Low-noise amplifier having high linearity for multi-band

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9692369-B2
Application number	US-201514936392-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 9, 2015
Priority date	Jun 19, 2015
Publication date	Jun 27, 2017
Grant date	Jun 27, 2017

Abstract

The present invention discloses a low-noise amplifier having a characteristic of high linearity for multi-band. Embodiments of the present invention is to provide a low-noise amplifier (LNA), which realizes a balun function and a preamplifier function of mixer in the low-noise amplifier (LNA), and minimizes the factors reducing the linearity between the low-noise amplifier (LNA) and the mixer.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A low-noise amplifier, comprising:
a first amplification circuit, including a first amplifier (MN 1 ) and a second amplifier (MN 2 ) which are connected in series;
a second amplification circuit, including a third amplifier (MN 3 ) and a fourth amplifier (MN 4 ) which are connected in series;
an RC feedback circuit, including a first resistor (R 1 ) and a first capacitor (C 1 ) connected in series, with one end connected to an input terminal (RF_IN) and the other end connected to a contact point of said first amplifier (MN 1 ) with said second amplifier (MN 2 ); and
a second capacitor (C 2 ), with one end directly connected to the contact point of said first amplifier (MN 1 ) with said second amplifier (MN 2 ), the other end directly connected to an input terminal of said third amplifier (MN 3 ),
wherein, said first amplification circuit is applied with a driving signal of specified region with multi-band, and outputs an amplified amplification signal, said second amplification circuit is applied with an amplification signal, and outputs an amplified output signal,
wherein only the first amplification circuit receives the driving signal of specified region with multi-band.

2. The low-noise amplifier according to claim 1 , further comprising a third capacitor (C 3 ) in which one end connected to said second amplifier (MN 2 ), and the other end connected to a contact point between said third amplifier (MN 3 ) and said fourth amplifier (MN 4 ), wherein said output signal is feedbacked from said second amplifier (MN 2 ).

3. The low-noise amplifier according to claim 1 , wherein,
said first amplifier (MN 1 ) comprises a first input terminal, a first current lead-in unit, and a first current lead-out unit, in which said first input terminal is connected to said first resistor (R 1 ), said first current lead-in unit is connected to said first capacitor (C 1 ), and said first current lead-out unit is connected to the ground,
said second amplifier (MN 2 ) comprises a second input terminal, a second current lead-in unit, and a second current lead-out unit, in which said second input terminal is connected to the ground, said second current lead-in unit is connected to an output terminal, and said second current lead-out unit is connected to one end of said second capacitor (C 2 ).

4. The low-noise amplifier according to claim 2 , wherein, said third amplifier (MN 3 ) comprises a third input terminal, a third current lead-in unit, and a third current lead-out unit, in which said third input terminal is connected to the other end of said second capacitor (C 2 ), said third current lead-in unit is connected to the other end of said third capacitor (C 3 ), and said third current lead-out unit is connected to the ground, said fourth amplifier (MN 4 ) comprises a fourth input terminal, a fourth current lead-in unit, and a fourth current lead-out unit, in which said fourth input terminal is connected to the ground, said fourth current lead-in unit is connected to an output terminal, and said fourth current lead-out unit is connected to the other end of said third capacitor (C 3 ).

Assignees

• Fci Inc
• Fci Inc

Inventors

• Ko Dong Hyun
• Hwang Myung Woon

Classifications

• H03F3/265

  with field-effect transistors only · CPC title

• H03F1/342

  in field-effect transistor amplifiers · CPC title

• H03F2200/09

  A balun, i.e. balanced to or from unbalanced converter, being present at the output of an amplifier · CPC title

• H03F1/223

  with MOSFET's · CPC title

• H03F2200/451

  the amplifier being a radio frequency amplifier · CPC title