KR20130031522A - Amplifier for boosting gain and frequency mixer using the same - Google Patents
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Abstract
An amplifier boosting gain and a frequency mixer using the same are disclosed. The amplifier includes a first inductor. Here, a bias voltage is input through the first inductor.
Description
The present invention relates to an amplifier boosting gain and a frequency mixer using the same.
A frequency mixer is a device for converting a frequency of an input signal and is mainly used for converting a frequency of an RF signal input through an antenna in a communication system.
In general, the frequency mixer increases the gain by forming N-MOS transistors in a cascode structure as disclosed in Korean Patent Publication No. 2010-60880. However, such a frequency mixer has a problem that the gain is improved but the noise is increased.
In addition, the gain of the frequency mixer is generally about 12 kHz, which does not meet the latest technology requiring high gain.
Therefore, a frequency mixer capable of realizing high gain without increasing noise is required.
The present invention provides an amplifier and a frequency mixer using the same to achieve low noise and high gain.
In order to achieve the above object, an amplifier according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a first inductor. Here, a bias voltage is input through the first inductor.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, a frequency mixer includes: an input unit having a first transistor; A switching unit having a second transistor and a third transistor; An output unit connected between the switching unit and the input unit; And a current bleeding unit connected to the switching unit or the output unit. Here, at least one of the second transistor and the third transistor is a P-MOS transistor.
The amplifier according to the present invention and the frequency mixer using the same may realize a low noise characteristic by implementing a transistor of a switching unit to which an LO signal, which is an oscillation signal, is input as a P-MOS transistor.
In addition, the frequency mixer may implement high gain using a current bleeding unit in which an inductor is connected to a gate terminal of the transistor. While a typical frequency mixer realizes a conversion gain of about 12 Hz, the frequency mixer of the present invention can realize a conversion gain of 25 Hz or more in various frequency bands such as a smartphone frequency band. In particular, the general frequency mixer has a low noise characteristic in order to improve the gain, but the frequency mixer of the present invention may have low noise and low power characteristics while achieving high gain.
1 is a diagram illustrating a circuit structure of a frequency mixer according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram illustrating a circuit structure of a frequency mixer according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram showing the circuit configuration of the frequency mixer according to the third embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating an impedance matching characteristic of a frequency mixer according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a diagram illustrating conversion gain characteristics of a frequency mixer according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a diagram illustrating a noise figure of a frequency mixer according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a circuit diagram of a cascode amplifier according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
The frequency mixer of the present invention is a circuit for converting only the frequency while maintaining the information of the input signal as it is. It can be used as an element to make.
In addition, the amplifier of the present invention and the frequency mixer using the same have low noise, high gain, and low power characteristics as described below, and thus various wireless communication systems requiring such characteristics, for example, space communication systems, Bluetooth, WLAN, mobile communication, etc. It can be used for a terminal.
Hereinafter, various embodiments of the frequency mixer of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
1 is a diagram illustrating a circuit structure of a frequency mixer according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 1, the frequency mixer of the present embodiment includes an
The
The
According to one embodiment of the present invention, at least one of the second transistor M2 and the third transistor M3 is a P-MOS transistor, preferably both P-MOS transistors. As such, when the transistors M2 and M3 of the
According to another embodiment of the present invention, the LO + signal and the LO− signal may be input into the bulk of the transistors M2 and M3.
Considering the
The
The
Compared with the case where the
The inductor L is connected between the power supply unit and the node n4 to reduce the noise by preventing a signal from leaking to the power supply unit, and serves to implement a desired use frequency. Of course, a resistor other than an inductor may be used between the power supply unit and the node n4. However, when the resistor is used, leakage of a signal may occur and noise may increase. Therefore, it is efficient to use the inductor L between the power supply unit and the node n4.
In summary, the frequency mixer of the present embodiment implements the transistors M2 and M3 of the
2 is a diagram illustrating a circuit structure of a frequency mixer according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 2, the frequency mixer of the present embodiment includes an
Since the remaining components except for the
The
The drain terminal of the fourth transistor M4 is connected to the node n4 where the transistors M2 and M3 of the
One end of the first inductor L1 is connected to the gate terminal of the fourth transistor M4, and the other end thereof is connected to, for example, a bias terminal. The first inductor L1 serves to boost the gain. Specifically, the first inductor L1 resonates with the parasitic capacitor Cp generated between the gate terminal and the source terminal of the fourth transistor M4 to boost the gain. In addition, the first inductor L1 also serves to match the input impedance. As a result, since it is not necessary to additionally use an inductor for impedance matching in the
According to an embodiment of the present invention, both the first transistor M1 of the
In summary, the frequency mixer of the present embodiment implements high gain and input impedance matching by connecting the first inductor L1 to the gate terminal of the fourth transistor M4 of the
In terms of power, the current flowing through the second transistor M2, the current flowing through the third transistor M3, and the current flowing through the fourth transistor M4 are added together to flow to the first transistor M1. That is, the current is reused in the first transistor M1, and thus the frequency mixer can be implemented at low power.
In terms of noise, the transistors M2 and M3 of the
3 is a diagram showing the circuit configuration of the frequency mixer according to the third embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 3, the frequency mixer of the present embodiment includes an
Since the remaining components except for the
The
Of course, since the
Hereinafter, the experimental results of the frequency mixer of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the experiment was performed using the frequency mixer of the second embodiment.
