CN201869171U - Biasing circuit and power amplifying circuit - Google Patents

Biasing circuit and power amplifying circuit Download PDF

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CN201869171U
CN201869171U CN2010206386690U CN201020638669U CN201869171U CN 201869171 U CN201869171 U CN 201869171U CN 2010206386690 U CN2010206386690 U CN 2010206386690U CN 201020638669 U CN201020638669 U CN 201020638669U CN 201869171 U CN201869171 U CN 201869171U
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雷良军
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The utility model discloses a biasing circuit comprising an input end, an output end, a second thyristor, a first resistor, a second resistor and a digital adjustable resistor, wherein the digital adjustable resistor and the second resistor are sequentially connected in series between the input end and the collector electrode of the second thyristor, the first resistor is connected in series between the output end and the base electrode of the second thyristor, the intermediate node of the second resistor and the digital adjustable resistor is connected with the base electrode of the second thyristor, and the emitter electrode of the second thyristor is connected with the ground. The biasing circuit is connected with a biasing voltage by the input end and provides biasing for a power amplifier by the output end.

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Biasing circuit and power amplification circuit thereof
[technical field]
The utility model relates to the IC design field, especially relates to a kind of biasing circuit and its power amplification circuit.
[background technology]
In IC (Integrated Circuit) design, designing an outstanding dc bias circuit (DC Bias Circuit) is a very arduous job, especially designs such as power amplifier for designing complicated circuit.This is because some circuit performance height depend on the dc bias circuit control precision, such as the power output and the power added efficiency of power amplifier.
Radio frequency (Radio Frequency, RF)/microwave integrated circuit in, have two factors may cause the variation of dc offset voltage.One is the model accuracy that uses in simulation software, and another is the process deviation that is caused by the semiconductor manufacturing.For Designing power amplifier goes out an outstanding dc bias circuit, not only need to do a large amount of simulation work, also need to do a large amount of accent work of repairing.
For the problems referred to above three kinds of solutions are arranged at present.
1, improves the model accuracy of active device and passive device, need do a lot of enquiry based works in order to realize this purpose.
2, repair accent in design, this will expend a large amount of time, and need the engineer to do extensive work in the laboratory.Usually, need to adjust resistance with coupling entire circuit demand by laser trimming device (Laser Trimmer).In order to satisfy laser trimming device needs, also need the engineer to do a large amount of design works, such as the many dissimilar patterns of design.
3, in manufacture process, adjust design by the self adaptation metal level.Though this method can improve output, this program itself can increase a lot of production costs, and this program also is very consuming time.
Therefore, wish that a kind of improved biasing circuit of proposition and power amplification circuit overcome the problems referred to above.
[utility model content]
One of the purpose of this utility model is to provide a kind of biasing circuit that can address the above problem.
Two of the purpose of this utility model provides a kind of power amplification circuit that can address the above problem.
In order to address the above problem, according to an aspect of the present utility model, the utility model provides a kind of biasing circuit, and it comprises: input, output, transistor seconds, first resistance, second resistance and digital adjustable resistance.Described digital adjustable resistance and described second resistance are connected between the collector electrode of described input and transistor seconds successively, described first resistance string is coupled between the base stage of described output and transistor seconds, the intermediate node of described second resistance and described digital adjustable resistance links to each other with the base stage of transistor seconds, and the emitter of described transistor seconds links to each other with ground.Wherein said biasing circuit connects bias voltage by input, provides biasing by output for power amplifier.
Further, described digital adjustable resistance comprises some resistance units and some switch elements, by the series connection of part or all of resistance unit being selected in the conducting of described switch element or the control that ends or and being connected to form described digital adjustable resistance.
Further, the control signal of each switch element is respectively from a memory circuit, realizes adjustment to the resistance of described digital adjustable resistance by the programming to memory circuit.
Further, described resistance unit is N, is designated as R31, R32, R3N respectively, wherein is provided with: R32=2 2-1* R31, R33=2 3-1* R31, R3N=2 N-1* R31, wherein N is a natural number.
According to another aspect of the present utility model, the utility model provides a kind of power amplification circuit, and it comprises: power amplifier and the biasing circuit of biasing is provided for power amplifier.Described biasing circuit comprises: input, output, transistor seconds, first resistance, second resistance and digital adjustable resistance.Described digital adjustable resistance and described second resistance are connected between the collector electrode of described input and transistor seconds successively, described first resistance string is coupled between the base stage of described output and transistor seconds, the intermediate node of described second resistance and described digital adjustable resistance links to each other with the base stage of transistor seconds, and the emitter of described transistor seconds links to each other with ground.Wherein said biasing circuit connects bias voltage by input, provides biasing by output for power amplifier.
Further, described power amplification circuit also includes: input and output capacitors, and an end of described input capacitance connects the base stage of described power amplifier, other end input radio frequency input signal; One end of described output capacitance connects the collector electrode of described power amplifier, other end output radio frequency amplifying signal.
According to another aspect of the present utility model, the utility model provides a kind of biasing circuit, and it includes digital adjustable resistance.Described digital adjustable resistance comprises some resistance units and some switch elements, by the series connection of part or all of resistance unit being selected in the conducting of described switch element or the control that ends or and being connected to form described digital adjustable resistance.
