WO2004107575A1 - 発振回路 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an oscillation circuit.
- it relates to an oscillation circuit that oscillates a signal of a predetermined frequency.
- a voltage-controlled oscillation circuit is used, for example, in an optical pickup or a PLL (Phase Locked Loo P), and generally sets an oscillation frequency by changing the oscillation frequency in accordance with a control voltage applied thereto. Oscillation output.
- An example of a voltage-controlled oscillator according to the related art is connected so as to make a circuit through an inverting amplifier, a first charge / discharge circuit, and a second charge / discharge circuit. In this configuration, the phase of the inverted voltage signal from the inverting amplifier is stepwise delayed by the first charging and discharging circuit and the second charging and discharging circuit, and the output of the second charging and discharging circuit is again input to the inverting amplifier. Is done.
- the voltage-controlled oscillator can continuously oscillate by repeating the above processing.
- the oscillation frequency of the voltage controlled oscillator is mainly determined according to the magnitude of the charge / discharge current in the first charge / discharge circuit and the second charge / discharge circuit. It is controlled by a control current having a larger current value level and easy to control (for example, see Patent Document 1).
- Patent Document 1 JP-A-6-37599
- the LSI can be used for general purposes in order to obtain a mass production effect.
- set makers who incorporate LSIs into devices, etc. want oscillator circuits that can variably set the amplitude of output signals according to the requirements of the devices and can operate with low power consumption. Therefore, the oscillation circuit is required to have appropriate characteristics with respect to the amplitude of the output signal, power consumption, and the like. Further, when the set maker applies the oscillation circuit to a predetermined device and sets the amplitude of the output signal to be large, it is necessary that the waveform distortion or the EMI characteristic satisfy predetermined requirements.
- An object of the present invention is to provide an oscillation circuit capable of variably outputting the amplitude of an oscillation signal and having improved waveform distortion characteristics. It is.
- One embodiment of the present invention is an oscillation circuit.
- This oscillation circuit includes an oscillation signal generation circuit that outputs the oscillation signal as a differential signal, a differential amplifier that amplifies the differential signal output from the oscillation signal generation circuit, and a differential amplifier that is amplified by the differential amplifier. It includes a conversion circuit for converting a signal into a voltage signal and a current signal, and a drive circuit for variably outputting a drive current for operating the conversion circuit with a magnitude corresponding to an externally input setting signal.
- the amplification factor in the “differential amplifier” may be set as appropriate according to the circuit. For example, when the amplification factor is larger than “1”, when the amplification factor is "1", the amplification factor is "1". This shall include cases where the value is smaller than "1".
- the conversion circuit It may be configured to increase the amplitude of the converted current signal.
- This oscillation circuit includes an oscillation signal generation circuit that outputs the oscillation signal as a differential signal, a differential amplifier that amplifies the differential signal output from the oscillation signal generation circuit, and a differential amplifier that is amplified by the differential amplifier. It includes a conversion circuit for converting a signal into a voltage signal and a current signal, and a drive circuit for variably outputting a drive current for operating the differential amplifier with a magnitude corresponding to an externally input setting signal.
- the differential amplifier may be configured to increase the operation speed.
- the current that flows unnecessarily can be reduced by adjusting the magnitude of the drive current that flows through the differential amplifier in accordance with the requirement for the magnitude of the amplitude of the converted current signal, thereby increasing the conversion efficiency. it can. If the required amplitude of the current signal is small, the drive current is adjusted to reduce the amplitude of the differential signal output from the differential amplifier. As the noise added to the moving signal becomes smaller, a current signal with less influence of the noise can be output.
- the amplitude of an oscillation signal can be output variably, and the waveform distortion characteristics can be improved.
- the LSI vendor manufactures the oscillator so that the amplitude of the oscillation signal can oscillate variably, and the set maker sets the predetermined amplitude and sets a predetermined device.
- the present invention relates to a high-frequency oscillating circuit that is presumed to be incorporated in a high-frequency oscillator.
- the high-frequency oscillation circuit according to the present embodiment emits an oscillation signal having an oscillation frequency according to the applied control voltage.
- the amplifying FET is called “amplifying FET”
- the amplifying FET since the oscillation and amplification of the oscillation signal are based on the differential signal, the signal distortion can be canceled and the distortion component of the signal waveform can be reduced. Furthermore, since the magnitude of the drive current flowing through the conversion FET is directly adjusted to adjust the amplitude of the oscillation signal converted to current, conversion efficiency is improved and power consumption can be reduced.
