Radio frequency apparatus and voltage generating device thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11258445-B2
Application number	US-202017010838-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 3, 2020
Priority date	Oct 17, 2019
Publication date	Feb 22, 2022
Grant date	Feb 22, 2022

Abstract

A radio frequency apparatus and a voltage generating device thereof are provided. The voltage generating device includes a first switch and a second switch. A first terminal of the first switch receives a first voltage. A control terminal of the first switch receives a second voltage. A first terminal of the second switch receives the second voltage. A control terminal of the second switch receives the first voltage. A second terminal of the second switch and a second terminal of the first switch are coupled to an output node, wherein the output node outputs an output voltage related to at least one of the first voltage and the second voltage.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A voltage generating device, comprising:
a first switch, having a first terminal configured to receive a first voltage, wherein a control terminal of the first switch is configured to receive a second voltage;
a second switch, having a first terminal configured to receive the second voltage, wherein a control terminal of the second switch is configured to receive the first voltage, a second terminal of the second switch and a second terminal of the first switch are coupled to an output node, and the output node outputs an output voltage related to at least one of the first voltage and the second voltage,
a third switch, coupled to the first switch; and
a logic circuit, having a NAND gate, wherein the NAND gate of the logic circuit is coupled to the third switch and provides a control voltage to a control terminal of the third switch.

2. The voltage generating device according to claim 1 , wherein the first voltage is a first control signal, and the second voltage is a second control signal or a system voltage.

3. The voltage generating device according to claim 1 , wherein
when the first voltage is at a high logic level and the second voltage is at a low logic level, the first switch is turned on and the second switch is turned off, and the first switch transmits the first voltage to the output node to generate the output voltage; and
when the first voltage is at the low logic level and the second voltage is at the high logic level, the first switch is turned off and the second switch is turned on, and the second switch transmits the second voltage to the output node to generate the output voltage.

4. The voltage generating device according to claim 1 , wherein a first terminal of the third switch is configured to receive the first voltage or the second voltage, and a second terminal of the third switch is coupled to the output node.

5. The voltage generating device according to claim 4 , wherein when the first voltage and the second voltage are at a high logic level, the first switch and the second switch are turned off, the third switch is turned on, and the third switch transmits the first voltage or the second voltage to the output node to generate the output voltage.

6. The voltage generating device according to claim 4 , wherein the first switch, the second switch and the third switch are metal oxide semiconductor transistors, bipolar junction transistors or heterojunction bipolar transistors.

7. The voltage generating device according to claim 6 , wherein the first switch, the second switch and the third switch are P-channel metal oxide semiconductor transistors.

8. The voltage generating device according to claim 4 , wherein the logic circuit changes the control voltage according to the first voltage and the second voltage.

9. The voltage generating device according to claim 8 , wherein when the first voltage and the second voltage are at a high logic level, the first switch and the second switch are turned off, the logic circuit turns on the third switch by the control voltage, and the third switch transmits the first voltage or the second voltage to the output node as the output voltage.

10. The voltage generating device according to claim 8 , wherein the NAND gate of the logic circuit has a first input terminal and a second input terminal for receiving the first voltage and the second voltage, respectively, wherein an output terminal of the NAND gate is coupled to the control terminal of the third switch to provide the control voltage.

11. A voltage generating device comprising:
a first switch, having a first terminal configured to receive a first voltage, wherein a control terminal of the first switch is configured to receive a second voltage;
a second switch, having a first terminal configured to receive the second voltage, wherein a control terminal of the second switch is configured to receive the first voltage, a second terminal of the second switch and a second terminal of the first switch are coupled to an output node, and the output node outputs an output voltage related to at least one of the first voltage and the second voltage;
a logic circuit; and
a voltage generator, including a first diode circuit and a second diode circuit, wherein both the first diode circuit and the second diode circuit of the voltage generator are coupled to a power terminal of the logic circuit, wherein the voltage generator uses the first voltage and the second voltage to generate a regulating voltage, and the voltage generator outputs the regulating voltage to the power terminal of the logic circuit.

12. The voltage generating device according to claim 11 , wherein the regulating voltage is smaller than the output voltage.

13. The voltage generating device according to claim 11 , wherein:
an anode of the first diode circuit is configured to receive the first voltage, and a cathode of the first diode circuit is coupled to the power terminal of the logic circuit; and
wherein an anode of the second diode circuit is configured to receive the second voltage, and a cathode of the second diode circuit is coupled to the power terminal of the logic circuit.

14. The voltage generating device according to claim 13 , wherein any one of the first diode circuit and the second diode circuit comprises:
a transistor, having a first terminal serving as the anode, wherein a control terminal of the transistor is coupled to a second terminal of the transistor, and the second terminal of the transistor serves as the cathode.

15. A radio frequency apparatus, comprising:
a first switch, having a first terminal configured to receive a first voltage, wherein a control terminal of the first switch is configured to receive a second voltage;
a second switch, having a first terminal configured to receive the second voltage, wherein a control terminal of the second switch is configured to receive the first voltage, a second terminal of the second switch and a second terminal of the first switch are coupled to an output node, and the output node outputs an output voltage related to at least one of the first voltage and the second voltage;
a voltage regulating unit, coupled to the output node to receive the output voltage, and configured to generate at least one of a positive voltage and a negative voltage related to the output voltage; and
a radio frequency circuit, coupled to the voltage regulating unit to receive the at least one of the positive voltage and the negative voltage, and configured to control a conducting state of at least one radio frequency transmission path of the radio frequency circuit according to the first voltage.

16. The radio frequency apparatus according to claim 15 , further comprising:
a capacitor, having a first terminal coupled to the output node to receive the output voltage, wherein a second terminal of the capacitor is coupled to a reference potential.

17. The radio frequency apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the radio frequency circuit comprises:
a first driving circuit, wherein a first power terminal of the first driving circuit is coupled to the voltage regulating unit to receive the positive voltage, a second power terminal of the first driving circuit is coupled to the voltage regulating unit to receive the negative voltage, and the first driving circuit is configured to generate a first control voltage related to the first voltage;
a second driving circuit, wherein a first power terminal of the second driving circuit is coupled to the voltage regulating unit to receive the positive voltage, a second power terminal of the second

Assignees

• Richwave Technology Corp

Inventors

• Tsai Hsien-Huang
• Chen Chih-Sheng

Classifications

• H04L12/10

  Current supply arrangements · CPC title

• H04B1/401 Primary

  for selecting or indicating operating mode · CPC title

• H03K17/693

  Switching arrangements with several input- or output-terminals, e.g. multiplexers, distributors (logic circuits H03K19/00; code converters H03M5/00, H03M7/00) · CPC title

• H03K2217/0036

  Means reducing energy consumption · CPC title

• G05F1/585

  providing voltages of opposite polarities · CPC title