential common-emitter amplifier and the differential common-base amplifier are connected in a parallel and staggered mode, differential mode signal power synthesis and common mode signal power offset are achieved, and the differential common-emitter amplifier and the differential common-base amplifier have excellent performance which cannot be achieved by a traditional structure.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to a novel transistor amplifier topological structure, in particular to an amplifier structure which is manufactured by adopting a semiconductor integrated circuit process and uses a transistor to amplify radio frequency signals so as to improve the indexes of the amplifier such as bandwidth, gain, input matching, common mode rejection, harmonic rejection, isolation, stability and the like.
Background
The radio frequency amplifier is one of the core modules of a radio frequency circuit system, and the performance of the radio frequency amplifier directly affects the detection capability of a military radar system, the communication quality of a modern communication system, the detection range of radio astronomy and the working performance of radio frequency instrument equipment. With the further development of radio technology, the frequency band covered by the current radio frequency technology has been from a low frequency band, covering to a millimeter wave frequency band, and is evolving to a terahertz frequency band. Because the frequency bands of the millimeter wave and the terahertz frequency band are wider and can be used for transmitting higher speed, higher communication capacity is obtained, more and more applications including wireless local area networks, terahertz imaging, millimeter wave vehicle-mounted radars, spectroscopy, remote sensing and the like have emerged to the millimeter wave and the terahertz frequency band internationally at present, and a large number of frequency bands are not developed and utilized, so that the requirements on radio frequency amplifiers are higher and higher.
However, as the frequency rises, the performance of the rf amplifier is rapidly reduced, and for all the millimeter wave and terahertz systems, the design of the high-performance rf amplifier is a difficult point.
The traditional amplifier adopts three structures of common-emitter (source), common-base (grid) and common-collector (drain), or three structures are used in cascade (such as a common-emitter common-base Cascode structure), but due to the physical characteristics of the transistor and the influence of parasitic parameters, the three structures can not provide indexes such as large bandwidth, high gain, high common-mode rejection, high isolation and the like at the same time, and a complex peripheral structure must be introduced and part of performances must be sacrificed to realize some points in the indexes.
Therefore, it is necessary to invent a transistor amplifier structure capable of greatly reducing the influence of parasitic parameters of transistors and compensating the physical characteristics of transistors, so as to be applied to various radio frequency signal amplification circuits, thereby solving the problem of mutual restriction among indexes in the conventional structure.
Disclosure of Invention
The technical problem is as follows: the invention aims to provide a transistor amplifier for combining and cancelling differential mode signals and common mode signals, in particular to a novel transistor amplifier structure which is manufactured by adopting a semiconductor integrated circuit process and adopts a transistor to amplify signals so as to improve indexes such as bandwidth, gain, input matching, common mode rejection, harmonic rejection, isolation, stability and the like of the amplifier.
The technical scheme is as follows: the invention relates to a transistor amplifier for combining and cancelling differential mode signals, which comprises a path of differential common emitter structure amplifier and a path of differential common base structure amplifier, wherein the in-phase input end of the differential common emitter structure amplifier (1) is connected with the in-phase input end of the differential common base structure amplifier, the reverse phase input end of the differential common emitter structure amplifier is connected with the reverse phase input end of the differential common base structure amplifier, the in-phase output end of the differential common emitter structure amplifier is connected with the in-phase output end of the differential common base amplifier, and the reverse phase output end of the differential common emitter structure amplifier is connected with the reverse phase output end of the differential common base structure amplifier;
four current paths between collector of common emitter structure amplifier and emitter of common base structure amplifier to provide bias current I of transistor 1 Bias current I 2 Bias current I 3 Bias current I 4 Two voltage paths between the base of the amplifier and the emitter of the common emitter amplifier in a common base configuration to provide a bias voltage V for the transistor bias,b Bias voltage V bias,e Differential input port V at the base of the amplifier (1) in common emitter configuration or at the emitter of the amplifier in common base configuration in +, differential input port V in Differential output port V at the collector of the amplifier in common emitter configuration or at the collector of the amplifier in common base configuration out +, differential output port V out -。
The differential common emitter structure amplifier consists of a third transistor and a fourth transistor, wherein the base electrode of the third transistor is connected with a differential input port V in The base of the fourth transistor is connected to the differential input port V in The collector of the third transistor is connected with a differential output port V out The collector of the fourth transistor is connected with a differential output port V out -。
The differential common base structure amplifier is composed of a first transistor and a second transistor common base, wherein the emitter of the first transistor is connected with a differential input port V in The emitter of the second transistor is connected to the differential input port V in The collector of the first transistor is connected with a differential output port V out The collector of the second transistor is connected with a differential output port V out -。
The first transistor, the second transistor, the third transistor and the fourth transistor are bipolar junction transistors BJTs, metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors MOSFETs or high electron mobility transistors HEMTs.