- FIG. 1 shows a high-frequency oscillation circuit 100 according to the first embodiment.
- the high-frequency oscillation circuit 100 includes an oscillation signal generation circuit 10, a differential amplifier 12, a conversion circuit 14, and a drive circuit 16.
- the oscillation signal generation circuit 10 includes a variable current source 20, a first inverter 22, a second inverter 24, a third inverter 26, a fourth inverter 28, and transistors Trl to Trl3.
- the current source 30 includes the transistors Trl4 to Trl9
- the conversion circuit 14 includes the transistors Tr20 to Tr27
- the drive circuit 16 includes the variable current source 32.
- the signals include an oscillator drive current 200, a first generation oscillation signal 202, a second generation oscillation signal 204, a first amplification oscillation signal 206, a second amplification oscillation signal 208, a first current oscillation signal 210, and a second current oscillation signal 212.
- the oscillation signal generation circuit 10 generates a first generation oscillation signal 202 and a second generation oscillation signal 204, which are differential signals, as oscillation signals.
- the variable current source 20 supplies a current whose magnitude changes in accordance with the applied control voltage. Since the transistor Trl and the transistor Tr2 form a current mirror circuit, an oscillator driving current 200 proportional to the magnitude of the current output from the variable current source 20 flows.
- the transistor Tr3 to the transistor Tr8 constitute a current mirror circuit
- the transistor Tr9 to the transistor Trl3 also constitute a current mirror circuit. From these current mirror circuits, a current proportional to the oscillator drive current 200 is generated by a differential output ring oscillator composed of the first inverter 22, the second inverter 24, the third inverter 26, and the fourth inverter 28, respectively. Is washed away. In other words, if the oscillator driving current 200 increases, the current flowing through the differential output type ring oscillator increases, so the first generation oscillation signal 202 and the second generation oscillation signal 202 output from the differential output type ring oscillator High oscillation frequency of 204 become.
- the first generation oscillation signal 202 and the second generation oscillation signal 204 repeatedly cause a maximum value and a minimum value to appear repeatedly in a fixed period like a sine wave, for example, and these constitute a differential signal with each other.
- a differential signal is also called a “balanced signal”, while a normal signal based on a constant potential such as ground is sometimes called an “unbalanced signal”.
- Differential amplifier 12 differentially amplifies first generated oscillation signal 202 and second generated oscillation signal 204, respectively, and outputs first amplified oscillation signal 206 and second amplified oscillation signal 208. Note that the differential amplification is performed for the purpose of improving the drive capability of the transistor Tr20 and the transistor Tr21 described below.
- the transistors Trl4 to Trl9 constituting the differential amplifier 12 are driven by the amplifier driving current 216 from the constant current source 30, and the first generation oscillation signal 202 and the second generation oscillation signal 204 are connected to the gates of the transistors Trl8 and Trl9.
- the first amplified oscillation signal 206 and the second amplified oscillation signal 208 of the differential signal having the same waveform as the first generated oscillation signal 202 and the second generated oscillation signal 204 are respectively applied to the terminals and differentially amplified. Is output. Note that the transistors Trl4 to Trl9 correspond to the aforementioned amplification FET.
- the variable current source 32 converts a voltage of the first amplified oscillation signal 206 and the voltage of the second amplified oscillation signal 208 into a current, and converts a driving current 218 for driving a transistor Tr20 and a transistor Tr21 to be described later. Flow. As will be described later in detail, the value of the variable resistor included in the variable current source 32 can be adjusted externally to adjust the magnitude of the conversion drive current 218.
- the conversion circuit 14 converts the first amplified oscillation signal 206 and the second amplified oscillation signal 208 into an output current oscillation signal 214 in which a sink current and a source current are alternately switched.
- the output current oscillation signal 214 includes a “sink current” and a “source current”.
- the transistor Tr20 converts the first amplified oscillation signal 206 applied to the gate terminal into a first current oscillation signal 210.
- the transistor Tr20 is an n-channel type, the value of the first current oscillation signal 210 becomes closer to the value of the conversion drive current 218 as the value of the first amplified oscillation signal 206 increases.
- the transistor Tr21 performs the same operation as the transistor Tr20, and converts the second amplified oscillation signal 208 into the second current oscillation signal 212.
- the transistor Tr22 and the transistor Tr23 form a current mirror circuit, and convert the current to a first output current signal having a proportional relationship with the first current oscillation signal 210.
