MULTIBAND MATCHING CIRCUIT

• US 20120044026A1
• Filed: 08/16/2011
• Published: 02/23/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Inventors: FUKUDA, Atsushi, Okazaki, Hiroshi, Narahashi, Shoichi
• Granted Patent: US 8,416,035 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 333/33
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 2200/111 the amplifier being a dual or triple band amplifier, e.g. 900 and 1800 MHz, e.g. switched or not switched, simultaneously or not
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 2200/171 A filter circuit coupled to the output of an amplifier
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 2200/387 A circuit being added at the output of an amplifier to adapt the output impedance of the amplifier
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 2200/414 A switch being coupled in the output circuit of an amplifier to switch the output on/off
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 2200/417 A switch coupled in the output circuit of an amplifier being controlled by a circuit
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 3/19 with semiconductor devices only
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 3/245 with semiconductor devices only
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 3/60 Amplifiers in which coupling networks have distributed constants, e.g. with waveguide resonators H03F3/54 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H03H 2007/386 Multiple band impedance matching
• CPC Class Codes: H03H 7/38 Impedance-matching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H03H 7/463 Duplexers

Abstract

A multiband matching circuit of the present invention includes an inductive element having one end connected to an input terminal, a first switch having one end connected to the other end of the inductive element and the other end grounded, a capacitive element having one end connected to the input terminal, a second switch having one end connected to the other end of the capacitive element and the other end grounded, a first-band matching circuit that is connected between the other end of the inductive element and a first output terminal and performs impedance matching in a first frequency band, and a second-band matching circuit that is connected between the other end of the capacitive element and a second output terminal and performs impedance matching in a second frequency band higher than the first frequency band.

Claims

1. A multiband matching circuit comprising:

an input terminal configured to be connected to an alternating-current circuit;

a first output terminal configured to be connected to a device having a predetermined impedance;

a second output terminal configured to be connected to a device having a predetermined impedance;

an inductive element having one end connected to the input terminal;

a first switch having one end connected to an other end of the inductive element and an other end grounded;

a capacitive element having one end connected to the input terminal;

a second switch having one end connected to an other end of the capacitive element and an other end grounded;

a first-band matching circuit inserted between the first output terminal and a first connection point of the inductive element and the first switch, the first-band matching circuit matching an impedance at the first connection point to an impedance at the first output terminal in a first frequency band; and

a second-band matching circuit inserted between the second output terminal and a second connection point of the capacitive element and the second switch, the second-band matching circuit matching an impedance at the second connection point to an impedance at the second output terminal in a second frequency band higher than the first frequency band.

2. The multiband matching circuit according to claim 1, further comprising:

a third output terminal configured to be connected to a device having a predetermined impedance;

a series resonator having one end connected to the input terminal and having a resonance frequency in a third frequency band between the first and second frequency bands;

a third switch having one end connected to an other end of the series resonator and an other end grounded; and

a third-band matching circuit inserted between the third output terminal and the other end of the series resonator, the third-band matching circuit matching an impedance at the other end of the series resonator to an impedance at the third output terminal in the third frequency band.

3. The multiband matching circuit according to claim 1, wherein:

at least one of the first-band matching circuit and the second-band matching circuit comprises a primary matching circuit, N−

1 transmission lines, N−

1 switches, and N−

1 matching blocks, where N is a predetermined integer greater than or equal to 2;

when N is an integer greater than or equal to 3, letting j denote each integer in the range of 1 to N−

2 inclusive,

one end of the primary matching circuit is connected to one end of a first transmission line,

an other end of a j-th transmission line is connected to one end of a j+1-th transmission line,

one end of a j-th switch is connected to a connection point between the j-th transmission line and the j+1-th transmission line,

an other end of the j-th switch is connected to a j-th matching block,

one end of an N−

1-th switch is connected to an other end of an N−

1-th transmission line, and

an other end of the N−

1-th switch is connected to an N−

1-th matching block;

when N is equal to 2,

one end of the primary matching circuit is connected to one end of a first transmission line;

one end of a first switch is connected to an other end of the first transmission line; and

an other end of the first switch is connected to a first matching block.

4. The multiband matching circuit according to claim 2, wherein:

at least one of the first-band matching circuit, the second-band matching circuit, and the third-band matching circuit comprises a primary matching circuit, N−

1 transmission lines, N−

1 switches, and N−

1 matching blocks, where N is a predetermined integer greater than or equal to 2; and

when N is an integer greater than or equal to 3, letting j denote each integer in the range of 1 to N−

2 inclusive,

one end of the primary matching circuit is connected to one end of a first transmission line,

an other end of a j-th transmission line is connected to one end of a j+1-th transmission line,

one end of a j-th switch is connected to a connecting point between the j-th transmission line and the j+1-th transmission line,

an other end of the j-th switch is connected to a j-th matching block,

one end of an N−

1-th switch is connected to an other end of an N−

1-th transmission line, and

an other end of the N−

1-th switch is connected to an N−

1-th matching block;

when N is equal to 2,

one end of the primary matching circuit is connected to one end of a first transmission line,

one end of a first switch is connected to an other end of the first transmission line, and

an other end of the first switch is connected to a first matching block.