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Switch circuit, filter circuit and test apparatus

US8232808B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 10, 2008
Grant dateJul 31, 2012
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Expiry dateSep 10, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03K17/693
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

There is provided a switch circuit for switching whether to output an input signal, including: a transmission path that transmits the input signal from an input end to an output end of the switch circuit; a first semiconductor switch that is provided on the transmission path and switches whether to transmit the input signal; a second semiconductor switch that is opened when the first semiconductor switch is short-circuited, and that is short-circuited when the first semiconductor switch is opened, thereby grounding, to a ground potential, a high-frequency signal leaked to the transmission path between the first semiconductor switch and the output end; and a voltage controller that causes a potential difference on both ends of the second semiconductor switch when the second semiconductor switch is opened.

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