- the transistor Tr24 and the transistor Tr25, and the transistor Tr26 and the transistor Tr27 also constitute a power mirror circuit, respectively, and convert to a second output current signal having a proportional relationship with the second current oscillation signal 212.
- the first output current signal and the second output current signal become an output current oscillation signal 214 in which the sink current and the source current are switched by switching the transistor Tr20 and the transistor Tr21.
- FIG. 2 shows a configuration of the variable current source 32.
- the variable current source 32 includes a reference voltage source 40, an op amp 42, a variable resistor 44, and transistors Tr28 to Tr30. Also, the setting signal 220 is included as a signal.
- the variable resistor 44 is a resistor for converting a predetermined constant voltage into a current, and its value is adjusted according to a setting signal 220 input from outside.
- the reference voltage source 40, the operational amplifier 42, and the transistor Tr28 stabilize the value of the current converted by the variable resistor 44.
- the transistor Tr28 since the gate voltage of the transistor Tr28 is amplified by the operational amplifier 42, the transistor Tr28 is used in a saturation region of the drain current characteristic.
- the transistor Tr29 and the transistor Tr30 form a current mirror circuit, and output a drive current 218 for conversion. That is, if the value of the variable resistor 44 is changed, the value of the conversion drive current 218 is also changed.
- the operation of the high-frequency oscillation circuit 100 having the above configuration is as follows.
- the oscillator drive current 200 flowing from the variable current source 20 is also increased.
- the ring oscillator of the differential output type composed of the first inverter 22 to the fourth inverter 28 has a first generation oscillation signal 202 and a second generation oscillation signal 204 having a higher oscillation frequency as the oscillator driving current 200 increases. Is output.
- the differential amplifier 12 amplifies the first generated oscillation signal 202 and the second generated oscillation signal 204 into a first amplified oscillation signal 206 and a second amplified oscillation signal 208 having sufficiently large amplitudes, respectively.
- the transistor T20 and the transistor Tr21 convert the first amplified oscillation signal 206 and the second amplified oscillation signal 208 into a first current oscillation signal 210 and a second current oscillation signal 212, respectively.
- the variable current source 32 allows a drive current 218 for conversion set from outside to flow through the transistor Tr20 and the transistor Tr21.
- Transistors Tr22 to Tr27 output the first current oscillation signal 21 0 and the value of the second current oscillation signal 212 are converted respectively, and the output current oscillation signal 214 is obtained by switching between the transistor Tr20 and the transistor Tr21.
- FIG. 3 shows a configuration of a high-frequency oscillation circuit 150 for comparing characteristics with the high-frequency oscillation circuit 100 of FIG.
- the high-frequency oscillation circuit 150 includes an oscillation signal generation circuit 110, a buffer 112, and a conversion circuit 114.
- the oscillation signal generation circuit 110 includes a variable current source 120, a first inverter 122, a second inverter 124, and a third inverter. 126, including the transistor Tr50 to the transistor Tr66, the buffer 112 includes the fourth inverter 128, the fifth inverter 130, the first resistor 132, the second resistor 134, the third resistor 136, the fourth resistor 138, and the transistor Tr68 to the transistor Tr74.
- the conversion circuit 114 includes a variable current source 140, a variable current source 142, a transistor Tr76, and a transistor Tr78.
- the oscillation signal generation circuit 110 corresponds to the oscillation signal generation circuit 10 of the high-frequency oscillation circuit 100, and the variable current source 120 flows a current that changes according to the applied control voltage.
- the transistor Tr50 to the transistor Tr58 form a current mirror circuit
- the transistor Tr60 to the transistor Tr66 also form a current mirror circuit.
- the current force proportional to the output current of the variable current source 120 by one of these current mirror circuits is applied to the ring oscillator constituted by the first inverter 122, the second inverter 124, and the third inverter 126, respectively, and the current is applied.
- An oscillation signal having an oscillation frequency corresponding to the magnitude of the signal is output. Note that, unlike the first generation oscillation signal 202 and the second generation oscillation signal 204 of the oscillation signal generation circuit 10, the oscillation signal is not a differential signal.
- the buffer 112 corresponds to the differential amplifier 12 of the high-frequency oscillation circuit 100, and outputs the oscillation signal output from the oscillation signal generation circuit 110 to the fourth inverter 128 and the first resistor 132, the transistor Tr68, the transistor Tr70, The signal is amplified by the second resistor 134 to the extent that at least the drive capability for the transistor Tr76 described later is enhanced.
