Switching circuit at high frequency with low insertion loss

• US 5,969,560 A
• Filed: 10/24/1997
• Issued: 10/19/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kohama, Kazumasa, Kitakubo, Kazuto
• Primary Examiner(s): Lam, Tuan T.
• Application Number:
  US08/957,463
• Time in Patent Office: 725 Days
• Field of Search: 327/308, 327/427, 327/431, 327/434-437, 333/100, 333/101, 333/103, 333/164, 333/81 R, 333/262
• US Class Current: 327/308
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 17/687 the devices being field-effect transistors
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 17/693 Switching arrangements with several input- or output-terminals, e.g. multiplexers, distributors logic circuits H03K19/00; code converters H03M5/00, H03M7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/48 in circuits for connecting transmitter and receiver to a common transmission path, e.g. by energy of transmitter H04B1/46 takes precedence

Abstract

In a switching circuit, low insertion loss and enough isolation can be ensured at a desired frequency at the same time. An inductor is externally connected in parallel with the path between the drain and source of each of field-effect transistors built in a switching integrated circuit, and the inductor and the OFF capacitance of the field-effect transistor are made to generate parallel resonance. At this time, by suitably adjusting the inductance, low insertion loss and enough isolation are ensured at a desired frequency at the same time.

Claims

1. A switching circuit comprising:

a field-effect transistor having a signal path between a drain terminal and a source terminal,

a first impedance element connected to a gate terminal of said field-effect transistor, and

first and second input/output terminals connected to said drain terminal and said source terminal of said field-effect transistor respectively,

a second impedance element which is connected between said drain terminal and a bias voltage source,

a third impedance element which is connected between said source terminal and said bias voltage source, and

an inductor connected directly to said drain and source terminals of said field effect transistor;

wherein said switching circuit further comprises another field-effect transistor connected in series between said first input/output terminal and a third input/output terminal.

2. The switching circuit according to claim 1, wherein said field-effect transistor and said first, second and third impedance elements are formed as an integrated circuit and said inductor is provided outside said integrated circuit.

3. The switching circuit according to claim 1, further comprising a control voltage source connected to said gate terminal of said field-effect transistor through said first impedance element.

4. The switching circuit according to claim 3, wherein a control voltage signal is provided from said control voltage source to said gate terminal to control said field-effect transistor and said inductor having an inductance is selected in response to a frequency of said control voltage signal.

5. The switching circuit according to claim 1, wherein said field-effect transistor is a junction field-effect transistor.

6. The switching circuit according to claim 1, further comprising a fourth impedance element connected between said third input/output terminal and said bias voltage source.

7. The switching circuit according to claim 1, further comprising a first control signal supplied to said gate of said field-effect transistor through said first impedance element.

8. The switching circuit according to claim 6, further comprising:

a first control signal supplied to said gate of said transistor through said first impedance element; and

a second control signal supplied to a gate of said second transistor through a fifth impedance element.

9. A switching circuit comprising:

first, second, third and fourth input/output terminals,

a first field-effect transistor having drain and source terminals connected to said first and second input/output terminals respectively,

a second field-effect transistor having drain and source terminals connected to said second and third input/output terminals respectively,

a third field-effect transistor having drain and source terminals connected to said third and fourth input/output terminals respectively,

a fourth field-effect transistor having drain and source terminals connected to said fourth and first input/output terminals respectively, and

first, second, third and fourth impedance elements connected to gate terminals of said first, second, third and fourth field-effect transistors respectively; and

first, second, third and fourth inductors connecting said first and second input/output terminals to each other, said second and third input/output terminals to each other, said third and fourth input/output terminals to each other, and said fourth and first input/output terminals to each other respectively.

10. The switching circuit according to claim 9, wherein said first, second, third and fourth field-effect transistors and said first, second, third and fourth impedance elements are formed as an integrated circuit and said first, second, third and fourth inductors are provided outside said integrated circuit.

11. The switching circuit according to claim 9, further comprising a fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth impedance elements connected between a single voltage bias source and said first, second, third and fourth input/output terminals respectively.

12. The switching circuit according to claim 9, further comprising first and second control signals;

wherein said first control signal is supplied to the gate terminals of both said first and third transistors; and

wherein said second control signal is supplied to the gate terminals of both said second and fourth transistors.

13. The switching circuit according to claim 9, further comprising fifth, sixth, seventh and eight transistors connected to said first, second, third and fourth field-effect transistors respectively.

14. The switching circuit according to claim 9, wherein said first, second, third and fourth field-effect transistors are junction field-effect transistors.

15. The switching circuit according to claim 11, further comprising first and second control signals which are independent of said voltage bias source;

wherein said first control signal is supplied to the gate terminals of both said first and third transistors; and

wherein said second control signal is supplied to the gate terminals of both said second and fourth transistors.

16. A switching circuit comprising:

a field-effect transistor having a signal path between a drain terminal and a source terminal,

a first impedance element connected to a gate terminal of said field-effect transistor, and

first and second input/output terminals connected to said drain terminal and said source terminal of said field effect transistor respectively,

a second impedance element which is connected between said drain terminal and a bias voltage source,

a third impedance element which is connected between said source terminal and said bias voltage source,

an inductor connected between said first and second input/output terminals,

a second field-effect transistor connected between said first input/output terminal and a third input/output terminal.

17. The switching circuit according to claim 16, further comprising a fourth impedance element connected between said third input/output terminal and said bias voltage source.

18. The switching circuit according to claim 17, further comprising:

a first control signal supplied to said gate of said transistor through said first impedance element; and

a second control signal supplied to a gate of said second transistor through a fifth impedance element.