Frequency-characteristic switchable buffer circuit

• US 6,380,813 B1
• Filed: 07/11/2000
• Issued: 04/30/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: ALPS Electric Company Limited (Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: ALPS Electric Company Limited (Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Noumi, Hiroki, Baba, Toshiki
• Primary Examiner(s): KINKEAD, ARNOLD M
• Application Number:
  US09/613,893
• Time in Patent Office: 658 Days
• Field of Search: 331/49, 331/74, 331/179, 331/46, 331/117.R, 455/188.1, 455/191.3, 455/266
• US Class Current: 331/49
• CPC Class Codes: H03J 5/24 with a number of separate pretuned tuning circuits or separate tuning elements selectively brought into circuit, e.g. for waveband selection or for television channel selection

Abstract

The frequency-characteristic switchable buffer circuit includes an amplifying stage, a parallel resonance circuit which serves as an output load of the amplifying stage, a frequency trap circuit electrically connected between the input of the amplifying stage and a reference potential point, and a frequency switching voltage generator for selectively generating a first switching voltage or a second switching voltage. The parallel resonance circuit parallel-resonates at a first frequency when the first switching voltage is supplied thereto. When the second switching voltage is supplied thereto, the parallel resonance circuit parallel-resonates at a second frequency. The frequency trap circuit comprises a series circuit made up of a diode and a capacitor. When the first switching voltage is supplied to the frequency trap circuit, the frequency trap circuit series-resonates at a frequency lower than the first frequency. When the second switching voltage is supplied thereto, it series-resonates at any of frequencies lying within a 1700 MHz band, which is higher than the second frequency.

Claims

1. A frequency-characteristic switchable buffer circuit, comprising:

an amplifying stage;

a parallel resonance circuit which serves as an output load of the amplifying stage;

a frequency trap circuit connected between an input of the amplifying stage and a reference potential point; and

a frequency switching voltage generator to selectively generate one of a first switching voltage and a second switching voltage; and

wherein the parallel resonance circuit parallel-resonates at a first frequency when the first switching voltage is supplied thereto and parallel-resonates at a second frequency different from the first frequency when the second switching voltage is supplied thereto, and

the frequency trap circuit comprises a series circuit comprised of a diode and a capacitor, and series-resonates at the second frequency when the first switching voltage is supplied thereto and series-resonates at the first frequency when the second switching voltage is supplied thereto.

2. The frequency-characteristic switchable buffer circuit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first frequency is supplied from a first oscillator, the second frequency is supplied from a second oscillator and the first oscillator and second oscillator are alternately changed between an operating and non-operating state, and when the first oscillator is in the operating state, the frequency switching voltage generator is switched to output the first switching voltage and when the second oscillator is in the operating state, the frequency switching voltage generator is switched to output the second switching voltage.

3. The frequency-characteristic switchable buffer circuit as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first oscillator and the second oscillator are respectively voltage-controlled oscillators.

4. The frequency-characteristic switchable buffer circuit as claimed in claim 3, wherein the first oscillator outputs an oscillating signal having a first frequency lying within a 1700 MHz band employed in a DCS mobile communication, and the second oscillator outputs an oscillating signal having a second frequency lying within a 900 MHz band employed in a GSM mobile communication.

5. The frequency-characteristic switchable buffer circuit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second frequency and the first frequency have a relationship between a fundamental wave frequency and a harmonic frequency thereof, the second frequency is directly supplied from an oscillator and the first frequency is supplied from a harmonic generator to which the second frequency is applied, and when the first frequency is supplied from the oscillator, the frequency switching voltage generator is changed so as to output the first switching voltage and when the second frequency is supplied from the harmonic generator, the frequency switching voltage generator is changed so as to output the second switching voltage.

6. The frequency-characteristic switchable buffer circuit as claimed in claim 5, wherein the oscillator is a voltage-controlled oscillator.