Further, the control signal of each switch element is respectively from a memory circuit, realizes adjustment to the resistance of described digital adjustable resistance by the programming to memory circuit.
Further, described resistance unit is N, is designated as R31, R32, R3N respectively, wherein is provided with: R32=2 2-1* R31, R33=2 3-1* R31, R3N=2 N-1* R31, wherein N is a natural number.
Compared with prior art, replaced with digital resistance in the biasing circuit in the utility model and repaiied accent resistance, thereby made that the design of biasing circuit is more simple, performance is more accurately controlled.
About other purposes of the present utility model, feature and advantage are described in detail in embodiment below in conjunction with accompanying drawing.
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In conjunction with reaching ensuing detailed description with reference to the accompanying drawings, the utility model will be more readily understood, the structure member that wherein same Reference numeral is corresponding same, wherein:
Fig. 1 shows the circuit diagram that can be used for cellular power amplification circuit in the utility model;
Fig. 2 A is an example of the adjustable resistance in the biasing circuit among Fig. 1;
Fig. 2 B is another example of the adjustable resistance in the biasing circuit among Fig. 1;
Fig. 2 C is another example of the adjustable resistance in the biasing circuit among Fig. 1.
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For above-mentioned purpose of the present utility model, feature and advantage can be become apparent more, the utility model is described in further detail below in conjunction with the drawings and specific embodiments.
Detailed description of the present utility model mainly presents by program, step, logical block, process or other symbolistic descriptions, the running of the technical scheme in its direct or indirect simulation the utility model.Affiliated those of skill in the art use these descriptions herein and state that the others skilled in the art in affiliated field effectively introduce their work essence.
Alleged herein " embodiment " or " embodiment " are meant that special characteristic, structure or the characteristic relevant with described embodiment can be contained at least one implementation of the utility model at least.Different local in this manual " in one embodiment " that occur also nonessentially all refer to same embodiment, must not be yet with other embodiment mutually exclusive separately or select embodiment.In addition, represent the sequence of modules in method, flow chart or the functional block diagram of one or more embodiment and revocablely refer to any particular order, also do not constitute restriction of the present utility model.
Fig. 1 shows the circuit diagram that can be used for cellular power amplification circuit 100 in the utility model.Described power amplification circuit 100 comprises power amplifier Q1, the input capacitance Cin that links to each other with the base stage of power amplifier Q1, the output capacitance Cout that links to each other with the collector electrode of power amplifier Q1 and the biasing circuit 110 that biasing is provided for power amplifier Q1.
The other end P1 of described input capacitance Cin can import the RF input signal, and the other end P2 of described output capacitance Cout can export the RF output signal of amplifying via power amplifier Q1.Collector electrode P3 and the power Vcc of power amplifier Q1 are electrical connected, its grounded emitter.Described power amplifier Q1 can amplify the RF output signal that obtains amplifying to the RF input signal.
Described biasing circuit 110 has the input P2 that connects bias voltage Vbais, and it provides biasing according to described bias voltage Vbais to the base stage of described power amplifier Q1.Described biasing circuit 110 comprises transistor Q2, resistance R 1, resistance R 2 and digital adjustable resistance R3.Described digital adjustable resistance R3 and described resistance R 2 are connected between input P2 and the transistorized collector electrode successively, described resistance R 1 is series between the base stage of the base stage of power amplifier Q1 and transistor Q2, the intermediate node of described resistance R 2 and digital adjustable resistance R3 links to each other the grounded emitter of described transistor Q2 with the base stage of transistor Q2.
In order to make described biasing circuit 110 biasing more accurately is provided for power amplifier Q1, can repair accent wanting accurately to the resistance R 3 in the described biasing circuit 110 with the coupling entire circuit.In the prior art repairing of the resistance in the bigoted circuit being transferred generally all is that the mode that adopts laser trimming or self adaptation metal level to repair accent is adjusted, and as mentioning in the background, aforesaid way all has very big shortcoming or limitation.In the utility model, described resistance R 3 adopts digital adjustable resistance, can accurately control the size of described resistance R 3 by software programming, like this can be so that the design of biasing circuit 110 is more simple, performance is more accurately controlled, also can reduce the requirement of 110 pairs of manufacturing process of described biasing circuit simultaneously.
Described digital adjustable resistance can comprise some resistance units and some switch elements, and the number of resistance unit and switch element can design according to requirement of engineering, for the RF dc bias circuit, common 3 or 4 just much of that.Conducting by each switch element or the combination that ends can be selected the serial or parallel connection of part or all of resistance unit and and then form final digital adjustable resistance.Therefore, by can realize adjustment to the conducting of described switch element or the control that ends to the resistance of described digital adjustable resistance.The control signal of each switch element is respectively from a memory circuit (not shown).Can realize programming by software, thereby can control the conducting of each switch element or end, and then realize adjustment the resistance of described digital adjustable resistance to memory circuit.Like this, to the repairing accent and will become simple unusually of resistance R 3, and can carry out the accent of repairing repeatedly.