- the fifth inverter 130, the third resistor 136, the transistor Tr72, the transistor Tr74, and the fourth resistor 138 perform the same operation.
- the conversion circuit 114 corresponds to the conversion circuit 14 of the high-frequency oscillation circuit 100, and converts the oscillation signal amplified by the buffer 112 from a voltage signal to a current signal.
- the transistor Tr76 is a p-channel type and the transistor Tr78 is an n-channel type, It is turned on alternately by the input oscillation signal, and as a result, the oscillation signal that switches the sink current and the source current is finally output.
- FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (b) are diagrams showing output waveforms of the high-frequency oscillation circuit 100 of FIG. 1 and the high-frequency oscillation circuit 150 of FIG. 3, respectively, based on experimental results.
- FIG. 4A shows an output current oscillation signal 214 of the high-frequency oscillation circuit 100 in FIG. 1, which has an oscillation frequency of 344.98 MHz and an amplitude of 42.2 mA, and has a waveform with a small signal distortion component.
- FIG. 4 (b) shows the output of the high-frequency oscillation circuit 150 of FIG. 2, which is equivalent to FIG. 4 (a) with an oscillation frequency of 283.22 MHz and an amplitude of 40.0 mA.
- the waveform contains more distortion components.
- This waveform distortion is caused by an error in the switching timing of the transistor Tr76 and the transistor Tr78, and when the oscillation signal of the ring oscillator included in the high-frequency oscillation circuit 150 becomes close to a square wave, the oscillation signal becomes It occurs because many high frequency components are included.
- the signal waveform of Fig. 4 (b) tends to contain many distortion components and many harmonic components of the signal. Therefore, the EMI characteristics of the high-frequency oscillation circuit 150 are lower than those of the high-frequency oscillation circuit 100.
- the distortion components of the signals are canceled out, so that the distortion components included in the signals also decrease.
- the distortion component included in the output current signal can be reduced. Also, when the signal distortion is reduced, the device incorporating the high-frequency oscillation circuit can operate stably. In addition, since the amplitude of the output current signal is adjusted by adjusting the magnitude of the driving current flowing at the stage where the voltage signal is finally converted to the current signal, the operation efficiency of the circuit increases, Power consumption is reduced.
- the second embodiment relates to a high-frequency oscillation circuit having a configuration similar to that of the first embodiment.
- the magnitude of the driving current flowing through the conversion FET is variable by an external setting signal.
- the magnitude of the drive current flowing through the amplifying FET is variably adjusted by an external setting signal.
- the high-frequency oscillation circuit according to the present embodiment adjusts the magnitude of the drive current flowing through the amplification FET included in the differential amplifier. Then, the amplitude of the voltage signal for switching the replacement FET is changed to change the amplitude of the finally output current signal. Also, when the drive current is reduced, the amplitude of the differential signal output from the differential amplifier is reduced, so that noise generated between the power supply and the ground of the differential amplifier and added to the differential signal is reduced. Become.
- FIG. 5 shows a configuration of the high-frequency oscillation circuit 100 according to the second embodiment.
- the differential amplifier 50, the driving circuit 52, and the conversion circuit 54 included in the high-frequency oscillation circuit 100 in FIG. 5 are combined with the differential amplifier 12, the conversion circuit 14, and the driving circuit 16 included in the high-frequency oscillation circuit 100 in FIG. different.
- the differential amplifier 50 has the constant current source 30 removed from the differential amplifier 12, the conversion circuit 54 has a constant current source 58 added to the conversion circuit 14, and the newly added drive circuit 52 has And a variable current source 56.
- variable current source 56 allows the amplifier drive current 216 to flow through the differential amplifier 50 as in the case of the constant current source 30 in FIG.
- the variable current source 56 has a configuration similar to that of the variable current source 32 in FIG. 2, and adjusts the value of the variable resistor 44 (not shown) included therein by an external setting signal 220 (not shown). The magnitude of the amplifier drive current 216 can be adjusted.
- the conversion circuit 54 converts the first amplified oscillation signal 206 and the second amplified oscillation signal 208 into an output current oscillation signal 214 in which a sink current and a source current are switched, and converts the voltage signal into a current signal.
- the magnitude of the conversion drive current 218 flowing through the transistor Tr20 and the transistor Tr21 used for conversion is fixed because it is based on the constant current source 58.
- a differential amplifier is used instead of directly adjusting the magnitude of the conversion drive current 218 to flow through the transistor Tr 20 and the transistor Tr 21.
