Low-noise amplifying circuit
US7057457B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 19, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jun 6, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 16, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03F2203/7236
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A low-noise amplifier circuit is specified which has a switchable gain ratio. For this purpose, a parallel circuit comprising a first and a second current path (3, 4) is provided between a radio-frequency signal input and output (1, 2), with the first current path (3) having a transistor which is connected in a common-base circuit for signal amplification, and the second current path (4) having a transistor which is connected in a common-emitter circuit (7) for signal amplification, and has input impedance matching (25, 27). Owing to the good noise characteristics and the good linearity characteristics, the described low-noise amplifier circuit is suitable for use in radio-frequency receivers in which adaptive pre-amplification is required even before a frequency converter, that is to say at the radio-frequency level, because the input signal has a wide dynamic range, such as that in the case of UMTS.
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