When the first transistor, the second transistor, the third transistor and the fourth transistor are Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOSFETs) or High Electron Mobility Transistors (HEMTs), the electrodes of the transistors are named differently, and the emitter, the base and the collector are correspondingly a source, a gate and a drain.
The two bases of the differential common emitter amplifier and the two emitters of the differential common base amplifier are respectively connected with the non-inverting input end and the inverting input end through connecting wires or are in alternating current connection through a capacitor or other circuit elements; the two collectors of the differential common emitter structure amplifier and the two collectors of the differential common base structure amplifier are respectively connected with the in-phase output end and the anti-phase output end through connecting wires or are in alternating current connection through a capacitor or other elements.
The bias current I of the transistor positioned in the four current paths of the collector of the differential common emitter structure amplifier and the emitter of the differential common base structure amplifier 1 Bias current I 2 Bias current I 3 Bias current I 4 By resistors, inductors, transmission lines, transformers, baluns or elements that can provide voltage or current bias.
The bias voltage V of the two voltage paths of the base electrode of the differential common base electrode structure amplifier and the emitter electrode of the differential common emitter structure amplifier bias,b Bias voltage V bias,e By means of resistors, inductors, transmission lines, transformers, baluns or elements which can provide a voltage or current bias.
Has the advantages that:
1) The bandwidth, gain, input matching, common mode rejection, harmonic rejection, isolation, and stability performance of the transistor amplifier are greatly improved.
2) There is no special requirement for the transistor, and various transistors such as a Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT), a Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (MOSFET), a High Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT), etc. may be selected.
3) It is suitable for various amplifier application occasions such as radio frequency receiver, radar, radio telescope, radio frequency instrument, etc.
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FIG. 1 (a) is a schematic diagram of a transistor amplifier topology (using bipolar junction transistors) for combining and canceling differential mode signals in the present invention; FIG. 1 (b) is a schematic diagram of a transistor amplifier topology (using NMOS or HEMT transistors) in which differential mode signals are combined and cancelled;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a circuit employing the present invention in a wideband differential amplifier and using a balun to provide current bias;
fig. 3 is a comparison of the performance index of a conventional cascode amplifier and a conventional cascode amplifier under the same bias, with the index applied to a wideband differential amplifier. Wherein (a) is input matching S11 parameter, (b) is reverse isolation S12 parameter, (c) is forward gain S21 parameter, (d) is output matching S22 parameter, (e) is stability factor K parameter, and (f) is common mode stability factor K CM Parameters, (g) are the maximum gain MaxGain parameters, (h) are the results of input matching S11 and output matching S22 in the Smith chart. Each index is far superior or similar to the traditional amplifier structure.