- the magnitude of the amplifier drive current 216 to be passed through 50 is adjusted based on an external setting signal, and the amplitude of the output current oscillation signal 214 is adjusted.
- the magnitude of the amplifier drive current 216 can be reduced to a necessary level, so that it occurs between the power supply and the ground of the differential amplifier 50 and the drive circuit 52, and the first amplified oscillation signal 206 and the second amplified Noise added to the oscillation signal 208 can be reduced, and an output current oscillation signal 214 that is less affected by noise can be output.
- the operation of the high-frequency oscillation circuit 100 having the above configuration is as follows.
- the oscillator drive current 200 flowing from the variable current source 20 is also increased.
- 1st invar The ring oscillator of the differential output type composed of the inverter 22 to the fourth inverter 28 outputs the first oscillation signal 202 and the second oscillation signal 204 having a higher oscillation frequency as the oscillator driving current 200 increases.
- the differential amplifier 50 amplifies the first generated oscillation signal 202 and the second generated oscillation signal 204 into a first amplified oscillation signal 206 and a second amplified oscillation signal 208 having sufficiently large amplitudes, respectively.
- the variable current source 56 supplies an amplifier drive current 216 according to an external setting to the transistors Trl8 and Trl9 so as to satisfy the required operation speed of the differential amplifier 50.
- the transistor Tr20 and the transistor Tr21 convert the first amplified oscillation signal 206 and the second amplified oscillation signal 208 into a first current oscillation signal 210 and a second current oscillation signal 212, respectively.
- the constant current source 58 supplies the conversion drive current 218 to the transistor Tr20 and the transistor Tr21.
- the transistors Tr22 to Tr27 convert the values of the first current oscillation signal 210 and the second current oscillation signal 212, respectively, and become the output current oscillation signal 214 by switching between the transistor Tr20 and the transistor Tr21.
- the distortion component of the signal can be reduced.
- the drive current flowing through the differential amplifier is reduced, a current signal that is less affected by noise can be output.
- Embodiment 3 describes the configuration of an apparatus or LSI to which the high-frequency oscillation circuit according to Embodiments 1 and 2 is applied.
- FIG. 6A shows a configuration of an optical pickup 300 in an application example of the high-frequency oscillation circuit 100 according to the third embodiment.
- the optical pickup 300 includes a high-frequency oscillation circuit 100, a semiconductor laser chip 302, a monitoring photodiode 304, and a light receiving photodiode 308.
- the optical pickup 300 reads or writes a signal to or from a disk serving as a recording medium in an information recording / reproducing device such as an optical disk device or a magneto-optical disk device.
- the semiconductor laser chip 302 emits a laser beam according to a current supplied from the high-frequency oscillation circuit 100 described later.
- the high-frequency oscillation circuit 100 controls the semiconductor laser based on a control signal indicated by a voltage from an APC (Automatic Power Control) circuit 306 described later.
- a current signal is supplied to the one chip 302.
- the optical system 310 irradiates a laser beam emitted from the semiconductor laser chip 302 onto a disk (not shown) of a recording medium as a light spot, and guides reflected light from the disk to a light-receiving photodiode 308 described later.
- the light receiving photodiode 308 converts the reflected light into a current signal. Further, the current signal is converted into a voltage signal.
- the monitoring photodiode 304 converts a part of the laser beam emitted from the semiconductor laser chip 302 into a current signal.
- a part of the laser beam means a laser beam emitted from the side of the semiconductor laser chip 302 where the optical system 310 does not exist.
- the APC circuit 306 outputs a control signal to the high-frequency oscillation circuit 100 based on the current signal output from the monitoring photodiode 304 so that the laser beam is always output from the semiconductor laser chip 302 at a constant power. That is, feedback control of the semiconductor laser chip 302 is performed.
- the APC circuit 306 is provided for the following reason. It is necessary to maintain the voltage signal level output from the optical pickup 300 at a predetermined level. However, since the power of the laser beam output from the semiconductor laser chip 302 has individual differences and is sensitive to temperature change, If the same control is performed only on the laser chip 302, the power of the laser beam will not be constant, and therefore, the output level of the voltage signal cannot be kept constant.
- high-frequency oscillation circuit 100 can increase the amplitude of output current oscillation signal 214 as described in Embodiments 1 and 2, so that semiconductor laser chip 302 can stably emit a laser beam. is there.