Fig. 2 A shows the example of the digital adjustable resistance R3 in the biasing circuit 110 among Fig. 1, wherein said digital adjustable resistance R3 comprises three resistance unit R31, R32, R33 and four switch element SW1, SW2, SW3, SW4, carry out the resistance adjustment by controlling described switch element, such as switch element SW1 and all conductings of SW2, the rest switch unit ends, R31 is skipped owing to short circuit like this, then R3=R32+R33; Switch element SW1, SW2, SW3 conducting for another example, the rest switch unit ends, and R31, R32 are skipped owing to short circuit like this, then R3=R33.
Fig. 2 B shows another example of the digital adjustable resistance R3 in the biasing circuit 110 among Fig. 1, and wherein the difference of the example shown in this example and Fig. 2 A is: the number of switch element and arrangement mode, it is identical that resistance is adjusted mode.
Fig. 2 C shows another example of the digital adjustable resistance R3 in the biasing circuit 110 among Fig. 1.As shown in the figure, described digital adjustable resistance R3 comprise mutual series connection N resistance unit R31, R32, R3N and with N N switch element SW31, SW32, the SW3N that resistance unit is corresponding.In one embodiment, can be provided with: R32=2 2-1* R31, R33=2 3-1* R31 ..., R3N=2 N-1* R31 can obtain the Standard resistance range from 0 to (2 of digital adjustable resistance R3 like this N-1) Standard resistance range of * R31, wherein N is a natural number.In one embodiment, the resistance of N resistance can be consistent, such as being 10 ohm, also can be set to various resistances as required, such as being respectively 20 ohm, 25 ohm and 30 ohm etc.
Fig. 2 A, Fig. 2 B and Fig. 2 C only are exemplary three examples that provided, and can design various digital adjustable resistances according to identical or similar principle.
The structure that it is pointed out that the biasing circuit 110 in the utility model also can adopt the biasing circuit of other types, as long as this biasing circuit can provide biasing for power amplifier Q1.All biasing circuits all can run into the accent problem of repairing of resistance usually when design, adopt the digital adjustable resistance in the utility model can make the design of various biasing circuits more simple, and performance is more accurately controlled.
The implication that links to each other or connect in the utility model not only comprises directly joins or connects, also comprises linking to each other indirectly or connecting, such as via continuous behind a resistance, the functional circuit.
Above the utility model has been carried out the enough detailed description with certain particularity.Under those of ordinary skill in the field should be appreciated that the description among the embodiment only is exemplary, under the prerequisite that does not depart from true spirit of the present utility model and scope, make change and all should belong to protection range of the present utility model.The utility model scope required for protection is limited by described claims, rather than limit by the foregoing description among the embodiment.

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1. biasing circuit, it is characterized in that: it comprises: input, output, transistor seconds, first resistance, second resistance and digital adjustable resistance,
Described digital adjustable resistance and described second resistance are connected between the collector electrode of described input and transistor seconds successively, described first resistance string is coupled between the base stage of described output and transistor seconds, the intermediate node of described second resistance and described digital adjustable resistance links to each other with the base stage of transistor seconds, the emitter of described transistor seconds links to each other with ground
Wherein said biasing circuit connects bias voltage by input, provides biasing by output for power amplifier.
2. biasing circuit according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, described digital adjustable resistance comprises some resistance units and some switch elements, by the series connection of part or all of resistance unit being selected in the conducting of described switch element or the control that ends or and being connected to form described digital adjustable resistance.
3. biasing circuit according to claim 2 is characterized in that, the control signal of each switch element is respectively from a memory circuit, realizes adjustment to the resistance of described digital adjustable resistance by the programming to memory circuit.
4. biasing circuit according to claim 2 is characterized in that, described resistance unit is N, is designated as R31, R32, R3N respectively, wherein is provided with: R32=2 2-1* R31, R33=2 3-1* R31, R3N=2 N-1* R31, wherein N is a natural number.
5. power amplification circuit, it is characterized in that: it comprises: power amplifier and for power amplifier provide biasing as the arbitrary described biasing circuit of claim 1 to 4.
6. power amplification circuit according to claim 5 is characterized in that it also includes: input and output capacitors,
One end of described input capacitance connects the base stage of described power amplifier, other end input radio frequency input signal; One end of described output capacitance connects the collector electrode of described power amplifier, other end output radio frequency amplifying signal.
7. biasing circuit, it is characterized in that: it includes digital adjustable resistance, described digital adjustable resistance comprises some resistance units and some switch elements, by the series connection of part or all of resistance unit being selected in the conducting of described switch element or the control that ends or and being connected to form described digital adjustable resistance.
8. biasing circuit according to claim 7 is characterized in that, the control signal of each switch element is respectively from a memory circuit, realizes adjustment to the resistance of described digital adjustable resistance by the programming to memory circuit.
9. biasing circuit according to claim 7 is characterized in that, described resistance unit is N, is designated as R31, R32, R3N respectively, wherein is provided with: R32=2 2-1* R31, R33=2 3-1* R31, R3N=2 N-1* R31, wherein N is a natural number.
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