The figure shows that: a differential common emitter structure amplifier 1, a differential common base structure amplifier 2, a non-inverting input terminal 3 of the differential common emitter structure amplifier, an inverting input terminal 4 of the differential common emitter structure amplifier, a non-inverting output terminal 5 of the differential common emitter structure amplifier, an inverting output terminal 6 of the differential common emitter structure amplifier, a bias current I 1 7. Bias current I 2 8. Bias current I 3 9. Bias current I 4 10. Bias voltage V bias,b 11. Bias voltage V bias,e 12. Differential input port V in +13 differential input port V in -14, differential output port V out +15, differential output port V out -16; a first transistor M1, a second transistor M2, a third transistor M3, and a fourth transistor M4; collector c of the first transistor 1 Collector c of the second transistor 2 A collector c of the third transistor 3 Collector c of fourth transistor M4 4 。
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The basic structure of the present invention is a transistor amplifier topology where the differential mode signals are combined and cancelled out with the common mode signals, as shown in fig. 1 (a). In the figure, the first transistor M1 and the second transistor M2 at the upper part form a differential common base amplifier structure, and the third transistor M3 and the fourth transistor at the lower partThe transistor M4 forms a differential common emitter amplifier structure, the non-inverting input terminal 3 of the differential common emitter amplifier 1 is connected with the non-inverting input terminal of the differential common base amplifier 2, the inverting input terminal 4 of the differential common emitter amplifier 1 is connected with the inverting input terminal of the differential common base amplifier, the non-inverting output terminal 5 of the differential common emitter amplifier 1 is connected with the non-inverting output terminal of the differential common base amplifier 2, the inverting output terminal 6 of the differential common emitter amplifier 1 is connected with the inverting output terminal of the differential common base amplifier 2, and four current paths, namely bias current I, are positioned between the collector of the common emitter amplifier and the emitter of the common base amplifier 1 7. Bias current I 2 8. Bias current I 3 9. Bias current I 4 10 providing a bias current for the transistor, a bias voltage V being a two-way voltage path between the base of the common base amplifier and the emitter of the common emitter amplifier bias,b 11. Bias voltage V bias,e 12 to provide bias voltages for the transistors, differential input port V at the base of the common emitter amplifier or at the emitter of the common base amplifier in +13 differential input port V in -14 differential output port V forming a differential input port, located at the collector of the common emitter amplifier or at the collector of the common base amplifier out +15, differential output port V out -16 constitute a differential output port.
As shown in fig. 1 (b), when the transistor used is not a bipolar junction transistor BJT, the BJT in fig. 1 (a) can be replaced by a corresponding transistor (e.g., an nmos field effect transistor or a hemt); when the first transistor M1, the second transistor M2, the third transistor M3, and the fourth transistor M4 are MOSFETs or HEMTs, the emitter, the base, and the collector are correspondingly a source, a gate, and a drain, and the electrodes of the transistors are named differently.
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a circuit for applying the present invention in a wideband differential amplifier, which also uses a method of providing current bias via a balun;
FIG. 3 is a drawing of a haircutThe performance index comparison result of the index applied to a broadband differential amplifier and the performance index of the traditional common-emitter differential amplifier and the traditional common-base amplifier under the same bias is shown. As can be seen from fig. 3 (a), after the present invention is used, the input matching S11 of the amplifier is lower than-35 dB in the full frequency band, which is far better than the conventional common-emitter structure and the conventional common-base structure; in fig. 3 (b), the reverse isolation S12 of the amplifier is the lowest in the full band, which is far better than the conventional cascode structure and the conventional cascode structure; in fig. 3 (c), the forward gain S21 of the amplifier is highest in the full frequency band, which is much better than the conventional cascode structure and the conventional cascode structure; in fig. 3 (d), the output matching S22 of the amplifier is the lowest in the full band, which is far better than the conventional cascode structure and the conventional cascode structure; in fig. 3 (e), the stability factor K of the amplifier is greater than 1 in the full band, which is much better than the conventional cascode structure and the conventional common-emitter structure; in FIG. 3 (f), the common mode stability factor K of the amplifier CM The full frequency band is far larger than 1, and is far superior to the traditional common-emitter structure and the traditional common-base structure; in fig. 3 (g), the maximum gain of the amplifier MaxGain is equivalent to the conventional cascode structure in the full band and the conventional cascode structure; in fig. 3 (h), the input match S11 of the amplifier is centered on the Smith chart for the full band, which is up to the full band.
The foregoing is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and it should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, various modifications and decorations can be made without departing from the principle of the present invention, and these modifications and decorations should also be regarded as the protection scope of the present invention.