- FIG. 6B shows a configuration of a frequency conversion circuit 330 in an application example of the high-frequency oscillation circuit 100 according to the third embodiment.
- Frequency conversion circuit 330 includes high-frequency oscillation circuit 100, multiplication circuit 322, BPF (Bandpass Filter) 324, and amplifier 326.
- the frequency conversion circuit 330 converts a signal to be transmitted into a signal for transmission in the communication device. More specifically, the radio transmitting apparatus frequency-converts a baseband signal to be transmitted or an intermediate frequency signal obtained by frequency-converting the baseband signal into a radio frequency signal.
- Signal generation section 320 generates a signal to be transmitted as a baseband signal, The band signal is frequency-converted to an intermediate frequency.
- the high-frequency oscillation circuit 100 inputs a voltage corresponding to a radio frequency used for transmission, and outputs a radio-frequency signal.
- Multiplication circuit 322 converts the frequency of the intermediate frequency signal with a radio frequency signal.
- the BPF324 reduces the effects of harmonics generated by frequency conversion.
- the amplifier 326 amplifies the output signal of the BPF 324 to a predetermined power in order to transmit the output signal on a radio channel.
- high-frequency oscillation circuit 100 can output a current signal having a large value according to the setting even at a high oscillation frequency, and The 330 can stably output a radio frequency signal.
- FIG. 6C shows a configuration of PLL 340 in an application example of high-frequency oscillation circuit 100 according to the third embodiment.
- the PLL 340 includes a high-frequency oscillation circuit 100, a phase comparator 350, a loop filter 3 52, and a frequency divider 354.
- Phase comparator 350 compares the phase and frequency of a reference clock signal input from outside with a reference clock signal input from frequency divider 354, and outputs a DC signal proportional to the difference.
- the loop filter 352 removes a high-frequency component of an input signal and outputs a control voltage.
- the high-frequency oscillation circuit 100 outputs a clock signal having a frequency according to the input control voltage.
- a clock signal having a frequency N times the frequency of the reference clock signal is output.
- the output clock signal is frequency-divided by the frequency divider 354 into 1 / N, and input to the phase comparator 350 as a reference clock signal.
- the high-frequency oscillation circuit that can adjust the amplitude of the output current signal and can reduce the distortion component of the signal can be applied to various devices and LSIs.
- the present invention has been described based on the embodiments. This embodiment is an exemplification, and it is understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications can be made to the combination of each component and each processing process, and that such modifications are also within the scope of the present invention. By the way.
- the differential amplifier 12 and the differential amplifier 50 are each configured by one differential amplifier.
- the present invention is not limited to this, and may be configured by, for example, a plurality of differential amplifiers.
- the first amplified oscillation signal 206 and the second amplified The amplitude of the width oscillation signal 208 can be further increased. That is, the number of differential amplifiers according to the values required for the first amplified oscillation signal 206 and the second amplified oscillation signal 208 output from the differential amplifier 12 or the differential amplifier 50 may be provided.
- the drive circuit 16 variably outputs the magnitude of the conversion drive current 218 to be passed to the conversion circuit 14 in response to the external setting signal 220.
- the drive circuit 52 variably outputs the magnitude of the amplifier drive current 216 to be passed to the differential amplifier 50 in response to a setting signal 220 from outside.
- the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, a form in which both are combined may be used.
- the driving circuit 52 variably outputs the magnitude of the conversion driving current 218 to be passed to the conversion circuit 14 in response to the external setting signal 220, while the driving circuit 52 responds to the external setting signal 220. Accordingly, the magnitude of the amplifier drive current 216 to be passed through the differential amplifier 50 is variably output. According to this modification, more detailed settings can be made. In other words, it is sufficient that the high-frequency oscillation circuit 100 is set so as to satisfy the required amplitude magnitude, distortion component, and power consumption of the output current oscillation signal 214. Industrial applicability
- the amplitude of the oscillation signal can be variably output, and the waveform distortion characteristics can be improved.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a high-frequency oscillation circuit according to a first embodiment.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a variable current source in FIG. 1.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a high-frequency oscillation circuit to be compared with the high-frequency oscillation circuit of FIG. 1.
- FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (b) are diagrams showing output waveforms of the high-frequency oscillation circuit shown in FIGS. 1 and 3;
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a high-frequency oscillation circuit according to Embodiment 2; .
- FIGS. 6 (a) to 6 (c) are diagrams showing an application example of the high-frequency oscillation circuit according to the third embodiment.
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