Switchable frequency diplexer circuit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9172349-B2
Application number	US-201313900010-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 22, 2013
Priority date	May 22, 2012
Publication date	Oct 27, 2015
Grant date	Oct 27, 2015

Abstract

An electronic circuit comprises a high-pass and a low-pass. The low-pass comprises at least one low-pass series element and a low-pass transverse element. The high-pass comprises at least one high-pass series element and a high-pass transverse element. The low-pass series element and the high-pass transverse element are realised in this context by a common component, and/or the high-pass series element and the low-pass transverse element are realised in this context by a common component.

First claim

We claim:

1. An electronic circuit comprising: a high-pass and a low-pass, wherein the low-pass includes at least one low-pass series element and one low-pass transverse element, wherein the high-pass includes at least one high-pass series element and one high-pass transverse element, wherein the low-pass series element and the high-pass transverse element are realized by a common component, and/or wherein the high-pass series element and the low-pass transverse element are realized by a common component, wherein a high-pass input terminal and a low-pass input terminal are separate input terminals.

2. The electronic circuit according to claim 1 ,
wherein the low-pass series element and the high-pass transverse element are realized by a common inductive component, and/or
wherein the high-pass series element and the low-pass transverse element are realized by a common capacitive component.

3. The electronic circuit according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a switch element, which is embodied to connect alternately a high-pass connecting point of the high-pass and a low-pass connecting point of the low-pass, to ground.

4. The electronic circuit according to claim 3 ,
wherein the electronic circuit shows a low-pass behavior when the high-pass connecting point is connected to the ground, and
wherein the electronic circuit shows a high-pass behavior when the low-pass connecting point is connected to the ground.

5. The electronic circuit according to claim 3 ,
wherein the high-pass connecting point is disposed at an input end of the high-pass series element, and
wherein the low-pass connecting point is disposed at an input end of the low-pass series element.

6. The electronic circuit according to claim 3 ,
wherein the switch element is realized either by a two-way switch or by two switches.

7. The electronic circuit according to claim 6 ,
wherein the two switches are PIN diodes or transistors.

8. The electronic circuit according to claim 6 ,
wherein the two switches are PIN diodes and the PIN diodes each include a switch connection, which is embodied to switch the PIN diodes into a blocked state and into a conductive state.

9. The electronic circuit according to claim 1 ,
wherein the high-pass is connected to the high-pass input terminal,
wherein the low-pass is connected to the low-pass input terminal, and
wherein the electronic circuit includes a common output terminal.

10. A signal generator with a first partial signal generator and a second partial signal generator, comprising an electronic circuit according to claim 1 .

11. The signal generator according to claim 10 ,
wherein the first partial signal generator generates a first signal,
wherein the second partial signal generator generates a second signal,
wherein an output of the first partial signal generator and an output of the second partial signal generator is connected respectively either to the low-pass input terminal or to the high-pass input terminal, and wherein the electronic circuit is connected to the first partial signal generator and to the second partial signal generator so that the electronic circuit processes the first signal or the second signal in a selective manner and outputs a resulting signal at an output terminal.

12. The signal generator according to claim 11 ,
wherein the first partial signal generator is a direct digital signal generator,
wherein the second partial signal generator is a signal generator based on a phase-locked loop, and
wherein the first signal provides a lower maximum frequency than the second signal.

Assignees

• Rohde & Schwarz

Inventors

• Eineder Gerhard
• Richt Bernhard

Classifications

• H03H7/463

  Duplexers · CPC title

• H03H7/465 Primary

  having variable circuit topology, e.g. including switches · CPC title

• H03H11/344

  Duplexers · CPC title