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1. A transistor amplifier for combining and cancelling differential mode signals is characterized by comprising a differential common emitter structure amplifier (1) and a differential common base structure amplifier (2), wherein the non-inverting input end (3) of the differential common emitter structure amplifier (1) is connected with the non-inverting input end of the differential common base structure amplifier (2), the inverting input end (4) of the differential common emitter structure amplifier (1) is connected with the inverting input end of the differential common base structure amplifier, the non-inverting output end (5) of the differential common emitter structure amplifier (1) is connected with the non-inverting output end of the differential common base structure amplifier (2), and the inverting output end (6) of the differential common emitter structure amplifier (1) is connected with the inverting output end of the differential common base structure amplifier (2);
four current paths between collector of common emitter configuration amplifier (1) and emitter of common base configuration amplifier (2) to provide bias current I for the transistor 1 (7) Bias current I 2 (8) Bias current I 3 (9) Bias current I 4 (10) Two voltage paths between the base of the amplifier (2) in the common base configuration and the emitter of the amplifier (1) in the common emitter configuration for providing a bias voltage V for the transistor bias,b (11) Bias voltage V bias,e (12) A differential input port V positioned at the base of the common emitter structure amplifier (1) or the emitter of the common base structure amplifier (2) in + (13) differential input port V in - (14) a differential output port V at the collector of the amplifier (1) or at the collector of the amplifier (2) of common emitter configuration out + (15) differential output port V out -(16)。
2. The differential-mode signal and common-mode signal combining and canceling transistor amplifier as claimed in claim 1, wherein the differential common-emitter structure amplifier (1) is composed of a third transistor (M3) and a fourth transistor (M4) with common emitters, and the base of the third transistor (M3) is connected to the differential input port V in - (14), the base of the fourth transistor (M4) being connected to the differential input port V in + (13), collector of third transistor (c) 3 ) Is connected with a differential output port V out + (15), collector (c) of fourth transistor (M4) 4 ) Is connected with a differential output port V out -(16)。
3. The differential-mode signal combining and common-mode signal canceling transistor amplifier according to claim 1, wherein the differential common-base structure amplifier (2) comprises a first transistor (M1) and a second transistor (M2) having common bases, and an emitter of the first transistor (M1) is connected to the differential input port V in - (14), the emitter of the second transistor (M2) being connected to the differential input port V in + (13), collector of first transistor(c 1 ) Is connected with a differential output port V out + (15), collector of second transistor (c) 2 ) Is connected with a differential output port V out -(16)。
4. The transistor amplifier according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the first transistor (M1), the second transistor (M2), the third transistor (M3), and the fourth transistor (M4) are Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJTs), metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOSFETs), or High Electron Mobility Transistors (HEMTs).
5. The differential-mode signal combining and cancelling transistor amplifier of claim 4, wherein the first transistor (M1), the second transistor (M2), the third transistor (M3), and the fourth transistor (M4) are Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOSFET) or High Electron Mobility Transistors (HEMT), and the emitter, the base, and the collector are correspondingly the source, the gate, and the drain, respectively, when the electrodes of the transistors are named differently.
6. The differential-mode signal and common-mode signal combining and canceling transistor amplifier according to claim 1, wherein the two bases of the differential common-emitter amplifier (1) and the two emitters of the differential common-base amplifier (2) are respectively connected with the non-inverting input terminal (3) and the inverting input terminal (4) through wires, or are in alternating current connection through a capacitor or other circuit elements; two collectors of the differential common emitter structure amplifier (1) and two collectors of the differential common base structure amplifier (2) are respectively connected with the in-phase output end (5) and the anti-phase output end (6) through connecting wires or are in alternating current connection through a capacitor or other elements.
7. Transistor amplifier for the summation and cancellation of differential and common mode signals according to claim 1, characterized by the bias of the transistors in the four current paths of the differential common emitter structure amplifier (1) collector and the differential common base structure amplifier (2) emitterCurrent I is put 1 (7) Bias current I 2 (8) Bias current I 3 (9) Bias current I 4 (10) By resistors, inductors, transmission lines, transformers, baluns or elements that can provide voltage or current bias.
8. Transistor amplifier for the combination and cancellation of differential and common mode signals according to claim 1, characterized in that the bias voltage V of the two-way voltage path between the base of the differential common base structure amplifier (2) and the emitter of the differential common emitter structure amplifier (1) bias,b (11) Bias voltage V bias,e (12) By means of resistors, inductors, transmission lines, transformers, baluns or elements which can provide a voltage or current bias.
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