Noise reduction circuit for canceling leakage signal

• US 8,290,451 B2
• Filed: 03/28/2007
• Issued: 10/16/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Komatsu, Naoki, Iwaki, Hideki, Yamada, Toru
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Duc
• Assistant Examiner(s): Akinyemi, Ajibola
• Application Number:
  US12/295,480
• Publication Number:
  US 20090174476A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,029 Days
• Field of Search: 455/114.2
• US Class Current: 455/114.2
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2223/6627 Waveguides, e.g. microstrip line, strip line, coplanar line
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2924/19032 being a microstrip line type
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2924/19051 Impedance matching structure [e.g. balun]
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 1/26 Modifications of amplifiers to reduce influence of noise generated by amplifying elements
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 1/30 Modifications of amplifiers to reduce influence of variations of temperature or supply voltage or other physical parameters in differential amplifiers H03F3/45479
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 3/19 with semiconductor devices only
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 3/245 with semiconductor devices only
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/0228 Compensation of cross-talk by a mutually correlated lay-out of printed circuit traces, e.g. for compensation of cross-talk in mounted connectors balanced signal pairs H05K1/0245
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/0239 Signal transmission by AC coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10166 Transistor

Abstract

In a noise reduction circuit, a transistor circuit amplifies an input signal and outputs an output signal with supply of power from the DC voltage source via a power supply line circuit. The canceling signal adding circuit acquires and attenuates a part of the output signal, to generate a canceling signal having a phase substantially opposite to a phase of a leakage signal leaking to the power supply line circuit, and having an amplitude substantially the same as an amplitude of the leakage signal.

Claims

1. A noise reduction circuit comprising:

a signal amplifier for amplifying an input signal and outputting an output signal with a supply of power from a power source via a power supply line circuit; and

a signal adding circuit for (i) acquiring and attenuating a part of the output signal from the signal amplifier to generate a canceling signal having a phase substantially opposite to a phase of a leakage signal leaking to the power supply line circuit and having an amplitude substantially the same as an amplitude of the leakage signal, and (ii) substantially canceling the leakage signal by adding the canceling signal to the leakage signal,

wherein the power supply line circuit comprises;

a low-impedance part for substantially shorting a line of the leakage signal with a ground to ground the leakage signal at a frequency of the leakage signal; and

a high-impedance part for setting a connection point between the low-impedance part and the signal amplifier to a substantially open-circuited state at the frequency of the leakage signal, and

wherein the signal adding circuit adds the canceling signal to the leakage signal at a position which is closer to the power source than the low-impedance part.

2. The noise reduction circuit as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the signal adding circuit is a passive circuit comprising a plurality of passive elements.

3. The noise reduction circuit as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the signal adding circuit adds the canceling signal to the leakage signal by using a coupler comprising one pair of transmission lines formed in the vicinity of each other so as to be electromagnetically coupled to each other.

4. The noise reduction circuit as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the high-impedance part is a transmission line having a length of a quarter of a wavelength of the leakage signal, and

wherein the low-impedance part is a capacitor for passing therethrough a signal having the frequency of the leakage signal.

5. The noise reduction circuit as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the signal adding circuit is formed on a substrate on which the signal amplifier is mounted.

6. An amplifier comprising a noise reduction circuit, the noise reduction circuit comprising:

a signal amplifier for amplifying an input signal and outputting an output signal with a supply of power from a power source via a power supply line circuit; and

a signal adding circuit for (i) acquiring and attenuating a part of the output signal from the signal amplifier to generate a canceling signal having a phase substantially opposite to a phase of a leakage signal leaking to the power supply line circuit and having an amplitude substantially the same as an amplitude of the leakage signal, and (ii) substantially canceling the leakage signal by adding the canceling signal to the leakage signal,

wherein the power supply line circuit comprises;

a low-impedance part for substantially shorting a line of the leakage signal with a ground to ground the leakage signal at a frequency of the leakage signal; and

a high-impedance part for setting a connection point between the low-impedance part and the signal amplifier to a substantially open-circuited state at the frequency of the leakage signal,

wherein the signal adding circuit adds the canceling signal to the leakage signal at a position which is closer to the power source than the low-impedance part, and

wherein the amplifier further comprises;

a power terminal connected to the power supply line circuit; and

an output terminal for outputting the output signal.