4 is a diagram illustrating an impedance matching characteristic of a frequency mixer according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 4,
Referring to FIG. 4, the frequency mixer of the present embodiment achieves impedance matching at about 7 Hz to about 7.4 Hz as shown in the
In particular, the frequency mixer of this embodiment is sharply curved while having a S11 value of about -10 Hz or less at about 7 Hz to about 7.4 Hz, that is, excellent impedance matching characteristics.
5 is a diagram illustrating conversion gain characteristics of a frequency mixer according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 5,
The frequency mixer of the present invention has a conversion gain of about 27 Hz to about 28 Hz as shown in
6 is a diagram illustrating a noise figure of a frequency mixer according to an embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in Fig. 6, the noise figure of the frequency mixer of the present invention is about 3.5 Hz at the used frequency (about 7 Hz to about 7.4 Hz). Considering that the noise figure of the general frequency mixer is about 10 Hz, it can be seen that the noise figure of the frequency mixer of the present invention is considerably low.
In addition, although not shown, the frequency mixer of the present invention has a power consumption of 3.9 kV with respect to a supply voltage of 1.2 V (voltage of the power supply unit), that is, has a low power characteristic.
4 to 6 summarize the features of the frequency mixer of the present invention, the frequency mixer of the present invention has a low noise and low power characteristics while achieving high gain, and has an excellent impedance matching characteristic.
In addition to the experiments of FIGS. 4 to 6, the experiment was additionally performed in the mobile communication terminal band, and the experimental results are shown in Table 1 below. Of course, inductors with different inductances were used in accordance with the change of the use frequency.
As shown in Table 1, the frequency mixer of the present invention implements a desired frequency band, has a high conversion gain of at least 25 kHz, has a low noise characteristic of 3 kHz or less, and has a low power characteristic of about 3.5 kHz. You can check it.
Referring to FIG. 4 to FIG. 6 and Table 1, the frequency mixer of the present invention may have low noise, low power, and high gain characteristics in various frequency bands (3G band, WLAN band, X band space communication band, etc.). In particular, the frequency mixer of the present invention can realize a considerably higher conversion gain while having a lower noise characteristic than a general frequency mixer.
7 is a diagram illustrating a circuit structure of a cascode amplifier according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 7, the cascode amplifier of the present embodiment includes an
The
The
The second transistor M2 forms a cascode structure with the first transistor M1 to realize a high gain.
For example, the first inductor L1 is connected between the bias terminal and the gate terminal of the second transistor M2, and resonates with the parasitic capacitor Cp of the second transistor M2 to boost the gain. As a result, the boosted signal is output through the output stage.
The second inductor L2 is connected between the power supply unit Vdd and the second transistor M2 to reduce noise by preventing a signal from leaking to the power supply unit and to implement a desired frequency of use.
In summary, the cascode amplifier of the present invention implements high gain by connecting the inductor L1 to the gate terminal of the second transistor M2. Of course, the amplifier circuit of such an amplifier can be used in a frequency mixer as described above.
The embodiments of the present invention described above are disclosed for purposes of illustration, and those skilled in the art having ordinary knowledge of the present invention may make various modifications, changes, and additions within the spirit and scope of the present invention. Should be considered to be within the scope of the following claims.
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And a bias voltage is input through the first inductor.
And the first inductor boosts the gain.
An input unit to which an RF signal is input;
A power supply for supplying power; And
And a current bleeding unit connected between the input unit and the power unit,
And the current bleeding unit has a transistor connected between the input unit and the power supply unit and an inductor connected to the transistor.
An input having a first transistor; And
A switching unit having a second transistor and a third transistor,
The first transistor is an N-MOS transistor, and the second transistor and the third transistor are P-MOS transistors.
An output unit connected to the switching unit; And
And a current bleeding unit having a fourth transistor and the first inductor connected to a gate terminal of the fourth transistor.
The second transistor, the third transistor, and the fourth transistor are connected in parallel to a power supply, and the first inductor resonates with a parasitic capacitor formed in the fourth transistor to boost the conversion gain of the frequency mixer. Amplifier.
An input having a first transistor;
A gain boosting unit having a second transistor connected in series with the first transistor and boosting a gain; And
An output unit connected to one end of the second transistor,
The first inductor is connected to a gate terminal of the second transistor, and the first transistor and the second transistor each have a cascode structure as an N-MOS transistor, and between a power supply unit and a drain terminal of the second transistor. And an inductor coupled to each other, wherein the first inductor is coupled between a gate terminal and a bias terminal of the second transistor.
A switching unit having a second transistor and a third transistor;
An output unit connected between the switching unit and the input unit; And
Including a current bleeding unit connected to the switching unit or the output unit,
At least one of the second transistor and the third transistor is a P-MOS transistor.
Further comprising a current bleeding unit having a fourth transistor and a first inductor connected to a gate terminal of the fourth transistor,
And the first inductor resonates with a parasitic capacitor formed in the fourth transistor to boost the conversion gain of the frequency mixer.
And a second inductor connected between a power supply unit and a node where the second transistor, the third transistor, and the fourth transistor meet each other.
The second transistor, the third transistor, and the fourth transistor are connected to each other in parallel with respect to the second inductor, and the drain terminal of the first transistor includes the second transistor, the third transistor, and the fourth transistor. And a first transistor and a fourth transistor, each of which is an N-MOS transistor.
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