7. A wireless communication apparatus comprising a noise reduction circuit, the noise reduction circuit comprising:

a signal amplifier for amplifying an input signal and outputting an output signal with a supply of power from a power source via a power supply line circuit; and

a signal adding circuit for (i) acquiring and attenuating a part of the output signal from the signal amplifier to generate a canceling signal having a phase substantially opposite to a phase of a leakage signal leaking to the power supply line circuit and having an amplitude substantially the same as an amplitude of the leakage signal, and (ii) substantially canceling the leakage signal by adding the canceling signal to the leakage signal,

wherein the power supply line circuit comprises;

a low-impedance part for substantially shorting a line of the leakage signal with a ground to ground the leakage signal at a frequency of the leakage signal; and

a high-impedance part for setting a connection point between the low-impedance part and the signal amplifier to a substantially open-circuited state at the frequency of the leakage signal,

wherein the signal adding circuit adds the canceling signal to the leakage signal at a position which is closer to the power source than the low-impedance part, and

wherein the wireless communication apparatus further comprises a transmitter for transmitting the signal amplified by the signal amplifier.

8. A wireless communication apparatus comprising a receiver for receiving a wireless signal having a predetermined frequency, and a noise reduction circuit,

wherein the noise reduction circuit comprises:

a signal amplifier for amplifying an input signal and outputting an output signal with a supply of power from a power source via a power supply line circuit; and

a signal adding circuit for (i) acquiring and attenuating a part of the output signal from the signal amplifier to generate a canceling signal having a phase substantially opposite to a phase of a leakage signal leaking to the power supply line circuit and having an amplitude substantially the same as an amplitude of the leakage signal, and (ii) substantially canceling the leakage signal by adding the canceling signal to the leakage signal,

wherein the power supply line circuit comprises;

a low-impedance part for substantially shorting a line of the leakage signal with a ground to ground the leakage signal at a frequency of the leakage signal; and

a high-impedance part for setting a connection point between the low-impedance part and the signal amplifier to a substantially open-circuited state at the frequency of the leakage signal,

wherein the signal adding circuit adds the canceling signal to the leakage signal at a position which is closer to the power source than the low-impedance part,

wherein the high-impedance part is a transmission line having a length of a quarter of a wavelength of the leakage signal,

wherein the low-impedance part is a capacitor for passing therethrough a signal having the frequency of the leakage signal,

wherein the input signal is a square wave signal, and

wherein the power supply line circuit attenuates a leakage signal, which is a part of frequency components of the square wave signal, at one of (a) a frequency of a wireless signal used in the wireless communication apparatus, (b) an intermediate frequency related to the wireless signal, and (c) a frequency of a baseband signal.

9. A noise reduction method comprising:

amplifying an input signal and outputting an output signal by a signal amplifier with a supply of power from a power source via a power supply line circuit; and

acquiring and attenuating a part of the output signal to generate a canceling signal having a phase substantially opposite to a phase of a leakage signal leaking to the power supply line circuit and having an amplitude substantially the same as an amplitude of the leakage signal,

wherein the power supply line circuit comprises;

a low-impedance part for substantially shorting a line of the leakage signal with a ground to ground the leakage signal at a frequency of the leakage signal; and

a high-impedance part for setting a connection point between the low-impedance part and the signal amplifier to a substantially open-circuited state at the frequency of the leakage signal, and

wherein the canceling signal is added to the leakage signal at a position which is closer to the power source than the low-impedance part.